ARENA gives funding boost for Kidston solar hydro hybrid project

Derek Barry
Updated November 20 2017 - 11:41am, first published 11:18am
The Kidston Stage Two is a hybrid solar and hydro project is expected to comprise a hybrid 250MW pumped hydro electricity storage (PHES) facility and 270MW solar PV.
The Kidston Stage Two is a hybrid solar and hydro project is expected to comprise a hybrid 250MW pumped hydro electricity storage (PHES) facility and 270MW solar PV.

The world’s first integrated solar and pumped hydro hybrid project at Kidston got a boost as the Australian Renewable Energy Agency announced funding to Genex to help bring it to financial close in 2018.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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