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Cowi selected as advisor for £500 million Cruachan expansion
06 September, 2023
Cowi has been selected by renewable energy firm Drax to provide...
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NREL study highlights closed-loop pumped storage hydropower as climate-friendly grid-scale energy storage solution
Monday, September 04, 2023 by In analysis conducted at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), closed-loop pumped storage hydropower systems have emerged as the...

EnergyAustralia initiates environmental studies for Lake Lyell pumped storage hydro project
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 by EnergyAustralia has announced its commencement of comprehensive technical and environmental studies for the proposed Lake Lyell pumped storage hydropower project. The project is slated...

Scottish Energy Minister urges UK government to support new pumped storage hydro plants
Thursday, August 17, 2023 by Neil Gray MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Energy in the Scottish Government, has urged the UK Government to provide developers with the necessary assurance to support the establishment...

Mercia Power Response and RheEnergise target 100MW of storage capacity by 2030
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 by Mercia Power Response (Mercia PR), a provider of flexible power response services to the national grid, has agreed with RheEnergise to explore the potential deployment of...

Tata Power and Govt of Maharashtra join forces to develop 2800MW pumped storage projects
Wednesday, August 09, 2023 by Tata Power has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Maharashtra for the development of two large pumped storage projects with a combined capacity of...

Drax Group receives development consent for £500 million Cruachan pumped storage expansion
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 by Drax Group has been granted development consent by the Scottish Government for its project to construct a new underground pumped storage hydro plant at at its existing Cruachan...

TC Energy confirms Ontario pumped storage project is advancing toward final evaluation
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 by In a bid to accelerate the province's ambitions for clean economic growth, TC Energy Corporation has announced significant progress in the development of the Ontario Pumped...

Argonne-NREL study highlights Alaska's potential for pumped storage hydropower
Monday, July 24, 2023 by In a significant stride towards renewable energy integration, scientists from Argonne National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have revealed their...

Genex Power secures $44.5 million funding for pumped storage and big battery projects with J-Power Partnership
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 by Genex Power has announced a significant funding deal aimed at advancing its flagship pumped hydro project at Kidston in Far North Queensland and accelerating the development of the...

UK industry urges PM to invest in pumped storage hydropower
Friday, July 14, 2023 by Scottish Renewables and the British Hydropower Association have jointly written a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, urging the UK Government to provide immediate support for...

Queensland Hydro opens first round of work packages for Borumba pumped storage project as geotechnical investigations commence
Thursday, July 13, 2023 by Queensland Hydro has opened the first round of work packages for the highly anticipated $14 billion Borumba pumped hydro mega project. The project's initial phase includes nine...

Porr wins contract to build caverns and tunnel system for Forbach pumped storage plant
Friday, July 07, 2023 by Construction company Porr has secured a major contract for the construction of caverns and a tunnel system as part of the conversion of the Rudolf Fettweis Plant (RFW) in Forbach into...

Nant de Drance celebrates first year of operation
Wednesday, July 05, 2023 by On July 1, 2023, the Nant de Drance pumped storage power plant marked its one-year anniversary of successful operation. With a capacity of 900MW, the plant has played a significant...

NHPC Limited and Govt. of Odisha partner to develop pumped storage projects
Thursday, June 29, 2023 by NHPC Limited and the Government of Odisha, through GRIDCO Limited, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of pumped storage and renewable energy projects...

Ground investigation commences for Earba pumped storage project
Thursday, June 29, 2023 by Ground investigation works have commenced at the site of the proposed 900MW Earba pumped storage project in Scotland, marking an important step forward in the development process,...

NHPC signs MoU with Maharashtra Government for pumped storage schemes
Monday, June 19, 2023 by Indian hydropower company NHPC Limited has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Energy, Government of Maharashtra, to collaborate on the development...

Local businesses win key Pioneer-Burdekin contracts in Queensland
Friday, June 16, 2023 by Queensland's Pioneer-Burdekin pumped hydro energy storage project is gaining momentum as local businesses secure key contracts. The Minister for Energy, Renewables, and Hydrogen, Mick...

First Minister of Scotland urges UK Government to support pumped storage for Net Zero transition
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 by In a bid to combat the climate emergency and achieve a fully decarbonized electricity system, Humza Yousaf, First Minister of Scotland, has called on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

SSE unveils plans to redevelop Sloy power station into pumped storage project
Monday, May 22, 2023 by SSE Renewables has announced it is planning to convert the 152MW Sloy hydropower Station into a pumped storage facility, with the transformed facility expected to deliver up to 25GWh...

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