Snowy 2.0 will bring something genuinely new to Australia’s electricity system: large and long lasting energy storage
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As the cost of Snowy 2.0 rises yet again, defenders claim the scheme can store energy cheaper than batteries. But this doesn’t stack up.
Research reveals most of the sites the Coalition has earmarked for nuclear power plants would be suitable for pumped hydropower plants.
Workers tunnelling through mountains and redirecting rivers, powering and irrigating the nation. We think of the Snowy scheme as a successful nationbuilding project – but it wasn’t always that way
Storing energy in large pumped hydro schemes sounds simple. But engineering and terrain challenges have put Snowy 2.0 well off track – while grid-scale batteries get better and better
If Australia is to meet its net zero targets it must move fast and build massive industrial infrastructure. But those projects are provoking fierce hostility. Is there a way through the green dilemma?
Australia’s renewable energy transformation will require a huge amount of energy storage. We need Snowy 2.0 to succeed.
Are blackouts really looming by the middle of this decade? An AEMO report warns they might be – but there are plenty of projects on the drawing board that will help ease the squeeze on the grid.
The world hydropower industry has public relations work to do, if its global expansion is to be realised. But stringent oversight is urgently needed.
From an effigy hanging from a noose to an angry opponent wielding scissors, those who’ve sought to protect the precious Australian Alps have always been up against it.
Snowy 2.0 has been a lightning rod for controversy. From cost-blowouts to climate impacts and threats to native fish, experts say there are many reasons why it should be put on hold.
The NSW government is soon expected to grant environmental approval to Snowy 2.0. But that process should be halted.
For the next couple of decades, Snowy 2.0 will in fact store coal-fired electricity, not renewable electricity.
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