Green light for nation's first underground compressed air energy plant

Green light for nation's first underground compressed air energy plant

An old mine in Broken Hill will be re-purposed by Canadian company Hydrostor as an "innovative" renewable energy storage and generation project tipped to create hundreds of local construction jobs.

NSW provides tick of approval for compressed air energy storage system

Broken Hill has moved another step closer to becoming one of the world’s largest renewable energy microgrids with the New South Wales government providing planning approval for an Australian-first compressed air energy storage facility to be built near the iconic mining town.Canadian company Hydrostor has secured New South Wales (NSW) government approval to build a 200 MW / 1,600 MWh compressed air energy storage facility in a disused mine cavit…