LaTrobe Valley BESS (LVES1)

BESS · Tilt Renewables Australia Pty Ltd · Storage - Battery

Dispatch stats Financials
Commissioning AEMO: Committed VIC1 Other - Other NEM data · 581h
100/200 MW
Registered nameplate capacity / storage
581h revenue
$338.6k
Capacity factor
-1.9%
Revenue / MWh
—
Est. SRMC
$1.54/MWh

Energy flow

Dispatch target (cleared) vs availability — 5‑minute intervals. VIC1 regional price (RRP) on right axis.

Key information
Capacity
100 MW / 200 MWh

AEMO status Committed
Project status Commissioning (AI)

Zenviron project page (2025) says Latrobe Valley BESS is a completed project with Q3 2025 completion; project page indicates the site is in late delivery/commissioning phase.

Region VIC1
Coordinates -38.24300, 146.41600 (AI)

Zenviron project page (2025) says the project is located south of Morwell, VIC; AusNet project page identifies the La Trobe Valley BESS connection near Morwell.

MLF 0.9934
DUID LVES1
Owner Tilt Renewables Australia Pty Ltd
Commissioned Jul 2025
Expected closure 2045
Closure date —
Technology Storage - Battery
Fuel Other - Other
Battery OEM Fluence
Battery platform / chemistry battery platform / chemistry not publicly specified
Inverter OEM Fluence
Inverter / PCS model Cube containers / inverter and balance-of-plant package
Equipment confidence medium
Stats window
01 Sep 2026 00:00 → 25 Sep 2026 04:50 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

01 Sep 2026 00:00 → 25 Sep 2026 04:50 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$338.6k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$6.1k
FCAS volume
139,334.8 MWh
Dispatched
-1,113.3 MWh
Available
49,352.4 MWh
Curtailed
50,478.1 MWh
Curtailment
102.3%
of available
MLF used
0.9934
end of period

Revenue (× MLF)

Estimated $ per interval — energy (RRP) and FCAS (regional FCAS prices), both × MLF.

🔋 State of charge

Stored energy at the start of each 5‑minute interval (AEMO INITIAL_ENERGY_STORAGE). Available up to the latest next‑day dispatch file.

61.5 MWh 31%
at 25 Sep 04:00 · of 200 MWh registered

Methodology & assumptions

  • Dispatch & availability — AEMO Next Day Dispatch UNIT_SOLUTION (5‑minute intervals). Intervention intervals excluded.
  • Regional price — dispatch_price RRP matched by settlement time and NEM region (from generator registry).
  • Energy revenue (× MLF) — cleared MW × (5/60 h) × RRP × MLF.
  • FCAS revenue & volume — cleared FCAS MW from DISPATCHLOAD (raise/lower 6s, 60s, 5min, reg) × (5/60 h) × regional FCAS price × MLF. Volume is total FCAS enablement MWh across services.
  • State of charge — INITIAL_ENERGY_STORAGE (MWh at interval start) from UNIT_SOLUTION, published for bidirectional/storage units. Next-day data — the SOC line lags real time by up to a day.
  • Curtailment — estimated economic curtailment when availability exceeds dispatch target: max(0, availability − cleared) × (5/60) MWh.
  • Not settlement — estimates only. AEMO settlement applies DLF, rebids, constraints, and other factors not modelled here.
MLF history (AEMO daily)
Effective fromMLF
2025-04-08 0.9889
2025-07-01 0.9902
2026-07-01 0.9934

Financial overview

2026 real AUD. Monetary values are CPI-adjusted to 2026 real Australian dollars. Greenfield capex uses AEMO benchmarks when plant-specific cost is unknown.
Type
Battery (BESS)
Capacity
100 MW / 200 MWh
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$1.54/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$24.59M

Shown in table
$24.59M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$24.00M (2025 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Official government page for the project states total investment of $24 million for the 100 MW BESS.

Reference
The Latrobe Valley Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) (medium confidence)
Source recorded 09 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MWh storage derived
$122,951

Shown in table
$123.0k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$120.0k (2025 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$2.56M

Shown in table
$2.56M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$2.50M (2025 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$25,615

Shown in table
$25.6k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$25.0k (2025 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Lite-tier default battery fixed O&M assumption used because no project-specific O&M source was provided.
Variable OPEX / MWh
$1.54

Shown in table
$1.54 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.50 (2025 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Lite-tier default battery variable O&M assumption used because no project-specific O&M source was provided.
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 09 Jun 2026

Notes
Net Zero Economy Authority states the 100 MW BESS facility brings $24 million of investment to the Latrobe. This appears to be the project investment figure used here. Capacity 100 MW / 200 MWh from Tilt Renewables. Fixed OPEX and variable OPEX use lite-tier battery defaults due to lack of project-specific operating cost data.

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