Snowy Hydro 2.0 could hasten death of fossil fuel-generated electricity

Snowy Hydro CEO Paul Broad and Prime
 Minister Malcolm Turnbull at Snowy Hydro
Tumut 3 power station in Talbingo,
NSW, last week.

Malcolm Turnbull's "Snowy Hydro 2.0" could set Australia on a path to 100 per cent renewable electricity generation by 2030 energy sector experts claim.

Just weeks after spruiking the merits of "clean coal" generation, there is surprise at the scale of the Prime Minister's pumped hydro plans among academics who study reducing emissions in the electricity industry.

Read Heath Aston’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Snowy Hydro 2.0 could hasten death of fossil fuel-generated electricity.”