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Delta and Samsung Vista C&I Australia have lodged a planning application and environmental impact statement for a proposed 400MW/800MWh battery at the Vales Point power station site in New South Wales.
Delta announced the submission on 10 November. The State Significant Development Application is now with the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure for assessment.
The proposed facility would use an established energy site in the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone. Its stated storage capacity equates to two hours at the full 400MW output.
Delta says the submission follows 18 months of technical and environmental studies and community engagement. It expects local employment and procurement opportunities but did not provide a job total in the announcement.
The department is expected to place the environmental statement on public exhibition and invite submissions. Delta has not yet announced the exhibition dates.
This is an application milestone, rather than planning approval, a final investment decision or the start of construction.
Source: Delta Electricity, 10 November 2026.
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Image credit: Illustrative battery-storage file photograph of the Reid Gardner facility near Moapa, Nevada, United States, 24 March 2025; not the proposed Vales Point battery in Australia. Sig. Chiocciola / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Resized.
