Cranbourne BESS (Macquarie)

BESS · Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Ltd · Storage - Battery

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Development AEMO: Publicly Announced Other - Other NEM data · 24 hours

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Registered nameplate capacity — refresh AI for MW/MWh

Est. SRMC

$1.50/MWh

Capacity not yet researched — use Refresh equipment & project status (AI).

AEMO status Publicly Announced

Project status Development

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Owner Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Ltd

Commissioned —

Expected closure —

Closure date —

Technology Storage - Battery

Fuel Other - Other

Battery OEM —

Battery platform / chemistry —

Inverter OEM —

Inverter / PCS model —

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.

Capex total (greenfield)	$87.34M Shown in table $87.34M (2026 real AUD) Reported / source value $80.00M (2023 nominal) Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups). How this was derived Media report citing planning documents gave an approximately A$80 million total project cost for the Rangebank/Cranbourne West BESS. Reference Shell adds 400 MWh Rangebank battery to expanding energy storage portfolio (medium confidence) Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment	—
Capex / MWh storage	—
Fixed OPEX (annual)	$1.31M Shown in table $1.31M (2026 real AUD) Reported / source value $1.60M (2023 nominal) Table total may differ if recalculated from $/MW × registered capacity after CPI adjustment. How this was derived Annual fixed O&M is inferred from the benchmark rate and the user's stated 150 MW capacity. Reference 2024 Energy Technology Cost and Parameters Review (high confidence) Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr	$8,734 Shown in table $8.7k (2026 real AUD) Reported / source value $8.0k (2023 nominal) Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups). How this was derived AEMO/Aurecon GenCost review provides the benchmark fixed O&M cost used for large BESS. Reference 2024 Energy Technology Cost and Parameters Review (high confidence) Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Variable OPEX / MWh default	$1.50 Shown in table $1.50 (2026 real AUD)
Fuel cost / GJ	—
Heat rate GJ/MWh	—

Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 04 Jun 2026

Notes
The site is referred to publicly as Rangebank BESS in Cranbourne West. The project became fully operational in December 2024. The only plant-specific capital cost found was an approximately A$80 million project estimate reported in 2023 media citing planning documents; no owner-published nominal capex figure was located in the searched sources. O&M uses AEMO/CSIRO GenCost 2024-25 benchmark for large-scale BESS fixed O&M (A$8,000/MW-year, excluding battery replacement and extended warranties).

Sources

asset_life_years — Rangebank BESS (high)
capex_per_mw_aud — Shell adds 400 MWh Rangebank battery to expanding energy storage portfolio (medium)
capex_total_aud — Shell adds 400 MWh Rangebank battery to expanding energy storage portfolio (medium)
capex_year — Shell adds 400 MWh Rangebank battery to expanding energy storage portfolio (medium)
commissioning_date — Rangebank BESS (high)
fixed_opex_annual_aud — 2024 Energy Technology Cost and Parameters Review (high)
fixed_opex_per_mw_year_aud — 2024 Energy Technology Cost and Parameters Review (high)
technology_type — Rangebank BESS (high)

Cranbourne BESS (Macquarie)

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