May 11, 2026
The Murchs Corner BESS will be located near Origin Energy’s 650MWh Mortlake BESS (pictured), which commenced commissioning earlier this year. Image: Origin Energy.
Developer Alternate Path has secured federal environmental approval for its 500MW/2,000MWh Murchs Corner battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria, Australia.
The project, which joined the EPBC Act queue in late March 2026 and has now received Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act clearance, will connect to the existing 500kV Moorabool to Mortlake transmission line via a cut-in terminal station.
The approval adds to Victoria’s expanding pipeline of utility-scale storage projects targeting the state’s legislated energy storage targets of at least 2.6GW by 2030 and 6.3GW by 2035.
