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Victorian Big Battery Tesla Megapack fire | Image: CFA<\/p><\/div>\n

Victoria’s Shadow Minister for Energy and Renewables isn’t impressed with the Andrews Labor Government’s handling of the Victorian Big Battery fire.<\/p>\n

Just to briefly recap:<\/p>\n

The Victorian Big Battery is a 300 MW \/ 450 MWh energy storage project consisting of 210 Tesla Megapacks being constructed at a site near Moorabool Terminal Station, not far from Geelong. France-headquartered Neoen has contracted Tesla to deliver and operate the project.<\/p>\n

During initial testing last Friday, one of the Tesla Megapacks caught fire<\/a>, and the fire subsequently spread to a second container. The blaze was contained to such a small part of the site in part due to system design, but largely thanks to a bunch of firies jumping in and doing what they do best.<\/p>\n

The CFA declared the incident under control mid-Monday afternoon after the doors of the container of the battery were opened, with no sign of fire.<\/p>\n

Rowswell Calls For Open and Transparent Investigation<\/h2>\n

Victorian Shadow Minister for Energy and Renewables Brad Rowswell says “Labor\u2019s Big Battery” was meant to be operational by November this year, and is concerned Victorian Energy Minister Lily D\u2019Ambrosio is unsure what impact the fire will have on the project hitting prime time, on time.<\/p>\n

He also accused the State Government of being missing in action during much of the event.<\/p>\n

“If Labor\u2019s renewable energy solutions go up in flames even before they\u2019re fully operational \u2013 what hope do Victorians have that this Government will be able to effectively manage the renewable energy transition?,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While the Liberal Nationals have a bunch of reasonable questions<\/a> they want answers to, it was only on Monday when the flames were confirmed to be out and investigations\/assessments will take a little time – it’s not something that should be rushed. And it wasn’t the whole project that went “up in flames” – the physical impact appears to be less than 1% of the whole project at this point.<\/p>\n

Among the questions, Mr. Rowswell asks:<\/p>\n

“How much will the Victorian taxpayer pay when the project schedule is pushed out?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As far as I’m aware, the answer to this is $0 – Neoen is paying for construction of the battery, as well its ongoing operation and maintenance. As for the impact on Victoria’s energy supply and security, Minister D’Ambrosio has reportedly stated “we have more than sufficient energy to meet our needs”.<\/p>\n

Still, the Victorian Government should have been on the ball with the media from the get-go – after all, it was a significant event involving an important project it had previously crowed about. Not saying anything during the early stages of the event only created fertile ground for accusations of not being open and transparent.<\/p>\n

As to what’s happening now and next, Neoen hasn’t provided any further update that I know of since Monday evening. But the CFA mentioned on Tuesday fire investigators attended the scene that day to begin investigating the cause.\u00a0 The CFA, Energy Safe Victoria and WorkSafe Victoria will work with Neoen and Tesla to determine the cause of the fire and to ensure the site is safe as a workplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Victoria’s Shadow Minister for Energy and Renewables isn’t impressed with the Andrews Labor Government’s handling of the Victorian Big Battery fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":52668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVictorian Liberals Fire Up Over Big Battery Blaze - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Victoria's Shadow Minister for Energy and Renewables unimpressed with Andrews Labor Government's handling of the Victorian Big Battery fire.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/big-battery-blaze-mb2104\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victorian Liberals Fire Up Over Big Battery Blaze\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Victoria's Shadow Minister for Energy and Renewables unimpressed with Andrews Labor Government's handling of the Victorian Big Battery fire.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/big-battery-blaze-mb2104\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-04T20:05:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/big-battery-fire.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/big-battery-blaze-mb2104\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/big-battery-blaze-mb2104\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Victorian Liberals Fire Up Over Big Battery Blaze\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-04T20:05:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/big-battery-blaze-mb2104\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":549,\"commentCount\":4,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/big-battery-blaze-mb2104\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/big-battery-fire.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar & Storage News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/big-battery-blaze-mb2104\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/big-battery-blaze-mb2104\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/big-battery-blaze-mb2104\\\/\",\"name\":\"Victorian Liberals Fire Up Over Big Battery Blaze - 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