UGL will undertake an expansion of the Western Downs Battery project in Queensland for Neoen, one of the world's leading producers of exclusively renewable energy. The work, to be delivered by UGL and Tesla, will increase the Western Downs Battery installed capacity to 270 MW /540 MWh. UGL announced in January it had been appointed to install Tesla Megapack 2XL units and the high voltage infrastructure to connect them to Neoen's Western Downs Green Power Hub, around 250 kilometres west of Brisbane.

Today's announcement extends UGL's work at the project. The expanded battery is located alongside Neoen's 460 MWp Western Downs solar farm and will enable stored energy to be transmitted into the electricity network from the Australian summer of 2024/2025.