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ZEN Energy’s long-held plans for a big battery in Collie, south-west WA, have been given a boost courtesy of a land deal by a partner. International Graphite (ASX: IG6) has selected a site around 5km north-east of the Collie town centre for a future battery anode material (BAM) plant.

IG6 intends to negotiate for a lease over approximately 20 hectares of privately owned land in the Coolangatta industrial precinct. The lease period would be 20 years with a further 20-year extension available.

IG6 managing director and CEO Andrew Worland said the site was “only metres from the existing power network”, with enough area to consider installation of a solar facility.

IG6 has a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Zen Energy which is assessing the feasibility of building a 200 MW / 600 - 800 MWh battery at Collie.

ZEN is in the Collie big battery queue along with Neoen, which has approvals for a 1000 MW/4000 MWh battery facility, and the WA Government which last week announced development of a 500 MW / 2000 MWh project to be operational before the end of 2025.