Mount Doran Battery
The proposed Mount Doran Battery is located in Moorabool Shire on Wadawurrung Country, approximately 5 km north of Elaine town centre and 24 km south-east of Ballarat town centre. The Mount Doran Battery and its supporting infrastructure will occupy 3.6 hectares of land, and will connect to the adjacent Elaine Terminal Station.
What would the battery (or BESS) look like?
A battery energy storage system (BESS), uses similar battery technology to a laptop or mobile phone but at a much larger scale. They typically use hundreds of lithium-ion battery packs arranged in outdoor cabinets. These cabinets can range between the size of a large domestic refrigerator up to a standard shipping container.
Community Benefit Sharing and Sponsorship
Iberdrola Australia is committed to working with local communities and stakeholders to ensure our projects have positive long-lasting impacts.
We seek to act as a good neighbour, establish long-term relationships, and become an integral member of the local communities within which we operate. We look for opportunities to share the benefits of our projects with the local community and are informed of these through our community engagement process.
We are always interested in sponsorship opportunities. If you have a sponsorship opportunity that you would like to submit, please see the link below.
Next Steps
The Mount Doran Battery Project is going through a rigorous approval process led by the Victorian Minister for Planning. A Permit Application was lodged in August 2024, which included a summary of our environment and heritage studies, technical assessments and community consultation. We expect to know the outcome of the approval by early 2025.
Project Details
200 MW
Installed Capacity
2 hours
Duration Storage
~ 27,000
Number of homes powered
Project Location
