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JSW Energy to supply 1.5 GW/12 GWh pumped hydro storage in India The storage capacity will cost the utility recipient around $101,000 per megawatt, per year.

Oct 14, 2024

Opinion & Analysis

Energy storage is a solved problem There are thousands of extraordinarily good pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) sites around the world with extraordinarily low capital costs. When coupled with batteries, the resulting hybrid systems offer large energy storage, low cost for both energy and power, and rapid response. Storage is a solved problem.

The International Solar Energy Society (ISES)

Oct 09, 2024

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Stanwell adds 650 MW to its growing energy storage portfolio Queensland state-owned generation company Stanwell has boosted its energy storage portfolio with two new developments with a combined capacity of almost 650 MW entering its project pipeline.

Oct 08, 2024

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Finnish former mine to host 530 MWh pumped hydro facility A Swedish company has acquired the rights to an underground pumped hydro energy storage system at the Pyhäsalmi mine, which is being repurposed for research and cultural activities.

Oct 04, 2024

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Projects & Applications

India’s SJVN to develop 8.1 GW of pumped hydro Indian power producer SJVN has inked a memorandums of understandings with the Government of Maharashtra to develop five pumped hydro storage projects.

Sep 27, 2024

Map of pumped storage hydropower project in Chile

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Colbún suspends 800 MW desalinated water pumped storage project in Chile Chilean utility Colbún has abandoned plans for a massive pumped storage hydropower project in northern Chile, after its appeal to the Environmental Assessment Service (SEA) of the Chilean region of Antofagasta was rejected.

Sep 26, 2024

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Torrent Power bags 12 GWh Indian pumped hydro storage project The energy company will provide 1.5 GW of energy storage capacity to Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (MSEDCL) for 40 years. The capacity will come from Torrent’s planned pumped hydro storage plant in Raigad District, Maharashtra.

Sep 19, 2024

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Work packages awarded for 48 GWh Australian pumped hydro project Queensland Hydro has announced more than AUD 190 million ($128 million) in work packages linked to the construction of the 2 GW/48 GWh Borumba pumped-hydro energy storage project being developed near Gympie in southeast Queensland.

Sep 17, 2024

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Tasmania’s hydropower network upgrade clears way for ‘Battery of the Nation’ Planned refurbishments at 10 power stations and five dams will preface the addition of a new pumped hydro site.

Sep 16, 2024

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