Photo: Marc McCormack, via Genex Power Sydney-based Genex Power will transform the abandoned Kidston Gold Mine in Northern Queensland into a clean energy powerhouse combining solar and storage. The site will host a 50 MW solar project (KSP1), a 250 MW pumped-storage hydro project (KPSHP), and another 270 MW solar project (KSP2). Kidston’s former status as Read More
A feasibility study conducted to analyze a conversion of a former underground gold mine into a hydro storage plant in Kidston, Australia, found that the idea was commercially viable and the project could open as soon as 2018. https://twitter.com/ARENA_aus/status/795755303673307136 The site is run by Genex, a power generating development company based in Australia. The study released Read More
After being a mining community for a century, Australian town of Kidston is getting a second life following the closure of its biggest gold mine in 2001. Now there are plans to install a pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES) system at the site, combined with an integrated solar farm. The project is run by Genex, a Read More
