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Entura’s pumped hydro expertise in the spotlight

5 August, 2025

The latest issue of International Water Power and Dam Construction magazine is out – with a special focus on pumped hydro energy storage.  

In the issue, Entura’s Richard Herweynen (Technical Director Water) and Nick West (Principal Engineer Civil) discuss our latest pumped hydro projects, through which we are furthering the storage needed to accelerate the renewable energy transition.  

We’re excited by the global resurgence of interest in the potential of pumped hydro and will attend the International Forum on Pumped Storage Hydropower in Paris in September, hosted by the International Hydropower Association, of which we were a founding member. 

The article in International Water Power and Dam Construction magazine features Genex’s Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project in far north Queensland, for which Entura worked on the feasibility study and is currently serving as Owner’s Engineer during construction. The project is Australia’s first new pumped hydro development in decades and is expected to be operational in 2026.  

Richard and Nick also discuss the potential for a pumped hydro project at Lake Cethana in Tasmania. Entura has been instrumental to Hydro Tasmania’s proposal of the 750 MW project, from the very earliest stages of developing and implementing a screening process to identify high-potential sites, right through to design and documentation in preparation for a final investment decision. 

The article also introduces the pumped hydro screening we’ve conducted in India – and our recent appointment by ReNew to prepare the detailed project report for a 1,500 MW pumped storage project in Odisha, one of the eastern states of India.  

For more information about Entura’s pumped hydro expertise and capability, please contact Business Development Manager, Phillip Ellerton.