Goat Hill Pumped Hydro

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Development AEMO: Publicly Announced Hydro - Water NEM data · 30 days
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Registered nameplate capacity — refresh AI for MW/MWh
Est. SRMC
$1.59/MWh
Key information

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AEMO status Publicly Announced
Project status Development (AI)

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Owner Altura Group
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Technology Storage - Pumped hydro
Fuel Hydro - Water
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14 May 2026 18:15 → 13 Jun 2026 18:15 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

14 May 2026 18:15 → 13 Jun 2026 18:15 AEST

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Financial overview

2026 real AUD. Monetary values are CPI-adjusted to 2026 real Australian dollars. Greenfield capex uses AEMO benchmarks when plant-specific cost is unknown.
Type
Pumped hydro
Capacity
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Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$1.59/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$542.33M

Shown in table
$542.33M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$410.00M (2018 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
A project profile states the Goat Hill pumped storage project has an estimated investment of A$410 million.

Reference
Goat Hill Pumped Storage Hydro Project, Port Augusta, Australia (medium confidence)
Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
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Capex / MWh storage
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How this was derived
Computed capex per MWh using the project's reported 2,000 MWh storage figure from the APVI source.

Reference
Development of a Cost Model for Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (medium confidence)
Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)
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Fixed OPEX / MW-yr default
$45,000

Shown in table
$45.0k (2026 real AUD)
Variable OPEX / MWh
$1.59

Shown in table
$1.59 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.20 (2018 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Server-side fallback used because no plant-specific O&M data was found in the searched sources.
Fuel cost / GJ
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Heat rate GJ/MWh
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Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 08 Jun 2026

Notes
Plant-specific investment figure found in secondary project profile sources. Capacity/stored energy values vary across sources: 230 MW / 1,840 MWh in some project listings vs 250 MW / 2,000 MWh in other references; capex_per_mw_aud and capex_per_mwh_aud are calculated using 230 MW and 2,000 MWh respectively to keep the cost figure consistent with the cited reported investment. Project status appears to have changed/cancelled in some sources, so operating assumptions are not well verified.

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