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NSW super battery to attract $1bn in private investment

The Waratah Super Battery project site is at the former Munmorah Power Station in Colongra, NSW. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

NSW has green-lit the building of an 850-megawatt super battery near Newcastle by 2025 as it continues its transition to renewable energy.

The government says it is "the biggest network battery in the southern hemisphere" and will come online by the time Eraring, Australia's biggest coal-fired power station with a capacity of 2200MW, shuts down.

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