Batteries and pumped hydro · Energy
Vales Point Battery Energy Storage System
In planning
- 400 MW
- Capacity with 800 MWh of storage
- 0.1 km
- To a 132 kV line
- Location
- 200 Vales Road Mannering Park, Central Coast, New South Wales
- Value
- Not published
- Technology
- Battery, 400 MW, with 800 MWh of storage
- AEMO status
- Publicly announced. Full commercial use expected March 2028
- Distance to the grid
- 0.1 km to a 330 kV line. 0.3 km to Vales Point substation (330 kV). Straight line from the mapped site to operational lines and substations of 132 kV or more
- Contractors
- Not named in a public source yet
- State approval
- Not yet lodged
- Federal approval (EPBC)
- No EPBC referral matched
- Last activity
- 2 September 2025
Approvals
- StateState significant development, SSD-92629458
Not yet lodged. NSW Department of Planning. Lodged 2 September 2025.
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Environmental and planning constraints
Mapped areas on the site and within 5 km, asked of each public map when this page opened. A desktop screen of public maps, not a site assessment.
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Nearby projects
Chain Valley Coal Mine - MP10_0161Approved · Mining and resources · 2 km awayMorisset Park Residential SubdivisionApproved · Property · 5 km awayRaffertys Resort HotelIn planning · Other · $45m · 8 km awayBondi Mixed Use DevelopmentApproved · Other · 8 km awayMod 5 - Washing Coal at NewstanApproved · Mining and resources · 9 km awaySt Philip's Christian College, CharmhavenIn assessment · Health and education · 9 km away
List every project within 25 km on the map, nearest first, with a CSV for a cumulative impact assessment.
Sources
- AEMO Generation Information, July 2026AEMO status: publicly announced, 400 MW, 800 MWh, full commercial use March 2028. Licence: AEMO copyright permissions, with attribution. Retrieved 21 October 2026.
- NSW Major Projects portalLicence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- Geoscience Australia, Electricity InfrastructureDistance to the grid, measured by claused. from the project's mapped point. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
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