Rangebank BESS
Smart design delivering value.
Rangebank BESS impresses with its compact, innovative concrete slab structure.
Project overview
Situated within the Rangebank Business Park in Melbourne’s southeast, the Rangebank Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) provides 200MW / 400MWh capacity of reliable and flexible energy to Victorians since completion in late 2024.
Jointly developed by Eku Energy and Shell Energy with minority equity partner, Perfection Private, the grid-scale battery is connected to Victoria’s transmission network at the Cranbourne Terminal Station. The Rangebank BESS helps to increase Victoria’s renewable energy hosting capacity and provides essential system services that support the safe, secure and reliable operation of Australia’s energy system. Shell Energy has exclusive access to 100% of the capacity based on a 20-year offtake.
The BESS is built, serviced, and maintained by Fluence, a global provider of energy storage products and services, and cloud-based software for renewables and storage, utilising Fluence’s latest Gridstack product.
Watch our Rangebank BESS Partner Video to hear from our project partners to find out more.
Key Facts
Acknowledgement
of Country
Eku Energy respectfully acknowledge the Bunurong People, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the Rangebank BESS will store energy. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. We acknowledge and respect their culture, beliefs, contributions, and spiritual and historic connection with the land.
Project timeline
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FAQs
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Videos
Watch 18 months of construction go by in 3 minutes.
The opening of Rangebank BESS in early December 2024 by Minister D'Ambrosio was attended by our project partners Shell Energy Australia and Perfection Private as well as Fluence Energy. We were excited to also have students and teachers from Cranbourne West Public School at the event, the recipients of one of our Rangebank BESS community grants.
