Clean Energy news publication Renew Economy criticizes the mighty Snowy 2.0 project, titled `Snowy 2.0: The making of one of Australia’s most spectacular infrastructure debacles`.
They came up with 7 points ranging from underestimated completion time, slowest tunnel boring machines, underestimated costs, subsidies, increasing electricity prices, environmental legislation grants to questioning the basic objectives of the project, calling it ` just an inefficient battery`.
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Snowy 2.0: The making of one of Australia’s most spectacular infrastructure debacles
reneweconomy.com.auOn the sixth anniversary of its announcement, we look at six unenviable records the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project has set.