What We Do

A small
footprint

A community-scale battery is a compact energy storage facility - typically around 5MW, about the footprint of a large farm shed - that connects directly into SA Power Networks' local distribution lines. During the day it charges on abundant, low-cost solar energy. In the evening, when the sun sets and demand peaks, it releases that stored energy back into the local network. Each of our batteries stores enough energy each day to power around 3,500 homes through the evening peak.

Close view of battery and inverter units on concrete pads at a rural site

What We Do

Heavy lifting,
quietly

Because they connect at the distribution level, our batteries can be approved and built far faster than transmission-scale projects, they make better use of the solar already on the local lines they connect to, and they sit lightly on the land - quiet, unmanned (but constantly monitored), low-profile and fully fenced, with the surrounding land continuing to work as it always has.

A single white container-style battery unit with cooling vents

Technology You Can Rely On

Tier-one hardware,
engineered for SA summers

Our team brings experience across energy markets, network connections, planning and project delivery. We select proven, grid-scale battery technology from tier-one manufacturers, with layered safety systems including continuous monitoring, thermal management and independent fire detection.

  • ~5MW nameplate

    Sized to matter to the local grid, small enough to sit on a corner of a rural property.

  • Layered safety

    Continuous monitoring, thermal management, independent fire detection and suppression, and physical separation between units.

  • 24/7 remote monitoring

    If anything moves outside normal parameters, the battery shuts itself down automatically and the operator is alerted immediately.

How A Project Happens

6 steps,
start to finish

Aerial view of a battery compound on green pasture, with cattle grazing nearby

  1. Before anything is signed, we assess your site at no cost and with no obligation. Our team reviews the land, its access and its distance to the local SA Power Networks infrastructure, then checks whether the nearby network has the capacity to connect a community battery. You will get a clear, plain-English view of whether your site is suitable and what the next steps would look like.

  2. If your site looks suitable, we’ll put a specific offer to you in writing. The first step is an option agreement: a simple document that reserves the site while we do the detailed work. You’re paid for the option period, and the long-term lease only begins if the project goes ahead. If it doesn’t, you keep any option payments made and your land carries on unchanged. We encourage every landowner to have the agreement reviewed by their own lawyer before signing, and we mean it.

  3. We fund and manage two approvals that run side by side: network connection through SA Power Networks, and development approval through South Australia’s planning system. This is where most of the time goes, and it’s the risk we carry, not you. We design access tracks, setbacks, screening and the connection route with you, so the project fits your operation, and we keep you informed at every milestone.

  4. Once approvals are in place, the long-term lease begins. It is a long-term lease, typically 20 years with options to extend, and is registered on your title. Construction is measured in months, not years, with heavy vehicle movements concentrated in a short window. Access routes, biosecurity protocols and traffic plans are agreed with you and the council in advance.

  5. The battery is monitored remotely 24/7 and shuts itself down automatically if anything moves outside normal parameters. Visits are infrequent: scheduled maintenance and inspections, always arranged with notice. Everything outside the fenced compound carries on as it does today, and you will have a named local contact while we develop the project.

  6. Decommissioning is the project company's responsibility, not yours, and it is written into every lease: at the end of the lease the batteries and equipment are removed and the land restored, at the project's cost, with components directed to reuse or recycling wherever a pathway exists.

Sun setting over vineyards and rolling farmland

We believe in long-term partnerships

Want to learn more about the suitability of your land? We're ready to talk. Contact us today.

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