Pumped Hydro

Renewables

Bob Brown Foundation slams Marinus Link as ISP “white elephant”
Australian Greens heavyweights tell AEMO that its assessment of the Marinus Link is “fundamentally flawed” and could hold back development of the NEM.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 17, 2022

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Storage

Big battery plans for Pilbara ignore massive pumped-hydro potential
Fortescue plans to build a 9GWh battery in the Pilbara to store energy from a 5.4GW solar and wind project, but there is a cheaper alternative.
Andrew Blakers

Feb 14, 2022

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Coal

EnergyAustralia to seek funds for battery, pumped hydro and hydrogen plans
EnergyAustralia admits it will need to come to market to help fund investments in battery storage, pumped hydro and green hydrogen, as it looks to a future beyond coal.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 9, 2022

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Utilities

Genex starts construction at flagship pumped hydro storage project
Genex kick-starts “milestone” tunneling works at the Kidston pumped hydro energy storage project in Queensland.
Michael Mazengarb

Jan 21, 2022

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Storage

Ocean Grazer launches “infinitely scalable” ocean battery
Dutch start-up makes splash at 2022 Consumer Electronics Show with its “infinitely scalable” Ocean Battery energy storage system that sits on the seafloor.
Joshua S Hill

Jan 12, 2022

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Brown coal likely to close by 2032, AEMO says, but all coal may be gone by then
Step change has become AEMO’s core scenario to manage the grid, and it assumes a threefold increase in coal retirements by 2030.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 10, 2021

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Coal

AGL, Fortescue strike deal to turn Hunter coal plants into huge green hydrogen hub
AGL and Fortescue plan to transform Hunter coal plants into massive green hydrogen hub with wind, solar, storage and manufacturing.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 8, 2021

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Featured

New network fees could “kill the viability” of battery and pumped hydro storage
A proposed rewrite of market rules for battery and pumped hydro projects includes controversial network charges that could kill investment in storage.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 30, 2021

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Big Batteries will render Marinus Link “obsolete”, new analysis suggests
The emergence of new, low cost, big battery storage technologies could render Marinus Link unviable, even before it’s built.
Michael Mazengarb

Nov 24, 2021

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Storage

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

Nov 23, 2021

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Renewables

Market reforms critical for hydro storage in race to renewable grid, CEC says
CEC report makes case for the “forgotten giant” of clean electricity, calls on market regulators and governments to drive investment in hydro storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 17, 2021

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Wind

South Australia curtailed nearly as much wind and solar on Sunday as it used
South Australia produced nearly twice as much wind and solar as it could use, with curtailment records around the main grid.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 15, 2021

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