{"id":15201,"date":"2017-09-21T12:23:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T01:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=15201"},"modified":"2024-06-05T11:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T02:14:46","slug":"pumped-hydro-storage-australia-mb0218","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/pumped-hydro-storage-australia-mb0218\/","title":{"rendered":"22,000 Potential Pumped Hydro Storage Sites Identified Across Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15217\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15217\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/anu-pumped-hydro.jpg\" alt=\"pumped hydro storage potential in Australia\" width=\"700\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/anu-pumped-hydro.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/anu-pumped-hydro-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Potential pumped hydro sites | Image: Australian National University<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Researchers at ANU say 22,000+ potential pumped hydro sites they have identified across Australia represent storage capacity of 67,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh), far more than the nation requires to support a reliable 100% renewable energy based electricity system.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Only a very small amount of this potential would be needed to be used according to lead researcher Professor Andrew Blakers from ANU&#8217;s Research School of Engineering.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Australia needs only a tiny fraction of these sites for pumped hydro storage &#8211; about 450 GWh of storage &#8211; to support a 100 per cent renewable electricity system,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/article\/pumped-hydro-offers-great-energy-potential\/58ou8adpu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Professor Blakers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This translates to only the best 0.1% of the sites being required.<\/p>\n<p>The tally has grown dramatically since ANU announced 5,000 potential sites in an earlier report on its preliminary findings.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Blakers says developing a small number of the most promising sites by 2022 could address challenges posed by the closure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/liddell-power-station-mb0197\/\">Liddell Power Station<\/a> and other coal-fired generators.<\/p>\n<p>Pumped hydro storage involves using surplus, off-peak electricity or renewables based generation to pump water from a lower reservoir to a higher one. When electricity is needed, water from the top reservoir is released, runs through turbines to generate electricity and is discharged into the lower reservoir.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/how-pumped-hydro-works.png\" alt=\"how pumped hydro storage works\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/how-pumped-hydro-works.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/how-pumped-hydro-works-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The following table indicates resource estimates in each state\/territory:<\/p>\n<div class=\"table\" style=\"font-size: 14px; padding-bottom: 20px;\" align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding: 5px;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>Sites<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>Energy storage<br \/>\n(GWh)<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>NSW\/ACT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">8,600<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">29,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>Victoria<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">4,400<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">11,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>Tasmania<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">2,050<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">6,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>Queensland<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">1,770<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">7,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>South Australia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">185<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>Western Australia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">3,800<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">9,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>Northern Territory<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">1,550<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\">5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>TOTAL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>22,000<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px;\"><strong>67,000<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Detailed maps showing the location of the potential short-term off-river pumped hydro energy storage (STORES) sites <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/SvWhhj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The research involved searching for sites where pairs of dams with an altitudinal difference of more than 250 metres could be established. It excluded residential areas, national parks and other locations considered sensitive. Each site identified has between 1 gigawatt-hour and 300GWh of storage potential.<\/p>\n<p>In an article published on the Australian Renewable Energy Agency&#8217;s (ARENA&#8217;s) web site, Professor Blakers <a href=\"https:\/\/arena.gov.au\/blog\/andrew-blakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> said<\/a> pumped hydro could help support the approximately 3 gigawatts of wind energy and solar power capacity currently being installed per year in Australia.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If this continued until 2030 it would be enough to supply half of Australia\u2019s electricity consumption. If this rate is doubled, then Australia will reach 100% renewable electricity in about 2033,&#8221; stated the Professor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The ANU&#8217;s research was\u00a0 supported by ARENA.<\/p>\n<p>In February this year, ARENA and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation announced they would be prioritising financial support for flexible capacity and large-scale energy storage research and development..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at ANU say 22,000+ potential pumped hydro sites they have identified across Australia represent storage capacity of 67,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh), far more than the nation requires to support a reliable 100% renewable energy based electricity system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":15217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>22,000 Potential Pumped Hydro Storage Sites Identified Across Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ANU researchers say potential pumped hydro sites identified provide far more energy storage capacity than required for a 100% renewables electricity system.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/pumped-hydro-storage-australia-mb0218\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"22,000 Potential Pumped Hydro Storage Sites Identified Across Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ANU researchers say potential pumped hydro sites identified provide far more energy storage capacity than required for a 100% renewables electricity system.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/pumped-hydro-storage-australia-mb0218\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-21T01:53:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-05T02:14:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/anu-pumped-hydro.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"481\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/pumped-hydro-storage-australia-mb0218\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/pumped-hydro-storage-australia-mb0218\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"22,000 Potential Pumped Hydro Storage Sites Identified Across Australia\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-21T01:53:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-05T02:14:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/pumped-hydro-storage-australia-mb0218\/\"},\"wordCount\":416,\"commentCount\":11,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/pumped-hydro-storage-australia-mb0218\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/anu-pumped-hydro.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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