Project Overview项目概览
Opportunity Overview机会概览
- Project: 200 MW / 800 MWh BESS
- Location: Prestons, Sydney
- Land position: Under exclusivity, secured via option to lease
- Site size: ~20,000 sqm (BESS + transformers)
- 项目:200 MW / 800 MWh BESS
- 位置:Prestons, Sydney
- 土地状态:已获得排他权,通过租赁期权保障
- 占地面积:~20,000 sqm(BESS + 变压器)
Key Investment Highlights核心投资亮点
- Directly adjacent to Liverpool 330 kV / 132 kV BSP substation
- Favourable MLF and low network tariffs
- Regular-shaped lot; permissible use for BESS with consent
- High potential for strong offtakes — pathway to highly contracted / potentially 100% contracted offtake
- 紧邻 Liverpool 330 kV / 132 kV BSP 变电站
- 有利的 MLF 及较低网络费用
- 地块规则,可经审批用于 BESS
- 强劲的购电协议潜力——有望实现 100% 合同包销
Site Details场地详情
- Zoning: E5 – Heavy Industrial
- Status: Serviced and flat
- Preparation: Removal of existing small buildings + preparation for BESS footings (landowner deliverables)
- 用途分区:E5 – Heavy Industrial
- 现状:已通服务、地势平坦
- 前期准备:拆除现有小型建筑 + BESS 基础准备(业主负责)
Transaction Process交易流程
- Exclusivity with owner to finalise option deed and ground lease
- Commence option period to conduct due diligence
- Complete development and grid connection approval during option period
- Exercise option and commence ground lease
- Construction
- Commence operation
- 与业主签订排他权,完成 option deed 及 ground lease
- 进入 option period,开展 DD
- 在 option period 内完成 DA 及并网审批
- 行使 option,启动 ground lease
- 施工建设
- 开始运营
Site Photos场地照片
Phase 1 Capital RequirementsPhase 1 资本需求
| Item | Cost (AUD) | Start | Duration | End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVEX — Subtotal: $7,050,000 | |||||
| Detailed Due Diligence | $350,000 | 1 May 2026 | 3 months | 31 Jul 2026 | |
| Upfront Design Costs | $200,000 | 1 Aug 2026 | 3 months | 31 Oct 2026 | |
| Development Application | $3,000,000 | 1 Nov 2026 | 18 months | 30 Apr 2028 | |
| Grid Connection Application | $2,000,000 | 1 Nov 2026 | 18 months | 30 Apr 2028 | |
| Detailed Design & Engineering | $500,000 | 1 Nov 2026 | 18 months | 30 Apr 2028 | |
| Legals, Financing & Commercials | $1,000,000 | 1 Nov 2026 | 18 months | 30 Apr 2028 | |
| DEVELOPMENT FEES — Subtotal: $400,000 | |||||
| Dev Fee | $400,000 | 1 Aug 2026 | 21 months | 30 Apr 2028 | |
| LAND HOLDING — Subtotal: $3,086,072 (excl. Bank Guarantee) | |||||
| Option Fee ($30/sqm) | $1,200,000 | Mid Oct 2026 | 24 months | Mid Oct 2028 | Monthly |
| Option Period Outgoings ($16/sqm) | $640,000 | Mid Oct 2026 | 24 months | Mid Oct 2027 | Monthly |
| Option Period Landtax | $1,176,072 | End of 2026 | 24 months | Mid Oct 2028 | Yearly |
| Exclusivity Fee | $70,000 | Upon Signing HOA | 5 months | — | Once off |
| Bank Guarantee | $262,500 | Upon Execute Option | 24 months | — | Refundable |
| TOTAL PHASE 1 | $10,536,072 | Oct 2026 | ~22-24 months | May 2028 | |
Why This Site Is Prime选址优势
Grid Connection Advantage并网优势
- Direct adjacency to Liverpool BSP — short feeders (reduced capex + lower losses)
- Ability to connect at 330 kV with capacity to achieve 200+ MW
- Strong fault level support from dual 330 kV in-feeds (Sydney South / Sydney West)
- Lower risk of voltage flicker and harmonics vs weaker regional nodes
- 紧邻 Liverpool BSP——短馈电线(降低资本开支及损耗)
- 可在 330 kV 并网,容量达 200+ MW
- 双 330 kV 进线提供强故障水平支撑(Sydney South / Sydney West)
- 电压闪变和谐波风险低于弱区域节点
Supports Sydney Reliability & Growth支撑 Sydney 可靠性与增长
- Serves a fast-growing load centre
- Anchored by Western Sydney Airport, data centres, commercial users, and growing residential demand
- BESS provides contingency response during outages on Sydney-West corridors
- Helps defer/reduce costly transmission upgrades in South-West Sydney
- 服务于快速增长的负荷中心
- 以 Western Sydney Airport、数据中心、商业用户及住宅需求为支撑
- BESS 可在 Sydney-West 走廊故障时提供应急响应
- 有助于延缓/减少 South-West Sydney 昂贵的输电升级
Revenue Optimisation in the NEMNEM 收益优化
- Located in Sydney load zone — stronger arbitrage margins
- High MLF (>1) due to proximity to load — avoids long-distance transmission losses
- Access to all 8 FCAS markets (regulation + contingency; raise/lower)
- 位于 Sydney 负荷区——更强套利空间
- 高 MLF (>1),贴近负荷,避免远距离输电损耗
- 可参与全部 8 个 FCAS 市场(调频 + 应急;升/降)
System Strength & Technical Services系统强度与技术服务
- Enhances system strength in South-West Sydney (important for incoming data centre loads)
