The Premier has visited North Queensland today to reveal more details of the historic plan that will transform Queensland’s energy future into a clean, green renewable age.
A cornerstone of the landmark Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan includes progressing the development of the largest pumped hydro energy storage project in the world to power Queensland into the renewable energy era.
In Mackay, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk discussed a new publicly owned entity – Queensland Hydro – to progress the project.
“The Pioneer-Burdekin mega project, west of Mackay could be the largest pumped hydro project in the world, with potential generation capacity 2.5 times that of Snowy 2.0,” the Premier said.
Read the full Statement Here: https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/96237
So far details on the project are limited the Brisbane Times article gives a few more details including this map
Brisbane Times
The lower reservoir is situated near Eungella on Cattle Creek about 70km from Mackay. There are 2 upper reservoirs shown on the Clarke Range
Will the Pioneer River be dammed?
The Pioneer-Burdekin project name seems to be causing some confusion. the plan doesn’t include dams on either the Pioneer River or the Burdekin River. The name can be attributed to the lower reservoir being in the catchment of the Pioneer River and the upper reservoirs on the other side of the catchment divide in the catchment to the Burdekin River