Calvale BESS

BESS · Lightsource BP · Storage - Battery

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Development AEMO: Publicly Announced Other - Other NEM data · 7 days
500 MW
Researched capacity
Est. SRMC
$1.58/MWh
Key information
Capacity (AI)
500 MW

AEMO spreadsheet (user-provided) lists 500.00 MW for Calvale BESS; no reliable public MWh capacity found in available search results.

AEMO status Publicly Announced
Project status Development (AI)

AEMO spreadsheet lists Calvale BESS as Publicly Announced; treated as pre-construction / development per user guidance.

Coordinates —

DUID —
Owner Lightsource BP
Commissioned —
Expected closure —
Closure date —
Technology Storage - Battery
Fuel Other - Other
Battery OEM unknown
Battery platform / chemistry battery
Inverter OEM —
Inverter / PCS model —
Equipment confidence low
Stats window
16 Jul 2026 01:15 → 23 Jul 2026 01:15 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

16 Jul 2026 01:15 → 23 Jul 2026 01:15 AEST

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Financial overview

2026 real AUD. Monetary values are CPI-adjusted to 2026 real Australian dollars. Greenfield capex uses AEMO benchmarks when plant-specific cost is unknown.
Type
Battery (BESS)
Capacity
500 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$1.58/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
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Capex refurbishment
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Capex / MWh storage
$369,198

Shown in table
$369.2k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$350.0k (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX (annual)
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Fixed OPEX / MW-yr default
$25,000

Shown in table
$25.0k (2026 real AUD)
Variable OPEX / MWh
$1.58

Shown in table
$1.58 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.50 (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Server-side fallback used because no verified Calvale-specific variable O&M was found.
Fuel cost / GJ
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Heat rate GJ/MWh
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Confidence: low · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: default · AI checked 05 Jun 2026

Notes
No plant-specific greenfield capex announcement for 'Calvale BESS' attributable to Lightsource bp was found in web search. Search results for Calvale/BESS pointed instead to Equis Australia's Calala BESS, which is a different project and owner, so it was not used. A relevant Lightsource bp Queensland battery project (Woolooga BESS) indicates Lightsource bp is active in Australian BESS development and gives a 20-year operating life assumption, but it is not the Calvale project and does not provide Calvale-specific capex. Given the absence of a verified Calvale-specific investment figure, capex fields are left null rather than inferred from benchmarks. Cost base year for fallback O&M benchmarking is set to 2024 (GenCost 2024 release year).

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