Pumped Hydro

Pumped Hydro

First Nations group gets option for 20pct stake in Sunshine Hydro’s flagship project
Deal with Sunshine Hydro for innovative pumped hydro and green hydrogen hybrid project comes as more renewable companies and buyers look to work with First Nations businesses.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 27, 2023

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Pumped Hydro

NSW looks for more flexibility on storage, but has it pulled plug on pumped hydro?
NSW to change storage definitions as it juggles its storage needs to support the wind and solar that will replace its coal fired generators.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 26, 2023

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Storage

“Extremely significant:” Genex hails Kidston pumped hydro tunnelling milestone
Genex Power hails “extremely significant” milestone as it moves one step closer to starting fit-out works for its pumped hydro power station in Queensland.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 3, 2023

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Renewables

Queensland has a great renewable future – but not with big pumped hydro
The benefits of building new wind and solar will be lost if Queensland persists with its overly expensive and unnecessary long duration pumped hydro.
David Leitch

Oct 31, 2023

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Coal

World’s biggest standalone grid says pumped hydro too hard, all in with battery storage
Western Australia says pumped hydro may be too hard, and it will have to focus on battery storage to support its switch from coal to renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 27, 2023

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Storage

Government snowed again, if it believes Snowy 2.0 is a commercial investment
An independent probe might cut through Snowy 2.0’s woeful history of impossibly optimistic estimates. The government should start by releasing the reset report.
Ted Woodley

Oct 25, 2023

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Storage

Truth behind Snowy 2.0 cost blowout buried with Florence, Senate Estimates hears
The Snowy 2.0 reset report has been comprehensively redacted, offering little insight into the project’s doubling of costs.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 24, 2023

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Renewables

Genex lands 10-year supply contract for huge Kidston wind project
Genex lands off take agreement for proposed Kidston wind project that will form part of the clean energy hub incorporating wind, solar and pumped hydro storage.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 20, 2023

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CleanCo seeks another 3GW of wind and solar to boost pipeline to more than 5GW
CleanCo puts out a call for another 3GW of new wind and solar projects as state government advances massive Borumba pumped hydro project.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 13, 2023

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Renewables

New Hope for renewables? Coal miner floats huge solar, wind and pumped hydro plan
ASX-listed miner looks to invest some of its windfall coal profits into renewables, including a potential giga-scale solar, wind and pumped hydro project in Queensland.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 20, 2023

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Coal

Dramatic lift in market price cap to encourage batteries and gas to fill coal gap
The wholesale market price cap is to jump to more than $22,000/MWh to encourage big batteries and open cycle gas generators to meet peak demand as coal exits grid.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 15, 2023

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“Moving beyond baseload:” NSW turns to consumers and local storage to fill Eraring gap
NSW announces $1.8 billion, including a new focus on consumer energy resources, such as neighbourhood batteries, in its Energy Security Corp.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 7, 2023

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