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Oven Mountain pumped hydro gets critical infrastructure status

THE New South Wales state government has fast-tracked the development of the Oven Mountain pumped hydro project, hoping it will be able to deliver 600 megawatts to the grid before its ageing coal-fire fleet is expected to retire.

Oven Mountain pumped hydro gets critical infrastructure status

The site, between Armidale and Kempsey, has been selected for its unique topography and features two natural granite reservoirs separated by a height differential of 600 metres, around 2.5km apart.  ...

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