en.Wedoany.com Reported - On July 3, AGL Energy advanced the Koompartu Farms solar and battery microgrid project in the Riverland region of South Australia. The farm microgrid will be constructed on the Koompartu property near Monash, covering approximately 15 hectares, to serve the farm's electricity demand of about 6.7 megawatts.

Koompartu Farms is one of the larger almond plantations in South Australia. The farm microgrid will feature a 9.2MWp single-axis tracking solar array, with over 15,600 photovoltaic modules installed, and will be equipped with a 10.2MWh battery energy storage system. The project also includes four 2.55MWh energy storage units, 16 diesel backup generators, and 19 kilometers of underground high-voltage power lines to ensure stable power supply for large-scale agricultural facilities.

AGL will build, own, operate, and maintain the farm microgrid under a 20-year power purchase agreement, supplying electricity to Koompartu Farms. The project connects to the 11 kV distribution system of the South Australian power grid, with solar generation and battery storage supplementing power when grid capacity is insufficient to meet peak loads. This farm microgrid provides a project model for deploying distributed energy in large-scale agricultural settings, with subsequent performance depending on operational loads, energy storage dispatch, and seasonal electricity demand variations.