Australia is converting a former gold mine into a pumped storage hydro project. The existing mine pits will essentially be turned into a giant water battery 🔋 This is just one of the thousands of projects already underway to reduce Australia''s emissions.
READ MOREA new report from researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) identifies sites in the US that could support pumped storage hydropower plants as well as highlighting how much they might cost and how much energy they could produce. A further report (being published soon) uses that data set and
READ MOREPumped hydro, on the other hand, allows for larger and longer storage than batteries, and that is essential in a wind- and solar-dominated electricity system. It is
READ MOREPNG Hydro has invested K650 million (NZ$302 million) in the project which is one of Central Province''s biggest assets that will supply electricity not only to Port Moresby but the whole Southern region in the
READ MOREQuidnet Energy, a provider of a novel geomechanical pumped storage (GPS) technology, has struck a 15-year commercial agreement with Texas utility CPS Energy to supply an initial 10MWh system. Phase one of the project will involved Quidnet delivering an initial one-megawatt (MW) 10-hour storage facility with an option to extent
READ MOREIberdola has developed a 1.2 GW Tâmega hydroelectric complex in northern Portugal that combines three hydropower plants with pumped hydro with a storage capacity of 40 GWh. The project, which has taken almost eight years to develop and cost US$1.5 billion, will be capable of providing 11 million people with power for 24 hours.
READ MORELocated in Papua New Guinea''s Morobe province, the new hydropower plant involved the design and construction of several bespoke components including: A low-height diversion weir connected to a 33m high concrete
READ MOREUS-based power firm Duke Energy plans to increase the energy storage capacity of its Bad Creek pumped storage hydroelectric station by 200MW. The expansion is scheduled to start in 2021, and complete in 2024. The 1,065MW South Carolina facility, the firm''s largest hydroelectric station, was constructed in 1991 to power 850,000
READ MOREFortescue Future Industries (FFI) is partnering with Papua New Guinea to develop multiple large-scale green energy and green hydrogen projects, signing a master development agreement that will
READ MORE3.26.2020. SMEC has been appointed to deliver a feasibility study for the next phase of the about 18-MW Pilikambi Hydropower Project in Papua New Guinea, continuing its partnership with Enga Hydro Power Limited.
READ MORENational utility PNG Power Ltd. has awarded a 22 million euro (US$29 million) contract to Andritz VA Tech Hydro to rehabilitate and upgrade the 18-MW Rouna 2 hydroelectric project. VA Tech Hydro is to upgrade equipment originally supplied in 1964 by its predecessor companies Voest and Elin. Work is to be completed by December 2008
READ MOREMay 31, 2018. Inside the newly completed 12.5MW Siemens Siestorage-branded lithium battery facility. Image: ENGIE / Mike Auerbach. An inauguration event was held last week to unveil a new battery energy storage system combined with pumped hydro storage in Bavaria, Germany, after multi-national utility Engie completed work on the project.
READ MOREFortescue Metals Group is to assess the feasibility of developing the hydropower potential of the island state of Papua New Guinea (PNG) to support
READ MOREThe governments of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Queensland will today sign a Memorandum of Cooperation with PNG Energy Developments Ltd (PNG EDL) and Origin Energy Limited to support the potential development of a 1800MW hydro scheme in the Gulf Province of PNG. Staff Writer September 15, 2010.
READ MOREPSH''s role in clean energy transition. Pumped storage hydropower (PSH) will play an increasingly important role in the clean energy transition: supporting wind and solar
READ MORESeptember 6, 2021. Stwlan Dam at Ffestinog pumped storage plant in Wales, UK. Built in the 1960s, this photo was taken in 1988 – just four years after Dinorwig, the UK''s most-recently built pumped hydro plant, opened. Image: wikimedia user Arpingstone / Public Domain. While the majority of new energy storage capacity this site reports on is
READ MOREEarlier this year, the Asian Development Bank approved a US$57.3 million loan to Papua New Guinea utility PNG Power Ltd. to fund renewable energy projects, including run-of-river hydro. PNG and Australia''s Origin Energy also are evaluating the potential of the 1,800-MW Purari hydro project in Papua New Guinea.
READ MOREGreenko and Serentica first signalled their intent to create a joint offering of 24/7 round-the-clock (RTC) renewable energy a few months ago, leveraging energy storage specialist Greenko''s new-build pumped hydro plants
READ MOREGlobal engineering, management and development consultancy SMEC, has been appointed by Enga Hydro Power to deliver a feasibility study for the next phase of the Pilikambi
READ MOREOut of its theoretical maximum 251 gigawatts of hydropower potential, the country only generated 327 megawatts (MW) of hydropower by 2023. Still, Papua New
READ MOREIn other pumped hydro news, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has launched an open-source cost estimation tool for modelling potential PHES sites. While the majority of new energy storage capacity being added to the grid today is electrochemical and almost without exception lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery-based
READ MOREGreenko''s winning submission is for a 500MW/3,000MWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant. It will serve NTPC REL under a 25-year contract, with the power generation company seeking to use the long-duration energy storage (LDES) resource to offer 24/7 ''round-the-clock'' clean energy to customers such as large
READ MOREEntura will lead a major project under the Papua New Guinea – Australia Partnership to modernise the Ramu Grid, which is one of the three most important transmission and distribution networks in the nation, and
READ MOREThe resulting Global Greenfield Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Atlas described in Renewable Energy identified 904 suitable locations at former and existing mining sites in 77 nations with a combined storage potential of 30 TWh. The 37 possible PHES sites identified in Australia alone could deliver 540 GWh of storage capacity. The
READ MOREImage: Transgrid. The government of New South Wales (NSW) has pledged financial support to a pumped hydro project, while the state''s first grid-scale battery system has entered full commercial operations. The NSW Minister for Energy Matt Kean and Minister for Lands and Water Kevin Anderson issued a joint statement yesterday,
READ MORECleanTech Bites Renewables. Origin Energy appears to have put its grand plans for a $5 billion, 2,500MW Purari River hydro electric project in Papua New Guinea on the back-burner, after deciding
READ MOREThe organisers of luxury sporting estate Eishken are planning to install 300MW of pumped hydro storage (PHS) on the Scottish Isle of Lewis to store energy primarily from wind farms on the island. This will be the first PHS system installed in the UK for 30 years. The sea will be used as the lower reservoir from which water will be
READ MOREThe European Commission (EC) has given the green light for state aid to contribute to the development of a large-scale pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) in Finland. The €26.3 million (US$27.5
READ MOREDecentralized hydropower solutions are bringing hope and tangible benefits to communities in Papua New Guinea, where remote communities accepted
READ MOREFor information, contact Peter Martin or Ben Mehuwa, PNG Sustainable Energy Ltd., Level 2 Pacific Place, Corner of Musgrave St. and Champion Parade, P.O. Box 503, Port Moresby 121 National Capital District, Papua New Guinea; (675) 321-2222; Fax: (675) 321-0894; E-mail: peter.martin@pngsel , ben.mehuwa@pngsel .
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