{"id":338462,"date":"2023-10-12T15:13:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T05:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=338462"},"modified":"2023-10-12T15:13:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T05:13:58","slug":"pumped-hydro-passes-new-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/10\/12\/pumped-hydro-passes-new-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumped Hydro Passes New Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_336157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336157\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230822lcolinboyce.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336157\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230822lcolinboyce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230822lcolinboyce.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230822lcolinboyce-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230822lcolinboyce-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230822lcolinboyce-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230822lcolinboyce-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230822lcolinboyce-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-336157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLASHBACK: Member for Flynn Colin Boyce at a protest rally in Brisbane in August against the Borumba Dam Pumped Hydro Project (Photo: LNP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 12, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The proposed Borumba Pumped Hydro Energy Storage project has passed another milestone, being officially declared a &#8220;co-ordinated project&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The State Government says this declaration, by the Co-Ordinator-General, means an assessment of social, economic and environmental matters can now begin.<\/p>\n<p>The project involves building a new upper reservoir, as well as a new dam wall that will replace the existing Borumba Dam wall.<\/p>\n<p>The new dam wall would increase Lake Borumba\u2019s storage capacity from 46 to 224 gigalitres.<\/p>\n<p>The system would have the capacity to generate up to 2000MW of electricity for up to 24 hours at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Geotechnical exploratory drilling has already started on the project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/10\/10\/powerlink-releases-first-route-map\/\"><strong>Powerlink Releases First Route Map<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/08\/22\/nats-target-reckless-renewables\/\">Nats Target &#8216;Reckless Renewables&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/05\/10\/mayor-calls-on-lnp-to-speak-up\/\">Mayor Calls On LNP To Speak Up<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/04\/28\/about-200-landholders-affected\/\">\u2018About 200\u2019 Landholders Affected<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/04\/27\/powerlink-unveils-draft-routes\/\">Powerlink Unveils Draft Routes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/04\/26\/powerlink-maps-to-be-released\/\">Powerlink Maps To Be Released<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/02\/28\/draft-powerline-maps-out-soon\/\">Draft Powerline Maps Out Soon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/02\/27\/use-state-forests-urges-petition\/\">Use State Forests, Urges Petition<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/01\/27\/petition-targets-power-line-plan\/\">Petition Targets Power Line Plans<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/01\/08\/more-sessions-to-discuss-powerlines\/\">More Sessions To Discuss Powerlines<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/12\/08\/powerlink-to-hold-more-meetings\/\">Powerlink To Hold More Meetings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/08\/11\/public-meetings-for-power-project\/\">Public Meetings For Power Project<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>What Is Pumped Hydro?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>This video, by Hydro Tasmania, is about another project but includes an explanation about how pumped hydro works in conjunction with solar and wind power:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_PH0IJ-_qOI?;start=38&amp;end=100\" width=\"740\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed Borumba Pumped Hydro Energy Storage project has passed another milestone, being officially declared a &#8220;co-ordinated project&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":336157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pumped Hydro Passes New 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