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Amp Energy Announces the Establishment of The Renewable Energy Hub of South Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Amp Power Australia Pty Limited, the Australian operating company of global 
developer Amp Energy ("Amp") has announced the establishment of the Renewable 
Energy Hub of South Australia ("REHSA"); a strategic portfolio of large scale 
integrated Solar PV, Wind and Battery Energy Storage ("BESS") assets located in 
South Australia.  The Renewable Energy Hub of South Australia also includes the 
siting of the Spencer Gulf Hydrogen Energy Ecoplex, forming part of the South 
Australian Government's Hydrogen Action Plan.

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The portfolio, acquired from EPS, includes three large Solar PV projects 
totalling over 1.3 GW of generation, located at Robertstown (636 MW), Bungama 
(336 MW) and Yoorndoo Ilga (388 MW) with a total BESS capacity of up to 540MW 
across the portfolio.

With development approvals and land secured, the Robertstown and Bungama 
projects are expected to begin staged energisation in late 2022. These two 
projects alone will create up to 550 equivalent full-time construction jobs 
including the regional workforce, and will generate electricity production to 
power the equivalent of 230,000 homes each year. Total investment  in the 
Renewable Energy Hub of South Australia would exceed $2 billion. 

Two of the sites offer additional strategic value with the planned development 
of an integrated hydrogen production facility for both the domestic market and 
for export from the Spencer Gulf to Asia where Amp has existing operations.

This strategic portfolio establishment continues Amp's expansion in Australia 
which presently includes 158 MW of operating or under construction solar PV 
assets located in NSW.  Amp's NSW assets include the 39 MW Molong Solar Farm, 
near Orange in NSW, which achieved 100% generation in December 2020, only two 
months following first energisation. 

''The strategic value of the South Australian portfolio is significant in a 
jurisdiction which is undergoing one of the most rapid energy transitions in 
the world". said Dean Cooper, Executive Vice President and Head of Amp 
Australia.

South Australian Minister for Trade and Investment, Stephen Patterson, welcomes 
the news of the Renewable Energy Hub of South Australia.

"South Australia has significant land mass and world-class wind and solar 
resources, with aspirations of reaching net 100 per cent renewable energy 
generation by 2030.

"We have seen over $7 billion invested in projects with another $20 billion in 
the pipeline. The Renewable Energy Hub of South Australia will be fundamental 
in integrating our state's renewable energy storage assets and building our 
capability and supporting the fast-moving energy transitions we're 
experiencing." 

Amp's expansion in Australia will include the implementation of Amp X, a 
proprietary digital energy platform 100% owned by Amp, which provides a diverse 
portfolio of disruptive and interoperable grid edge solutions. Amp X includes a 
state-of-the-art smart transformer, which enables real-time autonomous 
management and optimised dispatch of all forms of distributed generation and 
loads across the grid. 

About Amp 

Amp is a global energy transition platform. 

We develop, own and operate clean energy assets throughout our core markets 
around the world, alongside Amp X, our disruptive grid-edge technology platform 
utilizing proprietary artificial intelligence expertise. The company is 
headquartered in Toronto with global operations throughout Australia, India, 
Japan, Spain, Czech Republic, UK and North America. 

Founded in 2009, Amp is a high-growth disruptor at scale, backed by major 
investments from institutional capital partners including most recently the 
Carlyle Group, which invested US$374 million into the company in late 2020.

For more information, please visit amp.energy ( 
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Fraser Hall, fhall@amp.energy, +1 647 283 0790 

SOURCE Amp Energy
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