- Contributes to AEMO performance standards
- Potential to contract with Transgrid/AEMO for non-market ancillary services (network support / system security)
- 增强 South-West Sydney 系统强度(对新增数据中心负荷至关重要)
- 符合 AEMO 性能标准
- 可与 Transgrid/AEMO 签约提供非市场辅助服务(网络支持 / 系统安全)
Liverpool BSP — Grid Capacity ConfirmedLiverpool BSP — 电网容量已确认
- 330 kV load capacity available: 850 MW
- Generation capacity available: >1 GW
- Pre-enquiry submitted to Transgrid — 330 kV bay space confirmed available to be added at Liverpool BSP
- 330 kV 可用负荷容量:850 MW
- 可用发电容量:>1 GW
- 已向 Transgrid 提交预查询——确认 330 kV 间隔空间可用,可在 Liverpool BSP 新增间隔
Development Program & Decision Gates开发计划与决策节点
| Workstream | Q1 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q3 '26 | Q4 '26 | Q1 '27 | Q2 '27 | Q3 '27 | Q4 '27 | Q1 '28 | Q2 '28 | Q3 '28 | Q4 '28 | Q1 '29 | Q2 '29 | Q3 '29 | Q4 '29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agreement in principle (HOA) | ||||||||||||||||
| Execute HOA | ||||||||||||||||
| Finalise landowner legals | ||||||||||||||||
| SPV Establishment | ||||||||||||||||
| ManagementCo Establishment | ||||||||||||||||
| Grid Preliminary Enquiry | ||||||||||||||||
| Due diligence | ||||||||||||||||
| Execute Option | ||||||||||||||||
| Development application (DA) | ||||||||||||||||
| Grid connection application | ||||||||||||||||
| Project Evaluation | ||||||||||||||||
| Phase 1 Exit Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| ★ NTP / FID | ||||||||||||||||
| Exercise lease | ||||||||||||||||
| OEM procurement | ||||||||||||||||
| Construction & commissioning | ||||||||||||||||
| ★ COD |
Key devex Supporting Ancillary Post-FID Milestone Key Decision / Gate
Key Points核心条款
Parties & Structure合作方与架构
- Investment vehicle: SPV solely
- SPV holds 100% of shares and contributions
- 投资载体:仅设立 SPV
- SPV 持有 100% 股份并承担全部出资
Capital Contributions资本出资
- Staged contribution schedule
- Each stage budget reviewed in IRC and confirmed by SPV
- 分阶段出资计划
- 每阶段预算经 IRC 审查并由 SPV 确认
Fees费用
- Development Fee: 4% (applies to pure devex; excludes land-related holding costs)
- Project Acquisition Fee: capped at AUD 500k (negotiated down from AUD 1m), payable upon FID realisation
- 开发费用:4%(仅适用于纯 devex,不含土地持有成本)
- 项目收购费:上限 AUD 500k(已从 AUD 1m 谈下),FID 实现时支付
Exit / Reinvest Rights退出 / 再投资权利
- SPV can exit at FID (end of Phase 1)
- Exit price set by independent third-party valuer appointed/elected by SPV
- Alternatively SPV may roll shares into Phase 2 (build-own-operate to COD)
- If rolling, conversion is based on the FID sale price
- SPV 可在 FID 时退出(Phase 1 结束)
- 退出价格由 SPV 指定的独立第三方估值师确定
- 也可将股份转入 Phase 2(建设-运营至 COD)
- 转入时按 FID 销售价格折算
Governance & Protections治理与保护
- Reserved matters aligned with SPV's capital contribution
- SPV controls 100% of the project ownership
- 保留事项与 SPV 的出资地位匹配
- SPV 持有项目 100% 所有权
Land Key Points土地核心条款
- Option Termination Fee: $525,000
- Bank Guarantee: $262,500 (half of termination fee; refundable)
- Option fee paid monthly
- After 2 years of option, can request an extra 1-year extension — fees align with lease period (extra security for development)
- 期权提前终止费:$525,000
- 银行保函:$262,500(终止费的一半;可退还)
- 期权费按月支付
- 期权行使 2 年后,可申请延期 1 年——费用与租赁期对齐(为开发提供额外保障)
Forecast & Exit Pathway预测与退出路径
Exit Pathway at FIDFID 退出路径
Exit Timing退出时机
At Final Investment Decision (FID), the SPV facilitates entry of long-term, lower-cost infrastructure capital (super funds, infra funds).
Devex investors realise value uplift at FID exit.
在 FID 时,SPV 促成长期低成本基础设施资本进入(养老基金、基建基金等)。
Devex 投资者在 FID 退出时实现价值提升。
Capital Transaction资本交易
The SPV manages transaction execution and handover to incoming investors.
Devex investors can:
- Exit fully at FID and realise returns, or
- Reinvest alongside new capital in the build-own-operate phase
SPV 负责交易执行及向新投资人移交。
Devex 投资者可:
- 完全退出并在 FID 实现回报,或
- 再投资与新资本共同进入建设-运营阶段
Project Sponsor's Role项目发起方角色
Acts as developer and project sponsor, leveraging:
- Market relationships with capital
- Proven track record on capital raising and project delivery
Ensures seamless transition and alignment between Devex investors and long-term ownership.
作为开发商及项目发起方,借助:
- 与资本方的市场关系
- 在资本募集及项目交付方面的过往业绩
确保 Devex 投资者与长期持有者之间平稳过渡。