The Smithfield Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is a 65 MW / 130 MWh battery system currently under development. The project is located on Darug land in Smithfield, approximately 30km from Sydney CBD.

This project will be co-located with the existing operational Smithfield Open Cycle Gas Turbine Gas Peaker plant owned by Iberdrola Australia.

The proposed Smithfield BESS has been approved as a State Significant Development (SSD) by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment.

The Smithfield BESS project comprises of battery and inverter units, medium voltage transformers, replacement of 33 kV electrical switchboard, SCADA control board upgrade and upgrade of existing 33 kV powerline connection to Endeavour Energy infrastructure.

The Development Layout can be found under project documents below.

Construction of the Smithfield BESS project will commence in January 2025 and is expected to be operational by December 2025.