Victoria Completes Big Battery Near Melbourne

The Rangebank battery near Cranbourne is said to have the capacity to power 80,000 homes.
Victoria Completes Big Battery Near Melbourne
Hornsdale Power Reserve, also known as the Tesla big battery, in Adelaide, Australia on Dec. 5, 2018. AAP Image/Hornsdale Power Reserve
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The Victoria Labor government has announced the completion of the Rangebank battery, which is set to be one of the largest in the state.

The Rangebank battery, located next to the Cranbourne terminal station, is a 200-megawatt (MW), 400-megawatt-hour (MWh) energy storage system developed by Eku Energy and Shell Energy.

Naziya Alvi Rahman
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Naziya Alvi Rahman is a Canberra-based journalist who covers political issues in Australia. She can be reached at [email protected].