1、Sahand Karimi CEO OptiGridTaryn LaneGM Hepburn EnergyCase Study:Deploying BESS at Hepburn Wind FarmBattery Asset Management Summit|August 2025 Battery Asset Management Summit|August 2025 OUR CO-OPERATIVE BACKSTORYOUR COMMUNITY IMPACT-Working on concept of co-located Battery since 2021-SMA inverter i
2、nstalled in 2021 for bushfire prevention is key asset to enable an affordable battery-Planning permit secured for 5MW solar and 10MWh battery in 2022-2023 Co-op successful under Federal Government program Community Batteries for Household Solar for a grant of$500,000-Project stage 1 will not trigger
3、 permit and will instead take Vic Gov exemption-Adding a battery system to soak up wind energy during low prices and sell stored energy at higher times,and creating a new value stream(FCAS revenue).-Increased volatility in energy market can be partially offset by battery on site-Negative pricing has
4、 jumped from 1-3%in 2022-23 to 12%in 2023-24-Simultaneously pursuing LTE for wind farm to go to 30-35 yearsContext:Project BackgroundEcosystem of Delivery Partners-OBrien Electrical Engineering,Procurement and Construction(EPC),SCADA upgrade-Sunwoda BESS-DNV grid connection-OptiGrid Energy Managemen
5、t System-Acacia Energy NEM settlement-SMA DC-DC converters-Flow Power retailing-Kinelli Solar and Seed Advisory DD support-BAL Legal-Fulcrum 3D Wind forecastContext:Bessie Project Overview-Installed on site at the wind farm,connected to existing inverter,existing grid connection-Capacity 2MW/5MWh-CA
6、PEX:$1.8m-$500k Federal Government grant-$120k CORENA zero interest community loan-$1.1m from 94 co-operative member debentures subscriptionsBusiness model results as per 2024Conservative approach to limit future surprises-15 years to align with reasonable extended life of wind farm(economic life is