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The battery attached to the New England Solar Farm will have enough juice to power the entire city of Armidale for about four hours.
That's according to Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall, who announced the latest of many renewable projects in the New England region on Thursday.
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The 50 megawatt/hour project will be co-located with the first stage of the 400 megawatt solar farm.
"This is another huge coup for our region and demonstrating the New England Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) is already delivering innovation, infrastructure and industry at a rapid fire rate," Mr Marshall said.
It's the second major battery project announced in the last two weeks.
With the Sapphire Battery Farm, slated to be built outside Glen Innes, the two projects will have enough energy to power 118,000 homes for an hour - a city ten times the size of Armidale.
The MP pointed to the $12.7 billion renewable energy zone announced in July.
"It's astounding to think in just two months since the REZ was announced, our electorate has seen $22 million invested by the state government in flagship renewable energy projects, helping to create 84 construction and operational jobs and grow the local economy," he said.
"When this project is completed, we will proudly hold the mantle as the capital of renewables for NSW and, perhaps in the not too distant future, all of Australia."
UP/AC Head of Solar Development Killian Wentrup said the project could be expanded if the cost of batteries continues its trend downwards.
He estimated the project would create as many as 200 jobs at peak construction.
"Solar energy combined with battery storage is a clean, reliable, cost effective way of supplying NSW homes with their energy needs into the future," he said.
Planning for the overall project is "charging ahead", he said, with a connection agreement recently finalised with Transgrid.
"Design work on the transmission substation to be constructed as part of the approved development will begin soon, allowing the project to connect to the existing 330kV line that crosses the solar farm site."
