New South Wales launched plans for 7 GW of pumped hydro projects, which its government said could generate half the state’s power demands on the hottest days. The news came as state-owned energy firm Snowy Don Harwin won approval to start building its $4bn Snowy 2.0 pumped storage project. New South Wales has 24 other pumped storage projects, selected in collaboration with the Australian National University, in the pipeline. The University had identified 22,000 potential pumped storage schemes in the whole country with a total capacity of 67,000 GWh, but said only a fraction of that was needed.
New South Wales launched plans for 7 GW of pumped hydro projects, which its government said could generate half the state’s power demands on the hottest days. The news came as state-owned energy firm Snowy Hydro won approval to start building its $4bn Snowy 2.0 pumped storage project. New South Wales has 24 other pumped storage projects, selected in collaboration with the Australian National University, in the pipeline. The University had identified 22,000 potential pumped storage schemes in the whole country with a total capacity of 67,000 GWh, but said only a fraction of that was needed.