Storage

Deer Park BESS

Present project

The Deer Park BESS (previously Melbourne Grid Battery) is a critical piece of energy infrastructure that will enable greater system strength and reliability for Victoria, supporting the state's energy transition.

Location

Melbourne • VIC

Energy Supplied

275MW/110MWh

The Deer Park Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) has been developed by Lumea, and is now under development with Akaysha Energy. The BESS will be located at the Deer Park Energy Hub and substation, a key source of electricity supply for metropolitan Melbourne. It will be one of the few batteries in the National Electricity Market to be located on the load side, close to a source of high energy demand.

Lumea, which sits as part of Transgrid group, has a substantial land asset at Deer Park with available bays and adequate network capacity. Transgrid is the transmission network service provider for NSW and the ACT, as well as a declared transmission system operator in Victoria.

Deer Park Substation Melbourne Victoria

Purpose

Australia’s energy transition is seeing significant change in the energy landscape in the shift to renewable energy, and the infrastructure that is required to get there. Batteries are playing an important role supporting this transition.

The Deer Park BESS will also optimise the use of renewable energy generation in Victoria and across the National Energy Market by providing energy storage services and supplying energy when most needed, and may also offer services to support grid reliability and system support.

Lumea’s Director of Emerging Market Development, Sabooh Whitelaw, says, “Lumea believes that energy storage will play a crucial role in ensuring the security and reliability of Australia's energy system.  It is crucial to accelerate the deployment of clean firming capacity, such as grid-scale batteries, to expedite the energy transition and offer significant additional benefits to the consumers.”

Community and Stakeholders

We are committed to genuine and purposeful engagement that puts listening and responding to the community at the heart of our approach. 

Local community, First Nations people and other key stakeholders have been consulted as part of the development of the project since 2015. In 2023, we engaged with the community surrounding Deer Park Terminal Station to understand the priorities, perspectives and needs of the Melton community. 

From 2025, Akaysha Energy are managing the engagement for Deer Park BESS. For more information please visit their community portal here.

For any questions, concerns, or more information please email the Akaysha Energy community team at community@akayshaenergy.com.