Developers of the Goldendale Pump Storage energy project are hoping construction will begin sometime between 2025 and 2027. Wasco County Commissioners heard a report on the two-point-five billion dollar project being developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in Denmark. Rye Development Vice President of Project Management Michael Rooney says currently they are involved in the environmental assessment phase, and will be for the next couple of years. The project is on private land along the Columbia River near the former aluminum smelter site eight miles southeast of Goldendale.