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Australia spent 25 years turning a river inland. The result became the country's biggest engineering project

On 17 October 1949, Australia's governor-general, prime minister and the newly appointed head of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority fired the first construction blast at Adaminaby, in the New South Wales high country, launching what would become the largest engineering project ever undertaken in Australia. The Snowy Mountains Scheme set…

The Times of India

Australia built a $187,000 electric fence across Wild Horse Plain, but the real reason lies beneath one of its rarest alpine wetlands

A new electrified fence protects rare alpine wetlands in Kosciuszko National Park. This enclosure safeguards endangered sphagnum bogs and associated fens from wild horse impacts. Horse activity damages these vital peatland ecosystems and their stored carbon. The $187,000 project was funded by biodiversity offsets from Snowy 2.0. This targeted measure…

The Times of India

If the ACT government can afford to kill hundreds of kangaroos, why is it sacking staff?

Maybe many Canberrans could see a better use of money.

The Canberra Times

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NSW electric buses, trains and light rail services to run entirely on renewable energy from 2027 in $1.9bn deal

Exclusive: Minns government announces contract with Snowy Energy to power public transport in seven-year contract

The Guardian - AU

Government reveals taxpayer-funded deal to keep Australia’s largest aluminium smelter open. How long we will pay?

It seemed inevitable – politically at least – that the federal government would step in to save Tomago Aluminium in New South Wales, Australia’s largest aluminium smelter.

The Conversation

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

Two years ago, Snowy Hydro announced a reset for its troubled Snowy 2.0 giant pumped hydro project amid cost blowouts. The supposed final cost was A$12 billion.

The Conversation

Australia's close-up, cropped from 11 million photos

From Cyclone Tracy to Snowy Hydro, pictures by a government photography unit captured life in Australia over more than 50 years.

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The lofty loo built just for the Queen ... or is this royal flush a rumour?

It's apparently nicknamed The Queen's Loo (check out the view!).

The Canberra Times

Diesel will fuel the Hunter Power Project at Kurri for longer

Move to run Hunter Power Project on diesel for 1100 hours.

Newcastle Herald

Fast charge: Gas-fired Hunter Power Project close to completion

Hunter Power Project on track for first power in December.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter Power Project construction giving trades and apprenticeships a boost

Hunter Power Project a Kurri creating valuable apprenticeships.

Newcastle Herald

Snowy 3.0? Experts say Australia has ‘so many good sites’ for more pumped hydro

Such schemes have their critics but the technology, which has been known for a century, could help many nations reach net zero

The Guardian - AU

Stirring films made the Snowy scheme a nationbuilding project. Could the troubled Snowy 2.0 do the same?

In 2017, then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull alighted from a helicopter to announce a grand plan: Snowy Hydro 2.0. It would turn the famous hydroelectric scheme into a giant battery, ready to power the green transition.

The Conversation

Adaminaby is finally fixing a fishy faux pas

The new design of the Big Trout proved controversial. It's going to change.

The Canberra Times

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The Guardian - AU

Snowy Hydro’s 2.0 fortunes might finally be turning as drilling gets back on track

Just over half of the project’s construction is already complete as the project’s previously stalled 2,500-tonne tunnelling machine returns to the grind

AAP

Better days ahead for Florence after a very dark year

Florence, the troubled tunnel boring machine, is back on solid ground and hard at work on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project, but it's slow going.

Newcastle Herald

How switch to renewables converts to super profits for savvy companies

SNOWY HYDRO: Little for Lower Hunter as company smiles all the way to the bank

The Canberra Times

Snowy Hydro told to clean up pollution problems inside park

NSW EPA issues another clean-up notice to Snowy Hydro 2.0.

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Newcastle Herald

Killingworth to Kurri pipeline's environmental impact put at $12m

The 21km route will traverse some of the Hunter's densest forest.

Newcastle Herald

Kurri gas plant cost blows out by 40 per cent

Snowy chief executive stands by the Hunter Power Project's value.

The Guardian - AU

Snowy Hydro 2.0 eyes return to tunnelling after delays and cost blowouts

Chief executive says pumped hydro project remains ‘critical’ to energy transition away from fossil fuels

The Guardian - AU

Snowy Hydro 2.0 costs blowout confirmed to be almost $13bn

The revised estimate for the scheme is contingent on completion by end of 2028 and may rise further if delays persist

Newcastle Herald

Former Snowy Hydro boss shocked over cost blowout

'That seems mad.'

The Conversation

New transmission lines are controversial for nearby communities. But batteries and virtual lines could cut how many we need

Australia’s power grid was built to transport power from coal-fired power stations or the Snowy Hydro scheme to large cities and industrial precincts. The large transmission lines were designed with generation supply and demand, the shortest routes, and cost in mind.

Newcastle Herald

Kurri gas pipeline construction about to begin

APA says it is confident it will meet late 2024 deadline for pipeline project

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