ACEN Australia - Phoenix Pumped Hydro

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Phoenix Pumped Hydro is a proposed 800MW, 12-hour pumped hydro project 35km west of Mudgee, on both private land and land owned by WaterNSW. The project is within the NSW Government’s Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) which is made up of several proposed renewable energy generators including wind and solar that will provide a low-cost source of energy for consumers. Phoenix Pumped Hydro will firm these renewables by providing large amounts of long-duration storage to keep the lights on even when the sun isn’t shining, and the wind isn’t blowing. The project will have purpose built, off-stream, upper and lower storage reservoirs connected by a tunnel or pipeline to a powerhouse containing pump-turbine units.