AMPYR Australia is now the full owner of the Wellington Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) after acquiring Shell Energy Australia’s 50% stake in the project’s stage 1.

In a statement, AMPYR said it had been joint venture partners with Shell in the New South Wales project since October 2022.

The Wellington project has a total capacity of 1,000 megawatt-hours (MWh). Broken down, state 1 consists of 300 megawatts (MW) / 600 MWh, whilst stage 2 consists of 100 MW / 400 MWh.

AMPYR aims to energise stage 1 in 2026, and stage 2 in 2027. Wellington BESS stage 1 has received planning and grid approvals and is in the final stages of procurement and financing.

The company aims to own and operate 3 gigawatts of energy storage in Australia by 2030.