Victoria Fast-Tracks State’s Largest Battery Project, to Power up to 345,000 Homes

The $1-billion storage project could power 345,000 homes, yet critics say Labor’s transition plan risks higher bills and alienating regions.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan speaks at the Victorian Labor State Conference at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Moonee Ponds in Australia, on Aug. 2, 2025. AAP Image/Con Chronis

The Allan Labor Government has signed off on Victoria’s biggest-ever battery storage project—a one-gigawatt facility near Portland that promises to store enough renewable energy to power 345,000 homes at peak demand.

Pacific Green’s Portland Energy Park will include four separate 250-megawatt “battery parks” and a new terminal station linked into the state grid.