Victorian Big Battery

The Victorian Big Battery is a grid-connected battery adjacent to the Moorabool Terminal Station (substation) near Geelong in Victoria, Australia. The battery provides 450MWh of storage and can discharge at 300MW. Funding of $160 million was provided by the Australian government's green bank. Construction commenced at the beginning of 2021. It commenced operations on 8 December 2021.[1]

Victorian Big Battery
Country
  • Australia
Location
Coordinates38°02′S 144°17′E
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 8 December 2021
Owner(s)
Operator(s)
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 300 MW
Storage capacity
  • 450 MW h
External links
Websitevictorianbigbattery.com.au

The battery aims to prevent blackouts during periods of network instability.[2] As of December 2021, the project is the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.[3]

Fire

During construction and early testing of the energy storage system, a fire broke out in one of the Tesla Megapack modules on 30 July 2021. The system was isolated, and energisation testing was not permitted to resume until 29 September 2021. The cause of the fire was determined to have been a leak of cooling fluid. The battery pack had been placed into offline mode before the fire, and this had also isolated the monitoring and management systems. Subsequent configuration changes mean that the monitoring remains active on offline battery packs.[4]

References
  1. "Neoen starts operating 300 MW Victorian Big Battery in Australia, one of the world's largest batteries" (PDF) (Press release). Neoen. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. Rollason, Bridget (5 November 2020). "Victoria's new Tesla battery in Moorabool to drive down power prices, State Government says". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. "Neoen switches on Australia's biggest battery". yahoonews. Yahoo!. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. Colthorpe, Andy (28 September 2021). "Tesla 450MWh Victorian Big Battery in Australia resumes testing after fire setback". Energy Storage News. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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