Dalrymple BESS (DALNTH1)

BESS · ElectraNet · Storage - Battery

Dispatch stats Financials
Operational AEMO: In Service SA1 Other - Other NEM data · 4h
30/9 MW
Registered nameplate capacity / storage
4h revenue
$-41
Capacity factor
-0.5%
Revenue / MWh
—
Est. SRMC
$2.03/MWh

Energy flow

Dispatch target (cleared) vs availability — 5‑minute intervals. SA1 regional price (RRP) on right axis.

Key information
Capacity
30 MW / 9 MWh

AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

ElectraNet/ARENA project pages and contemporaneous reporting describe Dalrymple ESCRI as completed/operating in 2018-2019.

Region SA1
Coordinates -34.49100, 137.91300 (AI)

ESCRI-SA project page / ElectraNet references site as adjacent to Dalrymple substation, seven km south-east of Stansbury on Yorke Peninsula, SA.

MLF 0.9337
DUID DALNTH1
Owner ElectraNet
Commissioned —
Expected closure 2030
Closure date —
Technology Storage - Battery
Fuel Other - Other
Battery OEM ABB
Battery platform / chemistry Ability PowerStore
Inverter OEM —
Inverter / PCS model —
Equipment confidence high
Stats window
14 Jun 2026 00:00 → 14 Jun 2026 04:05 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

14 Jun 2026 00:00 → 14 Jun 2026 04:05 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$-41
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
— MWh
Dispatched
-0.6 MWh
Available
— MWh
Curtailed
0.6 MWh
Curtailment
—
of available
MLF used
0.9337
end of period

Revenue (× MLF)

Estimated $ per interval — energy (RRP) and FCAS (regional FCAS prices), both × MLF.

Methodology & assumptions

  • Dispatch & availability — AEMO Next Day Dispatch UNIT_SOLUTION (5‑minute intervals). Intervention intervals excluded.
  • Regional price — dispatch_price RRP matched by settlement time and NEM region (from generator registry).
  • Energy revenue (× MLF) — cleared MW × (5/60 h) × RRP × MLF.
  • FCAS revenue & volume — cleared FCAS MW from DISPATCHLOAD (raise/lower 6s, 60s, 5min, reg) × (5/60 h) × regional FCAS price × MLF. Volume is total FCAS enablement MWh across services.
  • Curtailment — estimated economic curtailment when availability exceeds dispatch target: max(0, availability − cleared) × (5/60) MWh.
  • Not settlement — estimates only. AEMO settlement applies DLF, rebids, constraints, and other factors not modelled here.
MLF history (AEMO daily)
Effective fromMLF
2024-07-12 0.9005
2025-07-01 0.9337

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
30 MW / 9 MWh
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$2.03/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$40.54M

Shown in table
$40.54M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$30.00M (2017 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Official project completion note giving total construction cost of $30 million.

Reference
Grid scale ESCRI battery charges up in South Australia (high confidence)
Source recorded 07 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MWh storage derived
$4,504,505

Shown in table
$4.50M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$3.33M (2017 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Derived using the 8 MWh energy rating stated in the completion notice.

Reference
Grid scale ESCRI battery charges up in South Australia (medium confidence)
Source recorded 07 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)
—
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr default
$25,000

Shown in table
$25.0k (2026 real AUD)
Variable OPEX / MWh
$2.03

Shown in table
$2.03 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.50 (2017 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
No plant-specific variable O&M figure was found in sources; server-side fallback used.
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: high · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 07 Jun 2026

Notes
ARENA and ElectraNet described the Dalrymple/ESCRI battery as a $30 million, 30 MW / 8 MWh project built at the Dalrymple substation. No separate plant-specific fixed O&M figure was found in the searched sources, so fixed O&M remains unset. The commissioned date in sources is April 2018 / official completion January 2019; capex_year is set to the announcement/construction year 2017 per the source language. For the requested normalised type, this is a battery storage asset; the energy figure in some sources is 8 MWh, while a later ARENA report refers to 12.2 MWh BOL.

Sources