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Snowy Hydro 2.0 has blown out to 12 times its original cost – but the CEO says it ‘could have been worse’

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Snowy Hydro 2.0 has blown out to 12 times its original cost – but the CEO says it ‘could have been worse’
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New projections by the Snowy Hydro company show tunnelling work is now 65% finished, but the completion date has been pushed back to 2029Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe cost of Snowy Hydro 2.0 has blown out to...

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  • —New projections by the Snowy Hydro company show tunnelling work is now 65% finished, but the completion date has been pushed back to 2029Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe cost of Snowy Hydro 2.0 has blown out to as much as $25bn, with a major reassessment finding the long-delayed renewable energy project will not be completed until the end of the decade.First touted by the Turnbull government in 2017 with a price tag of $2bn, the cost of the project in the Kosciuszko national park has increased dramatically over time.
  • —In 2023 it was revised to almost $13bn, with construction due to completed by the end of 2028.
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