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For an unassuming little town in Western Australia’s Mid-west region, situated around 280km north of Perth and 2/3 of the way to Geraldton further north, Eneabba is attracting ore than its fair share of energy projects.

The latest of these is an ACEnergy-developed battery energy storage system planned on a 10-hectare site within the Shire of Coorow, near the existing Eneabba Sub-station to which it will connect.

The 200 MW / 1200 MWh Eneabba BESS project is expected to create around 50 jobs during construction and five once operational.

The project is currently in its early planning stages with detailed studies underway. If approved, construction is expected to begin around 2028, for operations to start from 2030.

Further north-east, the Shire of Three Springs has received an application from Wind Prospect to develop the Twin Hills Wind Farm.

Situated approximately 30km north-east of Eneabba, Twin Hills was originally proposed as an approximately 140-turbine, 900 MW wind farm. However the latest iteration of the project has seen it scaled back to 93 turbines with a capacity of around 750 MW.

The project area covers a total area of approximately 9912.25 hectares of predominantly cleared land used for livestock and farming.

A battery energy storage system of up to 500 MW / 4000 MWh capacity is included in the project design, comprised of 640 battery units and 160 inverters with accompanying medium-voltage transformers.

A new high voltage terminal station will connect to the adjacent 330kV transmission line between Eneabba and Three Springs.

Wind Prospect lodged a referral for Twin Hills with the federal DCCEEW for approvals under the EPBC Act in February, and the state environmental regulator EPA in July.