Which batteries are eligible for BESS4?
Battery systems must meet the following criteria to be eligible:
- Listed on the Clean Energy Council’s approved battery list. For modular systems, eligibility is based on the approval of individual battery modules. This means a combined system does not need to be separately registered, provided each module is on the approved list.
- The battery’s Usable Capacity must not exceed six times the Battery Inverter Output.
- The battery must be internet connectable and controllable by a Demand Response Aggregator to ensure VPP orchestration capability.
- All equipment (excluding inverters installed prior to the installation date) must carry a minimum 10-year warranty that guarantees at least 70% capacity retention 10 years from the installation date.