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Snowy 2.0

Why Snowy 2.0 is a write-off from the start

Bruce Mountain, Australian Financial Review, Jan 2018

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Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button

Bruce Mountain, VEPC Director, The Conversation, Oct 2019

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Snowy 2.0 is a wolf in sheep’s clothing – it will push carbon emissions up, not down

Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, Mar 2020

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Mountain, B. R., and S. Percy, S. (2020). AEMO’s Integrated System Plan: Does it leave Snowy 2.0 high and dry?

 

NSW has approved Snowy 2.0. Here are six reasons why that’s a bad move

Bruce Mountain and Mark Lintermans, Associate Professor, University of Canberra, The Conversation, 21 May 2020

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Pumped hydro isn’t our energy future, it’s our past

Bruce Mountain and Steven Percy, The Conversation, 29 Oct 2020

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Solar tax counts cost of panels, but who will pay for Snowy 2.0?

Bruce Mountain, Renew Economy, 13 Aug 2021

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Consumers will pay the hidden bill for Snowy 2.0

Bruce Mountain and Ted Woodley, The Australian Financial Review, 8 Sept 2021

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Pushing water uphill: Snowy 2.0 was a bad idea from the start. Let's not make the same mistake again

Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 24 Oct 2023

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Australians need to know where the Snowy costs have gone

Bruce Mountain and Ted Woodley, Financial Review, 30 Oct 2023

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Pumped hydro and pumped-up prices: the case of Australia's largest pumped hydro generator

Bruce Mountain, Working Paper, March 2025

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Snowy 2.0 fiasco shows why politicians shouldn't build power stations

Bruce Mountain, Financial Review, 6 October 2025

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Snowy 2.0 cost blowouts might be OK if the scheme stored power more cheaply than batteries. But it won't

Bruce Mountain, The Conversation, 7 October 2025

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