Capacity Investment Scheme WEM Clean Dispatchable

The outcome of the CIS Tender 2 has been announced by the Australian Government , subject to contract execution between the project proponents and the Australian Government.

The Minister for Climate Change and Energy has selected 4 Projects, which will provide 2,595 MWh of clean dispatchable capacity across the WEM.

Successful projects in the CIS Tender 2 – WEM Dispatchable Capacity

The Tender opened on 22 July 2024 and sought an indicative target of 2,000 MWh of clean dispatchable capacity across the WEM.

Projects in Tender 2 were required to be located in Western Australia, connecting to the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) as defined by the Electricity Industry Act 2004 (WA). Projects were required to have a minimum storage duration of two hours and a minimum size of 30 MW. The successful projects met all eligibility criteria requirements and performed strongly in the merit assessment.

Benefits of the selected projects

Collectively, the selected projects:

• Will provide power to support the peak load for over 600,000 households in WA for four hours

• Have strong and meaningful local community and First Nations, community, employment and local content commitments that will be contractually binding.

• Will deliver $145 million of shared benefits for their local communities, $41.5 million worth of initiatives for local First Nations groups, $712 million in local content, and $63.5 million towards local employment.