Mott MacDonald and GHD have been appointed to deliver engineering services for the design of the 250 MW Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project, for the McConnell Dowell, John Holland Group joint venture.
Project owner Genex Power will convert a disused gold mine into a pumped-storage hydroelectric power facility, to strengthen the power system in North Queensland as part of their renewable energy hub, including up to 320 MW from solar and 150 MW from wind.
The project will be the first pumped hydro plant to be built in Australia since 1984, and the first to be used specifically to support the integration of variable renewable energy generation and grid strengthening.
The project requires the conversion of two existing mine pits into reservoirs. It involves the construction of significant underground infrastructure including a large powerhouse cavern and waterway shafts and tunnels to allow the transfer of water between the upper and lower reservoirs to generate power when solar and wind generation is not available and return water back to the upper reservoir when there is an abundance of renewable power.
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June 29, 2021
Fortescue signs land deal for 250 MW green hydrogen plant in Bell Bay
Australian Fortescue Future Industries Pty Ltd (FFI) has signed an Option Agreement with Tasmanian Ports Corporation Pty Ltd (TasPorts) to exclusively negotiate all land and operating access requireme...
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June 24, 2021
Planning underway for 80 MW Fulham Solar Farm in Gippsland
A joint venture (JV) between Solis Renewable Energy, Marathon Electrical, and WK & MA Ferguson is to commence the planning process of the Fulham Solar Farm. The Fulham project is a proposed solar...
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June 24, 2021
Stanwell, Iwatani selects Aldoga industrial zone for 3 GW hydrogen facility in Queensland
The joint partnership of government-owned generator Stanwell Corporation and Japanese industrial giant Iwatani Corporation has selected the industrial development zone of Aldoga in Cent...
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June 23, 2021
Nordex to supply turbines for 1,026 MW MacIntyre Wind Farm Precinct in Cement Mills
Nordex SE and Acciona Energía are in advanced negotiations of contracts and are about to reach an agreement in principle for the supply and installation of up to 180 Nordex N163/5.X wind turbin...
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June 23, 2021
Naturgy signs PPA with Telstra to build 58 MW wind farm in New South Wales
Telstra and Naturgy, through its international power generation subsidiary Global Power Generation (GPG), have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to build a 58 megawatt (MW) wind farm located nea...
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