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The planned 150MW Coire Glas scheme in Scotland – billed as Britain’s...
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Studio Pietrangeli to enhance Cruachan expansion design for Drax
Drax has named Studio Pietrangeli as Owner’s Engineer on its project to build a new 600MW underground plant adjacent to its existing underground Cruachan facility in Argyll, Scotland.
rPlus Hydro files final licenses application for White Pine pumped storage project
rPlus Hydro, LLLP has submitted its Final License Application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the 1000MW White Pine pumped storage project in Nevada, US. The...
Snowy Hydro provides update on Snowy 2.0 project
Snowy Hydro has confirmed that construction of Snowy 2.0 continues to make progress across multiple worksites, despite recent challenges at the site which saw the pause of tunnel...
Indian Government releases draft guidelines for pumped storage plants
The Government of India has released draft guidelines to promote the development of pumped storage projects in the country, and are seeking comments from stakeholders by the end of...
TransAlta takes 50% stake in planned pumped storage plant
TransAlta Corporation is to acquire a 50% interest in the Tent Mountain Renewable Energy Complex, an early-stage 320MW pumped storage hydropower development project, located in...
OPG and Northland Power announce plans for pumped storage project
OPG and Northland Power Inc have proposed a first-of-a-kind project for Canada that would develop a pumped storage project at a long inactive, open-pit iron ore mine.
Gilkes Energy unveils plans for first pumped storage plant
Gilkes Energy has announced details of the proposed 900MW Earba Storage Project in Scotland, the company’s first pumped storage hydropower scheme.
All units at 1.2GW Jinzhai pumped storage plant in commercial operation
All four units at the 1.2GW Jinzhai pumped storage power plant in China have now been successfully connected to the grid and have completed 15 days of trial operation, Ge Hydro...
Green light for construction of Estonia’s first pumped storage project
Construction work is set to start in summer 2024 on the first pumped storage project in Estonia, with developer Energiasalv announcing it has received an official permit to build...
DEWA’s pumped storage plant in Hatta almost 60% complete
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) 250MW Hatta pumped storage plant is currently 58.48% complete, with the project planned for completion in Q4 of 2024.
Exploratory works start at Coire Glas pumped storage plant site in Scotland
Exploratory works have begun at the site of the UK’s first large-scale pumped storage hydropower scheme to be developed in 30 years – the planned 150MW Coire Glas scheme at Loch Lochy...
GE commissions pumped storage units at Chinese project
GE Hydro Solutions has announced that two or four 300MW pumped storage units it supplied to the Anhui Jinzhai pumped storage power plant in Anhui Province, China, have passed the...
European Commission approves funds for pumped storage project in Finland
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €26.3 million Finnish aid measure to support Suomen Energiavarasto Oy (SEVO) in the construction of an...
L&T Construction wins contract on Indian pumped storage plant
The Heavy Civil Infrastructure Business of Larsen & Toubro has secured an order from renewable energy firm Greenko group for development of an off stream pumped storage project in...
Sunshine Hydro and Energy Estate in new JV
Australian companies Sunshine Hydro and Energy Estate have formed a new joint venture with a goal to develop large scale pumped storage projects in Victoria that will be integrated...
Study identifies additional 1500 potential pumped storage sites in Australia
A detailed study from researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) has identified 1500 additional locations across the country that could potentially be used to build...
Technical assistance offered to US pumped storage developers
Hydro developers and other stakeholders interested in developing pumped storage hydropower projects in the US could receive technical assistance from the Department of Agency’s...
SDPUC says it has no jurisdiction for proposed pumped storage project
Following numerous questions regarding its permitting jurisdiction related to the proposed Gregory County Pumped Storage Project, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission...
Funds approved for Estonia’s first pumped storage project
Eesti Energia has received €584,950 in funding for development of Estonia’s first pumped storage project.
