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?
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.
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.