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Australia’s giant pumped hydro project

The Snowy 2.0 Pumped Storage Power Station – simply known as Snowy 2.0 – is a giant power generation project in Australia that is designed to supply 2.2 gigawatts of capacity and 350,000 ...
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White elephant? Hardly—Snowy 2.0 will last 150 years and work with batteries to push out gas

When Snowy 2.0 is in the news, it's usually about money. The cost of the huge project has gone well beyond the initial A$6 billion estimate and will now cost more than $12 billion. Subscribe to our ...
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Why build nuclear power in place of old coal, when you could have pumped hydropower instead?

Timothy Weber receives funding from the Australian government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics. Andrew Blakers receives funding from the ...
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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 ...