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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.
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.

‘India’s first dispatchable renewables company’ Greenko plans 11GWh Madhya Pradesh pumped hydro plant

January 11, 2023
Greenko, an Indian power producer creating a 24/7 renewable energy proposition has announced US$1.2 billion PHES project.
Elsewhere in Queensland, developer Genex is building Australia's first new PHES plant in 40 years at the site pictured, in Kidston. Image: Genex Power.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners buys Queensland renewables-plus-storage hub development

December 22, 2022
Renewable energy hub in Australia which will include 16-hour pumped hydro plant acquired by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).
GE Hydro Solutions turbines at the Jinzhai project. Image: GE Renewable Energy.

GE Renewable Energy installs first turbines at 1.2GW China pumped hydro plant

December 14, 2022
The hydropower subsidiary of General Electric’s renewables business has installed first pair of 300MW turbines at pumped hydro site in China.
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.
Some of the old mining infrastructure at Pyhäsalmi. Image: Wikimedia user usv.

European Commission approves state aid for 530MWh Finland pumped hydro plant

December 7, 2022
European Commission has given green light for state aid towards development of a large-scale pumped hydro energy storage in Finland.
How it works. Image: LDES Council.

‘Geomechanical Pumped Storage’ startup Quidnet gets US$10 million ARPA-E funding

December 6, 2022
Quidnet, developing a proprietary mechanical energy storage technology, will receive funding from US DOE’s ARPA-E.
Inauguration of Ukraine's first grid-scale BESS in 2021. Ukraine joined ENTSO-E as an Observer Member in April 2022. Image: DTEK.

Ukraine tender would pair hydroelectric plants with large-scale battery storage

November 23, 2022
Tender to pair hydro plants in Ukraine with battery storage, amid reports of massive damage to the country’s grid and generation fleet.
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State aid for 225MW pumped hydro energy storage plant in Estonia

October 31, 2022
A €600,000 grant from Enterprise Estonia and KredEx has been given to a pumped hydro energy storage project in the Baltic state.
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Tunisian utility planning 600MW pumped hydro energy storage plant

October 24, 2022
Tunisian utility STEG is planning to build a 400-600MW pumped hydro energy storage plant, for a 2029 commissioning date.

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