Giant Battery: First Stage of Ruakākā Energy Park Switched On

Giant battery: first stage of Ruakākā Energy Park switched on

The country's first super-sized grid-connected battery will help improve Northland's energy resilience in future power outages, Meridian Energy says.

New Zealand gentailer completes 100 MW battery energy storage system

Construction of the 100 MW / 200 MWh Meridian Energy Ruakākā battery energy storage system on New Zealand's North Island is now complete.Construction of the Wellington, New Zealand-headquartered electricity gentailer Meridian Energy Ruakākā battery energy storage system (BESS) is now complete. The 100 MW / 200 MWh Ruakākā BESS, located in the Ruakākā Energy Park, 130 kilometres north of Auckland, has enough output to power around 60,000 average …

Meridian completes NZ's first grid-scale battery, eyes solar expansion

Ruakākā's 'Big BESS' officially opens, with Meridian planning more grid batteries and solar power generation

Meridian brings online New Zealand's first grid-scale battery storage system

Meridian Energy, a New Zealand state-owned energy company, has completed the development of its 100MW/200MWh 2-hour duration Ruakākā BESS.