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$5.9bn and rising: Snowy 2.0 wrestles with delays and budget blowouts

Much is riding on its success – not least the decarbonisation of the electricity grid – but critics say an independent review is desperately needed

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Hunter Valley reeling after bus crash; AFL player bailed on burglary charges; and what grip strength says about health

Bus driver in custody after crash near town of Greta which left 10 dead and more than 20 injured

The Guardian - AU

Snowy Hydro looks to resume boring within weeks pending environmental approvals

Proposed changes include a slurry plant to help dig through soft rock, as National Parks Association says ‘enormous damage’ caused already

The Guardian - AU

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Explosives equipment missing from massive Snowy Hydro work site

Worksafe NSW launches investigation as site staff told missing detonator and accelerant require other components to activate

The Guardian - AU

$100m spent on underground mapping before tunnelling woes, Snowy Hydro boss admits

Following the revelation made by Dennis Barnes at a Senate estimates hearing, an analyst predicts the project cost will blow out to at least five times the original figure.

ABC News

'Positive progress' for nation builders at Snowy 2.0

Snowy Hydro 2.0's construction woes risk putting Australia years off course on energy targets, with the cost blowout yet to be tallied, parliament learns.

AAP

Snowy 2.0 project making no progress on a number of environmental requirements, report says

Ten of 16 management plans for multibillion-dollar pumped hydro project overdue by up to 31 months, says National Parks Association

The Guardian - AU

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Major Snowy 2.0 tunnelling operation on hold after NSW government intervenes

The 143-metre-long tunnelling machine is stuck and it will stay that way until the company can prove moving it won't cause "further damage" to the environment.

ABC News

The day a bank was put on a truck and moved to escape being flooded

The 1899 two-storey sandstone was dragged up the hill. Thankfully, the nearby cemetery just avoided the highwater mark.

The Canberra Times

Former Snowy Hydro boss Paul Broad labels 80 per cent renewable energy target 'bulls**t'

A bitter rift between the former boss of state-owned power provider Snowy Hydro and federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen has widened following claims Labor's green energy plans are not achievable.

ABC News

I'm not an apologist for the Snowy 2.0 hydro scheme – but let's not obsess over the delays and cost blowouts

The first power from the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project may not be delivered until 2028, it was revealed yesterday, triggering a fresh round of criticism over the controversial project.

The Conversation

Snowy Hydro 2.0 project hit by delay of up to two years and another cost blowout

Government-owned company pushes earliest start date of pumped hydro project to the second half of 2028

The Guardian - AU

Delays add up to two years on Snowy Hydro 2.0 build

It could take until the end of the decade for work on Snowy Hydro 2.0 to be completed, due to equipment delays and soaring costs.

The New Daily

Snowy Hydro 2.0 pumped-hydro battery project faces a further two years of delays

Just three months into the role, Snowy Hydro's new boss admits the pumped-hydro battery project is facing up to another two years of delays.

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The New Daily

Snowy Hydro 2.0 halted after fatal truck crash

The death of a worker on a major renewable energy project is incredibly distressing, its chief executive says.

Newcastle Herald

Opposition warns Liddell shutdown will trigger energy crisis

Ted O'Brien warns the National Energy Market is not ready for the loss of Liddell power station

The New Daily

Snowy Hydro fined over river pollution in Kosciuszko NP

Snowy Hydro's actions allegedly sent sediment two kilometres down a stream in Kosciuszko National Park, the NSW Environment Minister says.

ABC News

Snowy Hydro and Webuild fined $30k over Kosciuszko National Park pollution incidents

The EPA says the companies caused a two-kilometre sediment plume to appear in Yarrangobilly River.

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The Canberra Times

ACT govt scrambles to make up major Murray Darling shortfall

Infrastructure upgrades will be considered as part of ACT commitment to Murray Darling Basin plan.

ABC News

SafeWork confirms investigation into food hygiene at Snowy 2.0 workers' camps

Images and a video shared by the Australian Workers' Union show food crawling with what appears to be maggots and other insects allegedly plated up at Snowy 2.0 workers' camps.

AAP

'Maggot-infested' meals served to Snowy Hydro workers

The Australian Workers' Union says there are serious safety issues on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project and that workers have been served food infested with maggots.

The Guardian - AU

Australia at risk of electricity supply shortages as renewable projects lag behind coal plant closures

Successive La Niñas have eased demand but, with many renewable and storage projects now delayed, the energy market operator has revised its projections

Newcastle Herald

Power plant's hydrogen conundrum

Snowy Hydro is yet to identify the source of the green hydrogen that will eventually fuel the Hunter Power Project, a Senate Estimates hearing has heard.

The Guardian - AU

Hole 70 metres deep has opened up following collapse in Snowy Hydro tunnel, officials confirm

Snowy CEO tells Senate estimates that cost has not altered from $5.9bn, but that it was too early to say whether there would be further delays

ABC News

Snowy 2.0 tunnel-boring machine grinds to halt and hole appears on surface

One of the three tunnel-boring machines working on Australia's biggest renewable energy project, Snowy 2.0, is stuck.

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