Genex Power has unveiled plans to build a 150MW solar PV project at the old Kidston gold mine in Queensland, siting it adjacent to a proposed 330MW pumped hydro storage project.
If it goes ahead, it will be the biggest solar plant (although it may face some competition from competing proposals), but certainly the largest combined solar and storage project in the Australia, and a world first on the latter metric.
“The development at the Kidston site will offer fringe of grid renewable energy generation and storage in far north Queensland, which is currently a net energy importer,” the listed company said in a statement.
