Such schemes have their critics but the technology, which has been known for a century, could help many nations reach net zero
The Tantangara Dam Snowy 2.0 site. Of six projects recently given fast-tracked planning approval in NSW, three were pumped hydro ones.The Tantangara Dam Snowy 2.0 site. Of six projects recently given fast-tracked planning approval in NSW, three were pumped hydro ones.Snowy Hydro’s beleaguered tunnel boring machine, Florence, seems to be regularly stuck between soft rock and a hard place.
Andrew Blakers, an emeritus engineering professor at the Australian National University, says Snowy’s woes might have been reduced had the Turnbull government studied alternative sites to 2.0. These locations could one day become Snowy 3.0, 4.0 or more. Big battery installations are growing rapidly even before the collapsing price of lithium really takes effect. Australia's additions are starting to pick up too.While AGL Energy and EnergyAustralia – backers of two of the three projects granted NSW critical state significant infrastructure status – are proceeding, Origin Energy opted not to extend its existing pumped Shoalhaven hydro plant south of Sydney.
Jamie Pittock, an ANU professor who recently took part in one project meeting inside the generator cabin of one of Thailand’s three pumped hydro plants, says that country is proposing six more, including three close to a decision. Cambodia and Vietnam are also considering three such plants.
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