Overview
Installed Capacity: 250 MW
Location: Kidston (near Georgetown), 270kms northwest of Townsville, Queensland
Traditional Owners: Ewamian People
About the project
The Kidston Clean Energy Hub is located in North Queensland. The second stage of the Hub consisted of a 250MW Pumped Storage Hydro Project which involved repurposing an abandoned gold mine into a large-scale energy storage facility.
Beon was appointed to deliver and develop the connection assets infrastructure at Kidston under a design and construct contract.
The Kidston Clean Energy Hub is owned by Genex Power.
In a world-first in renewable energy, this innovative project involves the conversion of a disused gold mine into a pumped storage hydroelectric power generation facility.
Key features
- Installation of a 275kV switching station to receive the high voltage cables
- A new 275kV substation to receive the 275kV transmission line connection from Powerlink
- Connecting 275kV infrastructure from the switching station to the new substation
- A 22kV ancillary power supply and transformer from the existing Ergon Energy substation to the underground power station
