The Resurrection of the Lake Onslow Pumped Hydro Scheme

The resurrection of the Lake Onslow pumped hydro scheme

It has the "mega battery" that will cost billions, and now approved for the fast-track list by the same government that axed it.

Lake Onslow pumped hydro back from the dead

It was hyped as the answer to the country’s energy anxiety – a giant ‘battery’ in the deep south that could keep the lights on when the lakes run dry. But when the coalition Government was voted in, the project was voted out, deemed too big and too expensive. Now, the Lake Onslow pumped hydro scheme is back – or at least, back in the conversation – thanks to a private consortium group, and somewhat ironically, the Government has agreed to refer …