First big battery with eight hours storage beats pumped hydro projects to win Australia’s first long duration storage tender.
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Snowy 2.0 contractor and owner fined for river pollution in national park
Snowy Hydro and the major contractor for the Snowy 2.0 project hit by fines in the latest bad news to affect the controversial project.
Snowy chair given another 18 months to fix hydro and gas plant delays
Snowy chair reappointed for another 18 months to address “legacy issues” and manage the delays and cost overruns at the company’s signature projects.
AGL says pumped hydro “critical” to energy transition, as it updates its own plans
AGL says feasibility studies underway on Muswellbrook pumped hydro energy storage JV, with a preferred technology solution on track for early 2024.
“Not happy:” Bowen says Snowy 2.0 is problematic but won’t be canned
Chris Bowen says he is not happy with situation at Snowy 2.0, but the project won’t be cancelled because it is too important for the grid.
Snowy 2.0: The making of one of Australia’s most spectacular infrastructure debacles
On the sixth anniversary of its announcement, we look at six unenviable records the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project has set.
Snowy CEO confirms project delays as he works to “unpause” blocked tunnel borer
You say ‘bogged,’ we say ‘paused.’ You say ‘sinkhole,’ we say ‘surface depression.’ Snowy Hydro’s new CEO updates Senate Estimates on 2.0 and Kurri Kurri.
Disastrous tunnelling delays underline folly of Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme
The inside story of what went wrong with the Snowy 2.0 tunnelling, which has ground to a halt having barely moved in more than a year.
Snowy Hydro finally fesses up on delays to Snowy 2.0, and for Kurri Kurri too
Snowy 2.0’s estimated completion has been officially delayed, again, making its completion this decade look increasingly unlikely.
Solar farm revenue slumps as market cools in aftermath of coal and gas crisis
Solar farm revenues have fallen by half from the giddy heights of last year’s market prices, but are still ahead of year earlier returns.