# Rangebank Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)

Publisher: CapexCue
Canonical dossier: <https://capexcue.com/projects/rangebank-battery-energy-storage-system-bess-5af3f21e-c93/>
Dossier reference: release 1 (5ec7161c-ce37-4ca9-a968-d3d0620894ef)

Released project intelligence

Oldest supporting observation: 2026-10-17T15:24:21.606710+00:00
Dossier released: 2026-10-17T15:32:23.693277+00:00
Source report dates and capture dates are listed per fact below; neither establishes an event date.

## Project summary

Rangebank BESS is a completed 200 MW / 400 MWh grid-scale battery at Rangebank Business Park in Melbourne’s southeast. Eku Energy’s release reports completion and identifies Fluence as the construction partner and BESS supplier responsible for ongoing servicing and maintenance. The release displays a date of 3/12/2024, but does not clarify the date format.

## Evidence limits and unknowns

- The release does not identify an open procurement, separately tendered follow-on package, project budget, or financing amount.
- The release does not provide an exact site address or identify the asset’s operator.

Current purchasing availability: unknown.
Source-dated plans do not establish current progress or available supplier packages.

## Project metadata

Country: Australia
Region: Oceania
Physical assets: Battery Storage
Derived from the exact released evidence; unresolved fields remain unclassified.

## Project category

Energy
Derived from the reviewed scope statement; delivery stage remains unclassified.
A 200 MW / 400 MWh BESS. The release reports a single contiguous concrete slab and externally located high-voltage cabling, and says the system can power 80,000 homes for an hour during peak periods.
Source: www.ekuenergy.com — https://www.ekuenergy.com/en-nz/news-and-blogs/victorias-second-largest-battery-opened-at-cranbourne | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T15:24:21.606710+00:00

Project overview
Oldest decisive evidence: 2026-10-17T15:24:21.606710+00:00
Newest evidence: 2026-10-17T15:24:21.606710+00:00
Knowledge reviewed: 2026-10-17T15:30:18.615951+00:00
Publication reviewed: 2026-10-17T15:31:52.842266+00:00

## Date
Media Release date displayed as 3/12/2024; the date format is not clarified.
Status: reported
Attribution: www.ekuenergy.com
Source: www.ekuenergy.com — https://www.ekuenergy.com/en-nz/news-and-blogs/victorias-second-largest-battery-opened-at-cranbourne | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T15:24:21.606710+00:00

## Name
Rangebank Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
Status: reported
Attribution: www.ekuenergy.com
Source: www.ekuenergy.com — https://www.ekuenergy.com/en-nz/news-and-blogs/victorias-second-largest-battery-opened-at-cranbourne | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T15:24:21.606710+00:00

## Scope
A 200 MW / 400 MWh BESS. The release reports a single contiguous concrete slab and externally located high-voltage cabling, and says the system can power 80,000 homes for an hour during peak periods.
Status: reported
Attribution: www.ekuenergy.com
Source: www.ekuenergy.com — https://www.ekuenergy.com/en-nz/news-and-blogs/victorias-second-largest-battery-opened-at-cranbourne | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T15:24:21.606710+00:00

## Sector
Grid-scale battery energy storage.
Status: reported
Attribution: www.ekuenergy.com
Source: www.ekuenergy.com — https://www.ekuenergy.com/en-nz/news-and-blogs/victorias-second-largest-battery-opened-at-cranbourne | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T15:24:21.606710+00:00

## Activity
The release reports completion; its headline says the battery opened.
Status: actual
Attribution: www.ekuenergy.com
Source: www.ekuenergy.com — https://www.ekuenergy.com/en-nz/news-and-blogs/victorias-second-largest-battery-opened-at-cranbourne | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T15:24:21.606710+00:00

## Location
Rangebank Business Park, in Melbourne’s southeast; the release describes the battery as Victoria’s second largest.
Status: reported
Attribution: www.ekuenergy.com
Source: www.ekuenergy.com — https://www.ekuenergy.com/en-nz/news-and-blogs/victorias-second-largest-battery-opened-at-cranbourne | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T15:24:21.606710+00:00

## Contractor
Fluence is identified as construction partner and BESS supplier; the release says it will be responsible for ongoing servicing and maintenance.
Status: reported
Attribution: www.ekuenergy.com
Source: www.ekuenergy.com — https://www.ekuenergy.com/en-nz/news-and-blogs/victorias-second-largest-battery-opened-at-cranbourne | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T15:24:21.606710+00:00


## Cite this dossier

CapexCue — Rangebank Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) — dossier released 2026-10-17T15:32:23.693277+00:00, release 1 (5ec7161c-ce37-4ca9-a968-d3d0620894ef) — https://capexcue.com/projects/rangebank-battery-energy-storage-system-bess-5af3f21e-c93/.

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