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Onslow Dam at Lake Onslow, New Zealand. A PHES plant at the site was conceptualised by Associate Professor Earl Bardsley from the University of Waikato in 2004. Image: Mohammed Majeed.

New Zealand considers investing US$9.8 billion in 5TWh of pumped hydro to bridge energy deficit

March 17, 2023
The government of New Zealand considering viability of pumped hydro among its options to plug energy deficits of between 3TWh and 5TWh.
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rPlus Hydro submits Final License Application for 8GWh pumped hydro plant in Nevada

March 8, 2023
rPlus Hydro has submitted a Final License Application for a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Nevada, US, its second Application in 2023.
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First pumped hydro energy storage unit in Estonia given green light for construction

January 24, 2023
Construction on a 550MW/6GWh pumped hydro energy storage project in Estonia will begin in summer 2024 after it was given the green light by regulators.
Energy minister Chris Bowen (left) at Wallgrove, a 50MW/75MWh BESS project in Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. Image: Transgrid.

New South Wales: AU$7 million for pumped hydro, first grid-scale BESS is delivering inertia

December 20, 2022
New South Wales has pledged financial support to pumped hydro project, while state’s first grid-scale BESS is in full commercial operations.
Ceremony to start construction of a pumped hydro plant by Jagan Mohan Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is one of a number by Greenko, a prolific participant in tenders. Image: CMO Andhra Pradesh via Twitter.

Greenko wins NTPC energy storage tender in India with pumped hydro proposal

December 12, 2022
Greenko has won a technology agnostic tender hosted by NTPC Renewable Energy in India to provide long-duration energy storage.
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Billionaire’s infrastructure firm in lead to provide 500MW pumped hydro plant in Philippines

July 18, 2022
Prime Infrastructure Capital, owned by Filipino businessman Enrique K Razon, is in line to provide 500MW of pumped hydro power to national utility Meralco.
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20GWh pumped hydro energy storage plant starting operations in Switzerland

June 29, 2022
A pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant with a capacity of 20GWh in Valais, Switzerland, will begin operations on Friday, 1 July.
Queensland's Wivenhoe PHES plant, which has been in operation since 1985. Image: Queensland State Archives via Flickr / Public Domain.

Queensland puts A$48 million into studies for potential large-scale pumped hydro sites

June 13, 2022
Australia’s first new large-scale pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in nearly 40 years is being built in Queensland and the state’s government is now exploring options for more.
The 250MW hydro power plant being built in Hatta, in the UAE has almost reached the halfway completion. Image: DEWA.

Hatta 250MW PHES in Dubai nears halfway completion

June 9, 2022
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has neared the halfway completion mark of a 250MW pumped hydro project.
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JSW Energy signs 1GW pumped hydro MOU with Indian state government

April 4, 2022
JSW Energy, part of Indian conglomerate JSW Group, has inked a memorandum of understanding with the Chhattisgarh government to build a 1GW pumped hydro storage project.

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