What A Renewable Drought Really Tests
Sunshine’s Djandori modelling of the May renewable drought shows how a 400 MW firm green supply profile can stay intact when operating logic chooses when to generate and when to conserve.
Pumped hydro is vital to the future grid. So why does gas exploration get all the tax benefits?
If offshore gas exploration qualifies for grossed-up deductions and uplifted carry-forward because it is nationally important and risky, long-duration storage should receive the same treatment given its role as critical infrastructure in a decarbonised grid.
Djandori pumped hydro pitches coal-scale replacement for central Queensland
With Snowy2 overruns still casting long shadows, Djandori is shaping as a test of whether pumped hydro can regain investor confidence — and move faster — in Australia’s next phase of the energy transition.
How the Superhybrid Model Could De-risk and Enable The Promise of Pumped Storage Hydropower
While long-duration energy storage is essential to balance the growing share of variable renewables, PSH—our most mature option—remains stalled by high upfront risk, long lead times, and opaque revenue predictions. Superhybrid is the solution.
Pumped Hydro: The Economics Are Already Here
As renewables dominate new energy investment and the grid becomes more variable, pumped hydro—especially when integrated with green fuels production—is emerging as a game-changing solution. But most policy and industry frameworks treat this as a future opportunity.
The hippie who couldn’t say “impossible”
Today is 18 September 2024 and that’s an important date for Sunshine Hydro.
Today, I and the team at Sunshine Hydro will remember my first visit to Wivenhoe Power Station ten years ago with gratitude, and celebrate the many ways we have made the impossible possible.
An untold story about nuclear power
There’s been lots of discussion lately about nuclear power and its role in a future Australian grid. In a recent Investor Q&A Webinar for our equity crowdfunding campaign on Birchal, we were asked if we see nuclear power as a threat to our Superhybrid™ business model. That question inspired me to write this blog.