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Storage

State utility backs “first hybridisation” with updated 10-year contract that adds battery storage to solar
Plans to add a four-hour big battery to an operational solar farm have been underwritten by state utility, extending the existing offtake deal to take in the project’s energy storage upgrade.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 2, 2026

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Renewables

State utility partners on massive rooftop solar array to slash sports centre’s annual power bill by $80,000
State Electricity Commission says it will slash the power bill of major sports and aquatic centre by as much as $80,000 a year through a rooftop solar system it has installed and will operate.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 21, 2026

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Storage

State utility buys stake in new big battery, locks in November construction start
State utility helps to bring major new battery project to financial close, in a deal that secures 50 per cent of the battery’s output for 15 years.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 17, 2026

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Storage

State utility bets on Australian-first compressed CO2 “energy dome,” with up to 12 hours of storage
Victoria’s Latrobe Valley will soon host a ground-breaking long-duration energy storage facility capable of continuously supplying electricity for between 10 and 12 hours.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 10, 2026

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Storage

State utility eyes 8-12 hour energy storage investment after “standout” success of four-hour big battery
State-owned utility says it is in discussions to invest in non-lithium technologies with up to 12 hours storage duration, following the “standout” success of its first ever investment, a very big up to 4-hour battery.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 12, 2026

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Wind

Construction work begins on first Latrobe Valley wind project, just one month after state takeover
Work begins on contested wind project, which has fought off court challenges and vandalism, and is now owned by a state government agency.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 28, 2026

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Renewables

SEC steps in to rescue another stalled project, an Australian-first wind farm overlooking coal ruins
SEC to build state’s first publicly owned wind farm, that will be the first to be built in a pine plantation and the first to overlook a former coal plant and mine.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 23, 2025

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CleanTech Bites

Concrete slab awaits 444 Tesla Megapacks at Melbourne’s giant battery project
Concrete is poured and ready for delivery of 444 Tesla Megapack modules to make up one of the biggest grid-scale batteries in Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

May 10, 2024

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Renewables

Architect of ACT’s transition to 100 pct net renewables to head Victoria’s State Electricity Commission
Victorian government appoints a beacon of renewable energy policy and investment to chair its reboot of the State Electricity Commission, announces four new board members.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 30, 2024

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Storage

Giant four-hour battery lands “biggest”debt financing for an Australia big battery
Owners of a giant four-hour battery project on the outskirts of Melbourne say they have closed the “largest” non-recourse debt financing package for an Australian grid scale battery.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 12, 2024

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Victorian parliament may scupper bill for new state owned utility
A move to enshrine the revived State Electricity Commission in the Victorian constitution is doomed to fail, with upper house crossbenchers queuing up to kill it.
Callum Godde

Nov 15, 2023

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Renewables

Victoria gives SEC $1 billion to fast-track wind and solar
The state will spend $1.78 billion on achieving its energy goals, but the lion’s share goes to SEC to deliver 4.5GW of new wind and solar.
Rachel Williamson

May 23, 2023

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