Victoria s electricity storage investment costs

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4 FAQs about Victoria s electricity storage investment costs

What are Victoria's energy goals?

With a long-term vision and commitment, Victoria is leading the nation with ambitious legislated targets of 95% renewable electricity generation by 2035, an energy storage target of at least 6.3 gigawatts (GW) by 2035, and economy wide net‑zero emissions by 2045.

What is the Victorian Energy Innovation Fund?

The Victorian Energy Innovation Fund supports the commercialisation of emerging and innovative technologies and projects in offshore wind, bioenergy, large-scale battery, and renewable hydrogen projects. This generates further investment opportunities across renewable energy subsectors including generation, transport, and storage.

How much does a new energy storage strategy cost?

The draft strategy is open for public consultation as it goes through its five year update, and will be tabled in parliament later this year. The full suite of energy storage recommendations may be difficult for the state to swallow, coming as they do with a total price tag between $346 million and $587 million.

Are Australia's big battery costs coming down?

Image: EnergyAustralia. The Riverina and Darlington Point BESS. The developers of Victoria's first four-hour big battery say the costs of building large-scale battery energy storage are coming down in Australia, as demand grows and the dynamics of the global supply chain start to settle.

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