FAQs

About Progress Power

What is Progress Power’s Springvale Energy Park Project?

The Springvale Energy Park Project is a proposed renewable energy facility located on a former landfill site in Springvale South. 

Stage one will include a big battery of up to 115 MW (230 MWh), forming part of Springvale Energy Park; a large green energy park underway by Progress Power with electric bus charging and hydrogen vehicle refuelling stations currently under consideration.

Progress Power is Australian owned and managed. 

What makes this project exciting for the community?

The Springvale Energy Park Project will be the first utility-scale renewable energy facility built on a metropolitan landfill in Australia.

This project is an innovative solution for transforming landfill sites into renewable energy assets in metropolitan areas and is a pioneering way to store and distribute energy where power is most needed.

What will the land look like once works are completed?

The site will be surrounded by approximately 50m of landscaped buffer consisting of trees and native shrubs. An independent Landscape and Visual Assessment by Xurban found the visual impact from surrounding parks, roads and residences would be ‘negligible’ to ‘positive’ once plantings had matured.

This means the outlook onto the site will be improved by its use as a renewable energy facility.

Where will the Springvale Energy Park Project be located?

The Springvale Energy Park Project is located on the 47ha former landfill site between Clarke Road and Westall Road in Springvale South in south-east Melbourne. This is about 24 kilometres from the CBD.

Who owns the site?

The site is owned by a Melbourne-based company.

Is the project ready to be built?

Progress Power has received planning approval from the City of Greater Dandenong through a planning permit under the Planning and Environment Act 1987.

When will construction start?

The project is currently in the planning and design stage and construction is expected to commence in 2024.