The state government has awarded millions of dollars in contracts this week to support the $14.2 billion renewable energy project in Queensland's south-east, but the construction timeline is now unclear.
Geodrill has won a share of a $25m contract to do surface-level geotechnical drilling.The state government has awarded $215 million in contracts this week for the Borumba Pumped Hydro Project in Queensland's south-east.Geotechnical work and environmental approvals are still required before construction can begin.
"We will need to get the results of drilling, as well as some of the environmental studies," he said. In a statement, a Queensland government spokesperson did not confirm 2025 as the construction start date but said the project was "on track" to deliver power in 2030.Federal approvals required "I just need to remind people that Queensland Hydro don't even have the approvals to start doing their exploratory works yet," Mr Burgess said.How energy is produced using pumped hydro.it would scrap the Miles government's $12 billion Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro ProjectLNP leader David Crisafulli told the ABC there had been "no planning approvals, no business case and no environmental assessment" for the Pioneer-Burdekin scheme.
"We'll be testing to see how porous the ground is as well we'll be putting water wells in to extract water for the construction purposes," Mr Partleton said(Queensland Hydro also announced this week that it had awarded a $111 million package to engineering and construction company Decmil to build two temporary workers' camps for the project.
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