Brendale BESS

Brendale BESS battery storage overview.

Brendale is a battery energy storage installation in Brisbane’s northern suburbs, connected to the South Pine substation. Its grid-forming battery systems provide fast electricity-market and frequency-control services that support Queensland’s network.In OperationAustralia

At a Glance

Technical capacity

205 MW

Energy storage

409.9 MWh

Storage duration

2 hours

Storage type

Standalone

Owners

Akaysha Energy +1 more

Operator

Data coming soon

Country

Australia

Location

-27.329°, 152.973°

Website

Official project page

Ownership

2 records

Share	Organisation	Role	Details	Period
Unknown		Operator	Akaysha Energy operates the Brendale battery energy storage system.	Current / not dated
Unknown		Owner	AEMO lists Brendale Battery ProjectCo as the site owner for the Brendale battery energy storage system.	Current / not dated

Organisations

7 records

Organisations recorded as working on this asset or its project, and their role.

Organisation	Role	Details
	Project development and operationDevelopment And Operation	Akaysha Energy developed and operates Brendale BESS, which provides electricity storage and grid-support services in Queensland.
	Electrical project delivery partnerEpc Balance Of Plant	Akaysha Energy identifies Consolidated Power Projects Australia as a delivery partner for the operational Brendale battery installation.
	Portfolio refinancing lender and arrangerFinance Insurance Legal	Deutsche Bank acted as an original lender and mandated lead arranger in the October 2026 portfolio refinancing covering Brendale, Ulinda Park 1, Orana and Elaine. The financing is shared across the named portfolio.
	Battery revenue-swap partnerOfftake And Market	Gunvor Group’s long-term battery revenue swap supports Brendale’s revenues while allowing Akaysha Energy to optimise electricity and frequency-control market participation.
	Transmission network connectionGrid Connection	Powerlink is the transmission-network partner for Brendale’s connection to South Pine substation.
	Battery energy storage systemsEquipment Supply	Tesla supplied the Megapack 2 battery energy storage units used for Brendale’s grid-forming capability.
	Transformer delivery partnerSubstation Electrical	Akaysha Energy identifies Wilson Transformer Company among the partners that delivered the Brendale battery installation.

Supplier registration

Developer supplier portal

How suppliers get onto this project's radar: its standing register, supplier portal or contact route.

Trades and suppliers can express interest through the operator’s portfolio-wide invitation. Relevant enquiries may be referred to the engineering, procurement and construction contractor.

Portfolio-wide trades and supplier expression-of-interest invitation. Akaysha refers relevant enquiries to its engineering, procurement and construction contractors across its projects.

Supply chain pageContact page

SourceChecked 27 Oct 2026

Capacity history

Recorded project capacity figures. Future-dated changes are shown but are not used as current capacity.

Effective	Capacity type	Capacity	Source
Current	Technical capacity	205 MW	AEMO July 2026 Generation Information — aggregated nameplate AC power

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