pumped hydro
Battery storage has stolen the limelight as Australia focuses on its storage needs for a renewables-dominated grid. But pumped hydro is about to make an even bigger splash.
Genex gets all clear to add 250MW pumped hydro storage to solar – and perhaps wind – at old Kidston gold mine in north Qld.
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Tasmania may double size of hydro plant, in first step of big battery plans
ARENA backs feasibility study in Hydro Tasmania's plan to double capacity of 104MW Tarraleah Hydro Scheme – a "start" for bigger "battery of the nation" plans.
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Tasmania touts its “Battery of the Nation” – half the cost of Snowy 2.0
Tasmania's pumped hydro potential of 4800MW from just 14 "high potential" sites, at half the cost of Snowy 2.0 - and renewable.
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Victoria plan to use old mines for pumped hydro heads to next stage
Victoria government backed plan to convert disused Bendigo mineshafts into pumped hydro energy storage will undergo full feasibility studies.
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Will Turnbull’s Snowy Hydro continue its war against battery storage?
Turnbull's purchase of Snowy Hydro means he is now both utility owner and policy maker. More concerning is that the newly purchased Snowy Hydro has a strong economic interest...
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“Future is storage:” SA govt pumps for four more hydro projects
South Australia government provides funding for feasibility studies into four large pumped hydro projects in the wind and solar-rich upper Spencer Gulf.
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South Australia unveils another big battery, this time with solar
Tilt Renewables to build another SA big battery, this time next to new solar farm and the existing Snowtown wind farm. It is also looking at a 300MW/1350MWh pumped...