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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Peter Hannam

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Snowy 3 0 experts say australia has so many good sites for more pumped hydro - The Untold Story

The Tantangara dam Snowy 2.0 site
The Tantangara dam Snowy 2.0 site. Of six projects recently given fast-tracked planning approval in NSW, three were pumped hydro ones. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Snowy Hydro’s beleaguered tunnel boring machine, Florence, seems to be regularly stuck between soft rock and a hard place.

But that has not deterred enthusiasts for pumped hydro as a key part of Australia’s transition off fossil fuels.

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