Kua whakaaetia ngā whanaketanga mō te pūnaha rokiroki pūngao pākahiko nui rawa atu kua whakaritea (BESS) o Aotearoa tae noa ki tēnei wā.

Kei te whakawhanakehia te kaupapa rokiroki pākahiko 100MW e te kamupene whakaputa hiko me te kaihokohoko Meridian Energy i Ruākākā i Te Tai Tokerau o Aotearoa. Kei te taha tonu o Marsden Point, he whare hanga hinu o mua, te wāhi nei.

I te wiki kua taha ake nei (3 o Noema) i kī a Meridian kua whiwhi whakaaetanga rauemi mō te kaupapa mai i te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Whangārei me ngā mana whakahaere o te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Te Tai Tokerau. Koinei te wāhanga tuatahi o te Papa Pūngao o Ruākākā, me te tumanako a Meridian ki te hanga i tētahi tipu pūngao rā 125MW ki te papa i muri mai.

Ko te whāinga a Meridian kia tīmata te mahi o te BESS i te tau 2024. I kī te tumuaki whanaketanga hiko whakahou a te kamupene, a Helen Knott, mā te āwhina ka tukuna e rātou ki te whatunga hiko ka whakaiti i te piki me te heke o te tono me te tuku hiko, ā, ka whai wāhi atu ki te whakaheke i ngā utu hiko.

"Kua kite tātou i tā tātou pūnaha hiko e pāngia ana e ngā raruraru tuku hiko i ētahi wā, ā, kua hua ake ai te kore pumau o te utu. Mā te rokiroki pākahiko ka āwhina i te whakaiti i ēnei āhuatanga mā te whakangawari i te tohatoha o te tuku me te tono," te kī a Knott.

Ka utu te pūnaha i te hiko iti i ngā wā kore-pīki, ā, ka tukuna atu ki te whatunga hiko i ngā wā e nui ana te hiahia. Ka taea hoki te whakamahi i te hiko nui ake i whakaputaina i Te Waipounamu o Aotearoa ki te raki.

Hei āwhina i te whakanui ake i te whakamahinga o te pūngao hou, ka taea hoki e te whakaurunga te whakakore i ngā rauemi wahie pūmua i Te Tai Tokerau o Te Moana-a-Kiwa, e ai ki a Knott.

E ai ki te pūrongo aPūngao-Rokiroki.newsI te marama o Poutū-te-rangi, ko te kaupapa rokiroki pākahiko nui rawa atu o Aotearoa i panuitia ki te marea ko te pūnaha 35MW kei te hangaia i tēnei wā e te kamupene tohatoha hiko a WEL Networks me te kaiwhakawhanake a Infratec.

I Te Tai Tokerau anō hoki, kua tata te rā e oti ai taua kaupapa i te marama o Tīhema o tēnei tau, nā te hangarau BESS i whakarato mai i a Saft, me ngā pūnaha whakawhiti hiko (PCS) nā Power Electronics NZ.

E whakaarohia ana ko te pūnaha rokiroki pākahiko megawatt tuatahi o te motu he kaupapa 1MW/2.3MWh i oti i te tau 2016 mā te whakamahi i te Tesla Powerpack, te putanga tuatahi a Tesla o te otinga BESS tauine ahumahi me te whatunga hiko. Heoi, ko te BESS tuatahi i honoa ki te whatunga tuku hiko ngaohiko-tiketike i Aotearoa i puta mai i ngā tau e rua i muri mai.