BESS & Solar · Developer side

Standalone BESS, Solar+BESS hybrids — grid‑proximate, faster gates.

Storage sites are small‑footprint, grid‑proximate and landholder‑light — but the gate decisions are sharper. The methodology runs faster.

Combined potential: ~1.5 GWh
Footprint: Small · grid‑proximate
Landholders per site: 1–3 typical
Regions: NEM‑wide

Why AA in this sector

Smaller landholder footprint. Sharper gate decisions.

Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and Solar+BESS sites are smaller, grid‑proximate and involve fewer landholders than wind or transmission. That changes the cadence, not the methodology — the same three‑stage gated programme runs, just faster.

Where a wind project might involve 30+ landholders, a standalone BESS site is typically 1–3 landholders sited adjacent to an existing substation or transmission asset. The technical envelope is narrow; the commercial envelope is sharp.

Solar+BESS hybrids sit between the two profiles. We size the programme to the configuration: battery alone, battery plus PV, battery plus PV plus a back‑to‑substation easement.

1–3

Landholders typical per standalone BESS site.

~1.5^GWh

Storage potential across pipeline AA has supported.

Key considerations

What a developer team tests a BESS site against.

Five questions we hear on standalone BESS and Solar+BESS hybrid procurement processes.

Grid proximity changes everything.

Standalone BESS land selection is led by substation proximity and POI capacity. The shortlist is short by design.

Host counts low, but high‑stakes.

When you have one host instead of thirty, a failed negotiation is the whole project. Single‑host engagements get senior attention from day one.

Hybrid configuration drives footprint.

Solar+BESS adds an order of magnitude to the land footprint. Resource plans should be technology‑specific, not bracketed.

Back‑to‑substation easement.

Many BESS sites need a short cable easement back to a substation. This is a second landholder programme — not a footnote.

Gate 1 in weeks, not months.

Storage timelines are compressed. The desktop discovery stage should close in weeks. The methodology has to flex.

Field team

Who runs your BESS & Solar programme.

Landholder Engagement Officers anchored in the country your project sits in — and active well beyond it. Specific districts, specific communities. Project experience across every mainland state. We'll be specific about which officer would run your programme on the first call.

Anchored in NSW farming country

50+ yrs in NSW farming country

▸ Northern Tablelands · New England · Mudgee · Central West. Generational network in NSW farming country; property-law and rural-succession lens on the bench.

Statewide Victoria

60+ yrs across Victorian country

▸ Western District · Wimmera · Gippsland · Statewide. Statewide bench with deep Western District footing; fluent in Victorian infrastructure access.

Western Downs & statewide

30+ yrs across QLD country

▸ Western Downs · Darling Downs · Statewide. Active across the Queensland resources, agriculture and EPA interface; rooted in the Western Darling Downs community.

Western Australia

Resourcing in WA

▸ Field resourcing in Western Australia, ready to mobilise on briefs in-state.

Statewide South Australia

Active across SA's energy country

▸ Mid North · Yorke Peninsula · Riverland · Limestone Coast. Across SA's wind, solar and BESS country; lead-office coordination, same three-stage methodology.

100⁺

Sites assembled across Australia

5^states

NSW · VIC · QLD · SA · WA

80^{+ yrs}

Combined regional field experience

Supported by Land Assembly Leads, a GIS Specialist, Technical Administrator and Commercial Direction — the back office exists to keep officers in front of landholders.

Meet the team →

Case study · BESS · NSW

BESS — 200–500 MW adjacent to a planned major substation, New England NSW.

200–500 MW battery storage on a parcel beside a new 500 kV connection point in the New England REZ. The landholder approached AA before the substation was publicly announced. Access agreement executed in under a month — first developer at the site, ahead of a competing direct approach.

200–500 MW

BESS capacity

<1 month

To signed access

1st

Developer at site

Read the full case study →

Additional bess & solar track record

Active and recent engagements.

Solar+BESS Hybrid — Western VIC

Hybrid PV plus storage configuration with back‑to‑substation easement programme.

Location: VIC
Stage: Sentiment + Securing

BESS Substation Co‑location

Single‑host engagement at a transmission substation site in regional Queensland.

Location: QLD
Stage: Securing Access

Talk to us about your bess & solar project

Brief us on your BESS or Solar+BESS project.

Storage timelines compress everything. We confirm sector fit, walk through your POI, and scope a compressed Stage 1. Replies within two business days.

We'll be specific about what we can do, and what we can't.

Received — thank you.

We'll be in touch within two business days.

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