Evolution's hydro project attracts attention

Gold miner Evolution Mining’s Mt Rawdon pumped hydro (MRPH) project has been declared a Coordinated Project by the Queensland government’s Coordinator-General.

The MRPH project is being jointly developed by Evolution and ICA Partners to provide up to 20 GWh of renewable energy storage at a critical location in the network. The combination of an existing deep open pit, surrounded by steep hills, with known geotechnical conditions that is only 22km from the state’s major transmission lines makes for a very competitive pumped hydro project, Evolution noted.