Pumped Hydro

Big Batteries will render Marinus Link “obsolete”, new analysis suggests

Michael Mazengarb 24 November 20210

hydro tas pumped hydro battery nation wide view of strathgordon dam in tasmania - optimised 1200 — Tasmania sources more than 80 per cent of its electricity from hydroelectricity. (Credit: Canva).

The emergence of new, low cost, big battery storage technologies could render Marinus Link unviable, even before it’s built.

World needs up to 140TWh of long duration energy storage to meet net-zero goals

Sophie Vorrath 23 November 20210

Solar thermal energy collector (cropped) courtesy of WaterFX.

New report says energy storage of eight hours and more will be crucial to shift to renewables, and we’ll need a lot of it between now and 2040.

Market reforms critical for hydro storage in race to renewable grid, CEC says

Sophie Vorrath 17 November 20210

Snowy Hydro Tumut 3 pumped power station energy storage - M Mazengarb - optimised — Snowy Hydro's Tumut 3 power station.

CEC report makes case for the “forgotten giant” of clean electricity, calls on market regulators and governments to drive investment in hydro storage.

South Australia curtailed nearly as much wind and solar on Sunday as it used

Giles Parkinson 15 November 20210

South Australia produced nearly twice as much wind and solar as it could use, with curtailment records around the main grid.

One pumped hydro project still standing as South Australia heads to 100pct wind and solar

Giles Parkinson 12 November 20210

Kidston pumped hydro project — Proposed pumped hydro storage in Queensland.

There appears to be only one pumped hydro project left in the race to deliver long term storage to South Australia as it charges to 100 per cent wind and solar.