We acknowledge the Wadawurrung people, Traditional Owners of the land on which Victorian Big Battery stores energy. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

Benefits

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FOR ALL VICTORIANS

The Victorian Big Battery is reducing electricity prices for Victorian energy consumers through:

  • enabling more power to come from wind and solar: the cheapest forms of energy
  • allowing more energy to flow into Victoria
  • increasing competition and pushing electricity prices down
  • increasing the reliability of the grid, helping to prevent blackouts

For Regional Economy

The project delivered over 80 jobs during construction and continues to provide 6 full time permanent jobs.

It also provides opportunities for local suppliers, businesses, schools and community groups.

Our network partner AusNet Services has sourced the project’s power transformers from local business Wilsons Transformer Company.

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For local community

HMC Capital has an annual commitment of $25,000 under the VBB benefit-sharing program. This is currently focused on funding two education initiatives: one for primary school students and another at the tertiary-level.

In 2022, the project team commenced a long-term partnership with Deakin University in Victoria, to launch the Victorian Big Battery Engineering Scholarship.

Its purpose is to encourage & support an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person or a female student to pursue a career in STEM.
The first successful scholarship recipient commenced their Bachelor of Software Engineering degree in 2023.
 
The second initiative is a long-term partnership with Kardinia International School, to support a range of sustainability projects at their Grove farm campus. Students in year 5 spend their time learning about sustainability at this campus which is located directly next to VBB. These students have seen the big battery being built and go into operations.

Kardinia International College Junior School are very excited to be a long-term partner with the VBB Community.  With our Year 5 students spending the year at our Grove Campus learning about sustainability and having the VBB geographically close to our campus the ideological links were obvious. We are grateful to Neoen and Tesla for the time invested in educating our students with site visits, formal presentations, and the development of Neon’s Learning Hub. It is these connections that help us develop the next generation of sustainably minded citizens.

Glenn Evans, Kardinia Grove Teacher

Kardinia International College