Powering Progress

The Bremer Battery Project (BBP) is a local initiative driven by the collaborative efforts of individuals from the Lower Mount Walker/Rosewood area and beyond. The BBP will help stabilise Queensland’s energy grid.

About the Bremer Battery

The Highlights

  • Battery Size: 850MW/3400MWh.

  • Charging and Discharging: The Bremer Battery will store excess electricity by drawing from the grid during the middle of the day (10am-2pm). The Bremer Battery will discharge 3,400MWh back into the grid during the peak period (5-9 pm) to power 177,000 homes for 4 hours.

  • The Benefit for Queensland: The Bremer Battery will help ensure that the energy grid is protected and that when Queenslanders arrive home in the evening they can be sure the lights will come on.

  • Local Jobs and Economic Opportunity: Anticipated to create over 200 jobs during a construction phase of up to two years. A significant Community Benefit Fund will be established for landowners and the community.

  • Operational: 2027/8 (subject to approvals)

Overview

The Bremer Battery will harness advanced battery storage technology to facilitate the seamless integration of energy from all sources, stabilising the grid, and ensuring reliability and stability in energy supply.

The Bremer Battery will help deliver a safe and secure energy future for Queensland.

Benefits

The Bremer Battery Project will have a positive impact by future-proofing the area’s energy supply, while creating local economic opportunities and offering direct financial benefit to the community.

Over 200 jobs are anticipated to be generated during a construction period of up to two-years.

A Community Benefit Fund will be established to deliver a direct benefit to effected landowners and to support local community purposes in the Lower Mount Walker and Rosewood communities.

The project will create important opportunities for growing economic activity for the Rosewood and Lower Mount Walker communities, including opportunities for local suppliers and quality employment.

Local businesses will be prioritised wherever possible to supply project requirements including large quantities of sand, gravel, cement, and concrete, as well as the daily needs of the workforce including food, accommodation and transport.

Timeline and Milestones

Preparing for the approval process is the current focus of project activities (studies and reports by experts).

Our team has made significant progress in preparing for the development approval process.

  • There are stringent government requirements for development approvals. To comply with these, we are undertaking a range of required studies.

  • To connect the battery to electricity transmission once it has been constructed, we have submitted a concept engineering design to the electricity transmission system operator. The connection enquiry was approved on 4/2/2025. We are now working on the connection application and GPS.

Construction will not proceed until the project has received development and connection approvals. When the Development Approval Application is lodged, the community will be informed via a project update and invited to provide feedback to the Ipswich City Council via their Development Application Portal.

Proposed Site

The proposed battery site is located in Lower Mount Walker, 20 km from Ipswich. About 8 minutes drive south of Rosewood, or 40 minutes drive from Brisbane.
The Bremer Battery’s proximity to current infrastructure (Greenbank to Middle Ridge 275kV Powerlink transmission line) allows efficient energy distribution without requiring costly new infrastructure. Centrally located between energy generation hubs and high-demand areas, this site ensures smooth energy flow, enhancing grid stability and reliability for the region. 

The Bremer Battery is anticipated to consist of approximately 550 units, each comparable in size to a standard 20-foot shipping container.

Indicative Image of the Bremer Battery

(subject to project approvals)

How big will the battery be? The site expected to be needed for the battery is approximately 10-15 hectares (roughly the same size as the Rosewood Showgrounds). There will also be a connection required to the existing power lines (“cut-in” plus a switchyard). 

What will the battery facility look like? The battery facility is a series of 20-foot shipping containers. An important design consideration is to minimise the visual impact of the project. This will include screening with vegetation and a wall, as well as painting the battery facility so that it blends with the surrounding landscape. The batteries will be about 3-metres high, surrounded by a screening wall planned to be 6-metres high. A selection of native plantings of trees and shrubs, including fast growing species, will provide an additional visual and acoustic barrier up to 8-metres high.

As this vegetation grows it will enhance the overall visual amenity of the project which will have little to no visibility from the road or any nearby house.

Community

In addition to construction jobs, it is expected that there will be ongoing technical, security and maintenance job opportunities once operational. Construction, technical and trade roles will also be required during construction. 

In addition to job opportunities, efforts will be made to prioritise and maximise local procurement and supply opportunities, especially during construction. The project team welcomes early registration of interest in potential local supply opportunities via the contact section of this website.

The project will require a large quantity of concrete, sand, gravel, cement, steel, graders, cranes, transport, food, accommodation and a lot more.

FAQs

  • All safety standards must adhere to strict regulation and be approved by the relevant government and regulatory authorities.

    ○      Bushfire Risk: As with all projects of this nature the facility will be built with rigorous safety standards and fire prevention measures. We will be working to ensure preparedness and effective mitigation measures are in place. LFP battery technology has been selected due to its very low fire risk when compared to other battery types.

    ○  Chemical Spills: The battery will use advanced LFP technology with multiple safety features to minimise the risk of spills. There will be a comprehensive operational plan developed for handling any unlikely incidents.

  • Environmental assessments to identify and mitigate potential impacts on wildlife and ecosystems are a large part of the planning and development approval process. Environmental plans and project standards must adhere to strict regulation and be approved by the relevant government and regulatory authorities.

    As part of the development application a range of environmental studies have already been undertaken across the project site.

    An expert ecologist inspected our site to ensure we avoid any area which is close to potential important trees or animals.

    A minimum impact approach to project design is being used to avoid impacts on waterways and overland flows, vegetation and wildlife. We are planning a 30-metre buffer from waterways and a 50-metre buffer from trees and wildlife.

  • Construction activities will be managed to minimise noise, dust and light impacts for neighbouring properties. As part of the studies required for development approvals experts have been to site to measure exact noise levels and potential impacts on nearby properties. We are working with experts to minimise any sound impacts.

  • Our Battery Energy Storage Systems have a 25-year warranty and lifespan of about 35 years. A decommissioning plan will be prepared that ensures the safe and responsible removal of the facility at the end of its lifespan, including the recycling of materials.

    We have identified an Australian company to recycle the batteries at the end of life and recycle the metals and other components. The metals shall be used to make new batteries.

  • Information about the project is available on the Bremer Battery Project website. Click here to send us a message or enter your details below for regular updates.

    We are engaging in extensive consultation with the Lower Mount Walker and Rosewood communities.

    If you are an effected landowner or member of the community and would like to meet with the project team please write to us at info@LibraEnergy.co.

    The project team is available to meet stakeholders in the Lower Mount Walker and Rosewood communities every Saturday. Please let us know what time suits you best to have a chat over coffee. We are happy to come over to your place, listen to any concerns or ideas and try our best to explain the project details.

    The project team also has a regular stall ervery third Saturday of the month at the St Luke’s Markets at Rosewood.

    If you’d like to know more about the Bremer Battery or have questions for us, we’d be pleased to have a chat.