By ESS news
Akaysha Energy has had problems with its Waratah Super Battery in Australia, which at 850 MW / 1,680 MWh will become one of the largest batteries in the world, both in terms of power and capacity. According to reporting from The Australian Financial Review, one of the BESS plant’s three high-voltage transformers suffered a “catastrophic failure” just days after final testing, causing significant delays.
The details emerged from an internal memo from the newspaper. In the memo, Akaysha CEO Nick Carter acknowledged that one of three 350 MVA high-voltage transformers supplied by Wilson Transformer Company suffered a “catastrophic failure” during testing over a weekend in November.
The transformer suffered unspecified damage and was declared beyond repair, with a second of the trio of transformers now de-energized as a precaution for further inspection.
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