Ulinda Park BESS (ULPBESS1)

BESS · Ulinda Park ProjectCo Pty Ltd · Storage - Battery

Development AEMO: Committed QLD1 Other - Other NEM data · 24 hours
155/298 MW
Registered nameplate capacity / storage
24 hours revenue
$8.2k
Capacity factor
-1.5%
Revenue / MWh
Est. SRMC
$1.50/MWh

Energy flow

Dispatch target (cleared) vs availability — 5‑minute intervals. QLD1 regional price (RRP) on right axis.

Key information
Capacity
155 MW / 298 MWh

AEMO status Committed
Project status Development (AI)

Region QLD1
Coordinates

MLF 0.9778
DUID ULPBESS1
Owner Ulinda Park ProjectCo Pty Ltd
Commissioned Dec 2025
Expected closure 2065
Closure date
Technology Storage - Battery
Fuel Other - Other
Battery OEM
Battery platform / chemistry
Inverter OEM
Inverter / PCS model
Stats window
22 Jul 2026 00:20 → 23 Jul 2026 00:20 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

22 Jul 2026 00:20 → 23 Jul 2026 00:20 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$8.2k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$31
FCAS volume
19.9 MWh
Dispatched
-57.3 MWh
Available
565.6 MWh
Curtailed
962.3 MWh
Curtailment
170.2%
of available
MLF used
0.9778
end of period

Revenue (× MLF)

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

🔋 State of charge

Stored energy at the start of each 5‑minute interval (AEMO INITIAL_ENERGY_STORAGE). Available up to the latest next‑day dispatch file.

98.3 MWh 33%
at 22 Jul 04:00 · of 298 MWh registered

Methodology & assumptions

  • Dispatch & availability — AEMO Next Day Dispatch UNIT_SOLUTION (5‑minute intervals). Intervention intervals excluded.
  • Regional pricedispatch_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.
  • State of chargeINITIAL_ENERGY_STORAGE (MWh at interval start) from UNIT_SOLUTION, published for bidirectional/storage units. Next-day data — the SOC line lags real time by up to a day.
  • 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
2025-06-03 0.9698
2025-07-01 0.9851
2026-07-01 0.9778

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
155 MW / 298 MWh
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$1.50/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$110.02M

Shown in table
$110.02M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$104.30M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

Capex refurbishment
Capex / MWh storage derived
$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)
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr default
$25,000

Shown in table
$25.0k (2026 real AUD)

Variable OPEX / MWh default
$1.50

Shown in table
$1.50 (2026 real AUD)

Fuel cost / GJ
Heat rate GJ/MWh

Confidence: low · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: default · AI checked 06 Jun 2026

Notes
No plant-specific greenfield capex announcement or owner-reported total project cost was found in the searched sources. The project is operational at 155 MW / 298 MWh and is operated by Akaysha Energy, while the registered owner is Ulinda Park ProjectCo Pty Ltd. GenCost 2024-25 confirms large-scale battery costs fell 20% year-on-year, but the report excerpt accessible here did not expose a usable plant-specific capex benchmark, so capex fields remain unset rather than inferred from benchmark assumptions.

Sources