- TagEnergy has unveiled plans to install a 150-MW/600-MWh battery in the Aussie state of Victoria.
- TagEnergy said it has selected Consolidated Power Projects for the Balance of Plant (BoP) services and contracted Tesla Inc. to deliver 168 of its Megapack XL 2.0 battery systems.
Portugal-based clean power firm TagEnergy has unveiled plans to install a 150-MW/600-MWh battery in the Aussie state of Victoria, next to what will become the southern hemisphere’s largest wind power complex.
The proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) will be a standalone facility providing four hours of storage capacity next to the 1.3-GW Golden Plains Wind Farm.
TagEnergy said it has selected Consolidated Power Projects for the Balance of Plant (BoP) services and contracted Tesla Inc. to deliver 168 of its Megapack XL 2.0 battery systems.
Building works are slated to begin early in 2026. Once in operation, the Golden Plains BESS will help balance supply and demand and provide critical capacity during peak demand periods. The project will be TagEnergy’s first energy storage initiative in Australia.
The Golden Plains Wind Farm is being installed in two phases near Geelong. Stage 1, with a capacity of 756 MW, is undergoing final commissioning testing, and the 577-MW Stage 2 is “well underway,” TagEnergy said. Both phases are 85 per cent-owned by TagEnergy, while the remaining 15 per cent is owned by Ingka Group.
Once commissioned in mid-2027, the Golden Plains Wind Farm will be capable of producing over 4,000 GWh of green power annually, or enough to supply more than 765,000 homes.