Sydney’s biggest water storage behind Warragamba dam, Lake Burragorang is proposed as the site for a pumped hydro project that could generate enough electricity to up to 500,000 homes and businesses. ZEN Energy is proposing to turn degraded coal industry land at Nattai on the escarpment above the lake into a 1,000 megawatts (1GW) Western…
By Bruce Mountain, Victoria University Last night ABC’s Four Corners investigated the problem-plagued Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro power station, focusing on a bogged tunnelling machine, toxic gas and an unexpected volume of sludge. While these specific problems are new, we have criticised this project since 2019 and outlined six key problems even earlier elsewhere. How…
Queensland clean energy project, the $14.2b Borumba Pumped Hydro Energy Storage, has hit a milestone with the project declared a coordinated project by the Coordinator-General. Declaration means a rigorous assessment of social, economic and environmental matters can begin on the project being developed by Queensland Hydro. Borumba involves building a new upper reservoir, as well…
