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Broken mine site to power Silver City’s energy future

Feb 28 2025 Updated 23 hours ago

David Dixon

2 min read

A new power source for Broken Hill: an aerial sketch of the proposed Hydrostor site which will store compressed air to generate electricity when it's needed. Photo: Supplied

An old Broken Hill mine site is to be transformed into a first-of-its-kind compressed air energy storage system delivering energy security, jobs and investment to Broken Hill.

Hydrostor’s compressed air energy storage system is designed to have a capacity of 200 megawatts (MW)/1600 MW-hours (MWh) and could power about 80,000 homes in peak demand, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Penny Sha...