Gold to green: Building pumped hydro in an old mine
The Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project (K2-Hydro) is the first of its kind in the world to utilise an abandoned ...
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World-first Australian project repurposing mine pits for pumped hydro
Construction is underway on an innovative engineering project that will turn two retired mining pits in Queensland into a pumped ...
On a project as unprecedented as Snowy 2.0, the tunnelling machines are anything but ‘boring’
Three large tunnel boring machines have arrived in Australia to begin work on Snowy 2.0, Australia’s largest renewable energy project. ...
How the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme helped shape Australia
The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme was an ambitious engineering feat that changed the face of the nation.
How Tasmania is transforming into a renewable energy powerhouse
Two ambitious projects will help Tasmania make moves to become the 'battery of the nation'.
This concrete block ‘battery’ could be an alternative to pumped hydro
Pumped hydro stores excess energy by pumping water uphill and releasing it to turn a turbine under gravity. A Swiss ...
7 of the best Australian and New Zealand civil engineering projects
Iconic building design, hydroelectric power and ambitious railway projects have put Australian and New Zealand engineering on the map.
Tasmania moves to be ‘battery of the nation’ with new pumped hydro sites
Tasmania has revealed the potential locations of 14 pumped hydro sites that together could generate up to 4800 MW and ...
Innovative renewable energy project takes advantage of Queensland’s natural resources
A century after the heyday of North Queensland’s Kidston gold mine, it is set to yield another precious commodity: a ...
Renewable energy has a storage problem. Is more pumped hydro the solution?
Pumped hydro is a cost-effective alternative for energy storage to offset fluctuations in renewable energy supply, and it's primed to ...
