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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Jamieson Murphy

Fast-track: Muswellbrook pumped hydro declared 'state significant project'

The Muswellbrook Pumped Hydro project team overlooking the mining void at Bells Mountain. Picture by Simon McCarthy.

The Muswellbrook pumped hydro project, at the old open-cut mine, has been declared a state significant project critical to the economy by the NSW government.

It's one of six renewable projects that will be fast-tracked due to their importance to the state's critical energy security during peak-demand periods as coal-fire sources close.

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