ENVIRONMENT

Idemitsu turning old Muswellbrook mine into a power plant

The project has progressed to a "full" feasibility study, which includes detailed design work.

Idemitsu will convert the old Muswellbrook coal mine into a pumped hydro energy storage project.

Idemitsu will convert the old Muswellbrook coal mine into a pumped hydro energy storage project.

The project will generate 250 megawatts of hydroelectricity with eight hours of storage capacity - for a total of 2000MWh of stored energy - to feed electricity into existing high voltage power lines nearby....

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