pumped hydro

Farmers are famously self-reliant. Why not use farm dams as mini-hydro plants?

For farmers seeking more independence from the grid, the water in their dams could offer yet another form of energy…

September 7, 2023

WA’s first pumped hydro microgrid gets underway in Walpole

Construction of Western Australia’s first – but definitely not last – pumped hydro based microgrid is underway in the fringe-of-grid town…

April 21, 2022

Victoria investigates potential for solar and pumped hydro at former mining centres

Some of Victoria’s key former gold and coal mining centres targeted by $1m fund to support development of community renewables,…

April 12, 2017