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Watch to see how an abandoned gold mine could become a giant 250 MW energy storage system, and why turning old pits into pumped hydro plants is far more complex than simply filling them with water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKiAuWgNhH0
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Why engineers are turning abandoned mines into giant batteries
There's a hole in the ground in North Queensland that spent ninety years producing gold. Now it's being converted into a 250 MW pumped hydro plant, storing roughly 2,000 megawatt-hours by moving water between two old mine pits. Pumped hydro is already the…
August 30, 2026 1.1K 1