Swanbank Battery

Swanbank Battery battery storage overview.

Swanbank Battery is an operating grid-scale storage installation on the former Swanbank B coal-fired power station site near Ipswich, Queensland. It stores electricity for later use and uses existing transmission infrastructure within the Swanbank energy precinct.In OperationAustralia

At a Glance

Technical capacity

266.3 MW

Energy storage

531.3 MWh

Storage duration

2 hours

Storage type

Standalone

Owner

CleanCo Queensland Limited

Operator

Data coming soon

Country

Australia

Location

-27.661°, 152.815°

Website

Official project page

Ownership

1 record

Share	Organisation	Role	Details	Period
Unknown		Owner Operator	CleanCo Queensland owns and operates Swanbank Battery.	Current / not dated

Organisations

6 records

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

Organisation	Role	Details
	Battery owner and operatorOwner Operator	CleanCo Queensland owns and operates Swanbank Battery within its Swanbank energy precinct.
	Electrical construction workforceSubstation Electrical	Giidjaa crews worked alongside Yurika and JTMEC on the electrical infrastructure connecting Swanbank Battery to the grid.
	Electrical infrastructure contractorSubstation Electrical	Giidjaa identifies JTMEC as working alongside its crews and Yurika on Swanbank Battery's electrical grid-connection infrastructure.
	Transmission connection providerGrid Connection	Powerlink connected Swanbank Battery through a 275 kV bay at Blackstone Substation and reconstructed approximately 1.2 km of a previously decommissioned transmission line.
	Battery technology supplierEquipment Supply	Swanbank Battery uses 138 Tesla Megapack 2XL units. CleanCo describes lithium iron phosphate battery technology and continuous monitoring by CleanCo and Tesla.
	Engineering, procurement and construction contractorEpc Balance Of Plant	Yurika delivered engineering, procurement and construction for Swanbank Battery, including battery integration and balance-of-plant testing.

Supplier registration

Developer supplier portal

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

Suppliers can register through the operator's portfolio-wide procurement platform. The supplier page also explains procurement guidance and corporate enquiry options.

CleanCo's VendorPanel supplier registration and procurement guidance apply across its portfolio; registration is not specific to Swanbank Battery.

Supply chain page

SourceChecked 28 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	266.3 MW	AEMO Generation Information July 2026 — AC nameplate capacity, SWANBBF1

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