The latest on Victorian energy storage project planning

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Will Victorian Government approve a battery energy storage system?

The Victorian government has fast tracked the approval of what is to be one of the state’s biggest battery energy storage systems as it seeks to accelerate the development of projects to support its renewable energy ambitions.

What is Victoria''s largest-ever battery storage project?

The Victorian Government has approved the state’s largest-ever battery storage project – a one-gigawatt facility that it says will deliver cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable renewable energy for hundreds of thousands of homes. Pacific Green’s Portland Energy Park has been fast-tracked through the Government’s Development Facilitation Program.

Can Victorian energy storage be connected by 2035?

Victorian Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny said the new approvals pathway is playing a key role in achieving the state’s energy storage targets of connecting at least 2.6 GW of energy storage capacity by 2030 and at least 6.3 GW by 2035.

What is the acenergy battery energy storage project?

As it happens, it was an Acenergy battery project that was first to be approved under Victoria’s fast-track program; the Joel Joel Battery Energy Storage Project being developed in Victoria’s Wimmera region at the same size and duration (350 MW/ 700 MWh) as the Little River BESS.

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