The Oven Mountain Pumped Hydro Project is currently in the advanced development stage.
It will bring much-needed, long-duration storage and reliability to the National Electricity Market, generating up to 900 MW of electricity and storing enough water for up to eight hours of dispatchable energy at full generation for 100+ years. At 900 MW for 8 hours, the project would generate up to 7.2 GWh which is enough to power over 600,000 homes.
Pumping and releasing water between two reservoirs on private land (away from the Macleay River) means there’s no need to dam the Macleay River for the project, and it won’t have a net impact on local water use.
It will also result in many market and environmental benefits, including an annual reduction of approximately 400,000 tonnes of CO2-e in generation emissions.
It will take approximately five years to construct and we’re aiming for it to commence operating in the early 2030s.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.
This project is expected to inject more than $40 million into the regional economy, employ up to 800 people during construction, and generate up to 95 direct and indirect jobs once operational. It’ll also deliver improvements to local roads and provide an emergency water supply for bushfire fighting. And we’ll establish a regional benefit sharing scheme for the project, which will be designed with the community.
Construction or upgrades needed, if the project is approved:
Acknowledgement of Country
The Oven Mountain Pumped Hydro Project pays its respect to the Traditional Custodians of Country, their Elders—past and present, and acknowledges their ancestral connection to the land, seas, and waterways. The project honours the collective knowledge, experiences, cultures, and traditions of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who for thousands of years have shared and exchanged knowledge, nurtured, and loved Country for the benefit of all.
