$12 billion Snowy 2.0 project tight-lipped on cost blowouts but timeline on track

$12 billion Snowy 2.0 project tight-lipped on cost blowouts but timeline on track

The boss of Snowy Hydro says the project is on track to deliver power by the end of 2028, as it launches a new $75 million tunnel-boring machine designed to make up for lost time.

The mammoth undertaking that is Snowy 2.0

Image: Snowy HydroIn marking its 70 per cent completion milestone for Snowy 2.0, Snowy Hydro has detailed the immensity of the project. More than 733,000m3 of underground excavation – equivalent to 293 […] The post The mammoth undertaking that is Snowy 2.0 appeared first on Energy Magazine.

Snowy 2.0 sets new tunnel boring machine to work, completes 46 underground concrete pours

Snowy 2.0 launches tunnel boring machine Monica, which it hopes will succeed where Florence has failed and get the huge pumped hydro project back on track.

Snowy Hydro adds fourth tunnel borer to keep pumped hydro project on track

Snowy Hydro has commissioned a fourth tunnel boring machine for its Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project in New South Wales as it seeks to prevent any further delay to the start-up of the renewable energy mega-project.The Commonwealth government-owned Snowy Hydro says construction of its Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project is now more than 70% complete with the multi-billion-dollar project on track to deliver power by the end of 2028. “We are continuing to…

Snowy 2.0 project welcomes new TBM Monica

Snowy 2.0 has reached a major milestone with the commissioning of its fourth tunnel boring machine, with the renewable energy mega-project now more than 70% complete. Named in honour of Monica Brimmer, a talented Tumut High School student and winner of a First Nations art and storytelling competition, the machine was powered up during an onsite ceremony. Joined by Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, Monica radioed in instructions for…