Snowy Hydro 2.0 will cost more and deliver less than promised, 30 experts say

Engineers, economists, energy specialists and environmentalists are calling for a final decision on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project to be delayed to allow an independent review, claiming it will cost far more and deliver far less than has been promised.

‘Snowy 2.0 is not as it has been publicly portrayed,’
the group of 30 say in a joint statement.

The group of 30 said the 2,000-megawatt pumped hydro storage project in the Snowy Mountains would permanently damage the Kosciuszko national park.

“Snowy 2.0 is not as it has been publicly portrayed,” they said in a joint statement. “There are many alternatives that are more efficient, cheaper, quicker to construct and incur less [greenhouse gas] emissions and environmental impacts.”

Read the story from The Guardian by Adam Morton - “Snowy Hydro 2.0 will cost more and deliver less than promised, 30 experts say.”