Batteries to cost $18b more than pumped hydro to firm Qld renewables
Ben PotterSenior writer
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Meeting Queensland’s long-duration energy storage task for its renewable energy zones with batteries would cost $18 billion more than doing it with pumped hydro, the head of the northern state’s energy and public works department says.
Paul Martyn, director-general of Queensland’s Department of Public Works and Energy, said the government budgeted $14 billion for the 2000 megawatt Borumba 24-hour pumped-hydro storage.
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