Torrens Island BESS

Torrens Island BESS battery storage overview.

Torrens Island BESS is a grid-scale battery at AGL’s Torrens Island energy site near Adelaide. Opened in August 2023, it stores electricity for later use and provides rapid-response services to the South Australian grid. Wärtsilä delivered the energy-storage system, using SMA battery inverters.In OperationAustralia

At a Glance

Declared capacity

250 MW

Energy storage

250 MWh

Storage duration

1 hour

Storage type

Co Located Fossil Fuel

Owners

AGL Energy +1 more

Operator

Data coming soon

Country

Australia

Location

-34.803°, 138.521°

Website

Official project page

Ownership

2 records

Share	Organisation	Role	Details	Period
Unknown		Owner	AGL is identified as the owner of the Torrens Island battery by its inverter supplier.	Current / not dated
Unknown		Operator	AGL SA Generation Pty Limited holds the generation licence authorising operation of the Torrens Island 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 developerOwner Operator	Developed the Torrens Island battery as part of the redevelopment of its existing energy site.
	Licensed generation operatorConcession And Project Tracking	Its generation licence was varied on 15 February 2023 to authorise the 250 MW Torrens Island battery.
	Original generation-licence applicantHistorical Development Context	Submitted the original licence application in 2022 before the applicant changed to AGL SA Generation.
	Owner’s engineerTechnical Advisory	Provided owner’s-engineer services, including technical and design reviews, factory-acceptance support and grid-connection engineering.
	Battery-inverter manufacturerEquipment Supply	Supplied 109 Sunny Central Storage 3600 UP-XT battery inverters integrated in Medium Voltage Power Station 4200-S2 skids.
	Energy-storage system EPC contractorEpc Balance Of Plant	Delivered the 250 MW / 250 MWh battery under an engineering, procurement and construction contract, including the GEMS energy-management system.

Supplier registration

Contact page only

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

Suppliers and contractors can consult the portfolio-wide requirements and make enquiries through the general contact route. Contractor health and safety prequalification applies when services are commissioned.

AGL portfolio-wide supplier guidance and general contact; the published requirements do not establish project-specific registration for Torrens Island.

Supply chain pageContact 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	Declared capacity	250 MW	AGL — Torrens Island battery declared power

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