Blind Creek Solar Farm and Battery Energy Storage System

BESS · Ms BCSF Holdings Pty Ltd as trustee for the Blind Creek Solar Farm Trust · Storage - Battery

Development AEMO: Publicly Announced Solar - Solar NEM data · 24 hours
378/486 MW
Researched capacity / storage
Est. SRMC
$0.21/MWh
Key information
Capacity (AI)
378 MW / 486 MWh

User-provided AEMO spreadsheet values for Blind Creek Solar Farm and Battery Energy Storage System (378 MW / 486 MWh).

AEMO status Publicly Announced
Project status Development (AI)

AEMO registration label is Publicly Announced; no primary-source evidence found of construction or commissioning.

Coordinates

DUID
Owner Ms BCSF Holdings Pty Ltd as trustee for the Blind Creek Solar Farm Trust
Commissioned
Expected closure
Closure date
Technology Storage - Battery
Fuel Solar - Solar
Module OEM
Module / inverter supplier
Inverter OEM
Inverter model
Equipment confidence low
Stats window
13 Jun 2026 08:25 → 14 Jun 2026 08:25 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

13 Jun 2026 08:25 → 14 Jun 2026 08:25 AEST

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Financial overview

2026 real AUD. Monetary values are CPI-adjusted to 2026 real Australian dollars. Greenfield capex uses AEMO benchmarks when plant-specific cost is unknown.
Type
Battery (BESS)
Capacity
378 MW / 486 MWh
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.21/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$438.61M

Shown in table
$438.61M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$415.80M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Plant-specific build cost not found; left null for total to avoid mixing configuration-specific assumptions.

Capex refurbishment
Capex / MWh storage derived
$902,485

Shown in table
$902.5k (2026 real AUD)

Fixed OPEX (annual)
$7.18M

Shown in table
$7.18M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$6.80M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$18,987

Shown in table
$19.0k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$18.0k (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Used internal default because fixed O&M benchmark extraction for battery storage (for the relevant duration) was not fully resolved into the required per-MW-year figure for this asset.

Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.21

Shown in table
$0.21 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$0.20 (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Used internal default variable O&M because battery variable O&M per MWh not extracted from AEMO ETC/O&M review in current search results.

Fuel cost / GJ
Heat rate GJ/MWh

Confidence: low · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: default · AI checked 04 Jun 2026

Notes
Project is development-stage (no clear commissioning date found in sources searched). AEMO/CSIRO ETC review provides battery CAPEX/OPEX benchmarks for co-located BESS; however mapping to this exact plant’s solar+storage configuration and splitting per-MW storage basis requires additional confirmation. Used provided internal defaults where AEMO benchmark values could not be reliably extracted for this technology+duration basis for the requested fields.

Sources