RenewEconomy

Snowy 2.0: Energy storage for one cent per person per day

Pumped hydro in combination with batteries eliminates fossil fuels from the electricity system. That is a prize worth working towards. Here is why pumped hydro is important. Pumped hydro provides 95% ...
The Conversation

Snowy 2.0 cost blowouts might be OK if the scheme stored power more cheaply than batteries. But it won’t

Victoria University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Two years ago, Snowy Hydro announced a reset for its troubled Snowy 2.0 giant pumped hydro project amid cost blowouts. The ...
RenewEconomy

Snowy 2.0 fiasco – déjà vu, all over again, for the umpteenth time

The Snowy 2.0 debacle keeps getting worse and worse, with last Friday’s news release from the government-owned Snowy Hydro signalling yet another cost blowout – ‘Cost Reassessment underway for ...