Borumba Dam could soon be joining Queensland’s electricity grid as the state government investigates whether the popular tourist waterhole could become the home of a pumped hydro-electricity plant.
Seqwater has reportedly completed a pre-feasibility study for such a project and provided it to the Queensland Government for further evaluation.
Pumped hydro plants generate electricity by allowing water from elevated dams to run downhill through a turbine to a lower dam.
This water is then pumped back up to the main dam and the process is repeated.
The Age newspaper reported Borumba was one of two possible sites for a hydro dam identified in a study, while the other was in North Queensland.
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