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Made or assembled in Australia? Solar policy under fire

Questions have emerged over whether solar panels will be manufactured or merely assembled in Australia at a senate hearing into energy agencies.

AAP

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

Hunter Power Project on track for first power in December.

Newcastle Herald

Florence wedged under debris at Snowy 2.0 'pinch point'

Plagued by cost blowouts and rock that's too soft or too hard, Snowy 2.0's tunnel-borer 'Flo' is stuck just as the project was poised to spruik better numbers.

AAP

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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

The Guardian - AU

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.

AAP

Snowy Hydro 2.0 project on track for end of 2028

The Snowy Hydro 2.0 project will deliver taxpayers their bang for buck despite the massive cost blowouts, a parliamentary committee has been told.

AAP

Kurri gas plant cost blows out by 40 per cent

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

Newcastle Herald

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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

The Guardian - AU

$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

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

$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

Australia's biggest hydropower project faces delay to 2028

Australia's biggest hydropower project faces a delay of up to two years, likely pushing its start-up out to 2028, the company said on Wednesday, in the latest setback for the A$5 billion ($3.33 billion) renewable energy project.

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The Guardian - AU

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 New Daily

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.

ABC News

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.

The Independent UK

US teen receives more than $9m in scholarship offers

Dennis Barnes has to choose between 125 offers from various colleges and universities

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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

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

Newcastle Herald

Hunter Power Project more than a year behind schedule

The Hunter Power Project at Kurri will not be fully operational until December 2024, more than 18 months after the closure of Liddell Power Station.

The Guardian - AU

Australia prepared for possible Russian cyber-attacks after troops sent to train Ukraine soldiers – as it happened

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