Brendale BESS (BRNDBES1)

BESS · Brendale Battery ProjectCo Pty Lt · Storage - Battery

Dispatch stats Financials
Construction AEMO: Committed QLD1 Other - Other NEM data · 7 days
205/410 MW
Registered nameplate capacity / storage
7 days revenue
$203.3k
Capacity factor
-2.2%
Revenue / MWh
—
Est. SRMC
$1.58/MWh

Energy flow

Dispatch target (cleared) vs availability — 5‑minute intervals. QLD1 regional price (RRP) on right axis.

Key information
Capacity
205 MW / 410 MWh

AEMO status Committed
Project status Construction (AI)

Akaysha Energy project page (community.akayshaenergy.com) says Brendale BESS is currently in construction.

Region QLD1
Coordinates —

MLF 1.0027
DUID BRNDBES1
Owner Brendale Battery ProjectCo Pty Lt
Commissioned Jun 2026
Expected closure 2066
Closure date —
Technology Storage - Battery
Fuel Other - Other
Battery OEM Akaysha Energy
Battery platform / chemistry lithium-ion battery
Inverter OEM —
Inverter / PCS model —
Equipment confidence low
Stats window
18 Sep 2026 05:25 → 25 Sep 2026 05:25 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

18 Sep 2026 05:25 → 25 Sep 2026 05:25 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$203.3k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$3.2k
FCAS volume
1,323.0 MWh
Dispatched
-756.2 MWh
Available
30,198.9 MWh
Curtailed
30,955.7 MWh
Curtailment
102.5%
of available
MLF used
1.0027
end of period

Revenue (× MLF)

Estimated $ per interval — energy (RRP) and FCAS (regional FCAS prices), both × MLF.

🔋 State of charge

Stored energy at the start of each 5‑minute interval (AEMO INITIAL_ENERGY_STORAGE). Available up to the latest next‑day dispatch file.

48.3 MWh 12%
at 25 Sep 03:40 · of 410 MWh registered

Methodology & assumptions

  • Dispatch & availability — AEMO Next Day Dispatch UNIT_SOLUTION (5‑minute intervals). Intervention intervals excluded.
  • Regional price — dispatch_price RRP matched by settlement time and NEM region (from generator registry).
  • Energy revenue (× MLF) — cleared MW × (5/60 h) × RRP × MLF.
  • FCAS revenue & volume — cleared FCAS MW from DISPATCHLOAD (raise/lower 6s, 60s, 5min, reg) × (5/60 h) × regional FCAS price × MLF. Volume is total FCAS enablement MWh across services.
  • State of charge — INITIAL_ENERGY_STORAGE (MWh at interval start) from UNIT_SOLUTION, published for bidirectional/storage units. Next-day data — the SOC line lags real time by up to a day.
  • Curtailment — estimated economic curtailment when availability exceeds dispatch target: max(0, availability − cleared) × (5/60) MWh.
  • Not settlement — estimates only. AEMO settlement applies DLF, rebids, constraints, and other factors not modelled here.
MLF history (AEMO daily)
Effective fromMLF
2025-09-02 1.0014
2026-07-01 1.0027

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
205 MW / 410 MWh
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$1.58/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$210.97M

Shown in table
$210.97M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$200.00M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MWh storage derived
$514,562

Shown in table
$514.6k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$487.8k (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$3.46M

Shown in table
$3.46M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$3.28M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$16,878

Shown in table
$16.9k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$16.0k (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Variable OPEX / MWh
$1.58

Shown in table
$1.58 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.50 (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 05 Jun 2026

Notes
Plant-specific greenfield capex was found in Akaysha Energy's project announcement as '$200M Brendale BESS'. No separate owner-disclosed full-project total beyond this figure was located. The project is a 205 MW / 410 MWh battery; the provided 204.96 MW capacity was used for per-MW calculations.

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