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Australia prepared for possible Russian cyber-attacks after troops sent to train Ukraine soldiers – as it happened

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Snowy Hydro could change our electricity grid and bring cheap power. But we have to build it

Snowy Hydro 2.0 is a water-fuelled dream of cheap, clean electricity. But to make it happen, there are hurdles needing to be overcome.

ABC News

Cost blow-outs and flooding hinders Hunter Power Project build

Cost blowouts and construction delays at the Hunter Power Project at Kurri have contributed to Snowy Hydro's credit rating being downgraded.

Newcastle Herald

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Wide support for National Transition Authority

Energy companies and unions have expressed broad support for a Greens' proposal to establish a national transition authority to manage the energy transition.

Newcastle Herald

Snowy Hydro promises Clough Group’s collapse won’t disrupt multibillion-dollar project

Clough Group placed itself into voluntary administration after a takeover plan for the company by Italy’s Webuild fell through

The Guardian - AU

Premier Dominic Perrottet picks Paul Broad for new role as energy adviser

Premier picks up Broad for new role

Newcastle Herald

NSW premier names Paul Broad energy ‘special adviser’ – without telling energy minister

Appointment of veteran energy executive was announced during radio interview on Friday before minister Matt Kean had been informed

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Overhead transmission lines approved for Snowy 2.0, sparking criticism from conservationists

Conservationists have criticised a federal government decision to build overhead powerlines in the national park as part of the Snowy 2.0 project.

ABC News

Former Snowy Hydro chief Paul Broad upset ministers with 'surprises'

Paul Broad's Snowy Hydro exit examined

Newcastle Herald

Snowy chief upset ministers with surprises

Performance and termination payments went to former Snowy Hydro chief Paul Broad, despite ministerial concerns about his conduct.

AAP

Swimming banned as bacteria flows into Murrumbidgee

Bacterial levels in some areas more than triple what the ACT government considers safe, with run off from surrounding properties thought to contribute.

The Canberra Times

Chris Bowen says Kurri gas project will proceed

The controversial $1.3billion Hunter Power Project at Kurri will go ahead as planned, Paterson MP Meryl Swanson said.

Newcastle Herald

Investment needed to plug energy gaps

The Australian Energy Market Operator says coal and gas plant closures will reduce electricity reliability and an urgent boost in new generation is needed.

AAP

‘Reliability gaps’ in Australia’s electricity supply loom without investment in new technologies, report states

Australian Energy Market Operator warns that without investment in new-generation electricity storage and transmission, demand will outstrip supply

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Snowy Hydro boss Paul Broad says fallout with Chris Bowen contributed to resignation

Paul Broad says he is disappointed to be leaving Snowy Hydro after falling out with Chris Bowen over a gas plant in the NSW Hunter Region.

Newcastle Herald

The public must be told why Paul Broad has resigned from Snowy Hydro to government silence

Paul Broad and Labor's hydrogen plan

Newcastle Herald

Snowy Hydro chief Paul Broad resigns over Kurri power plant vision

Snowy Hydro chief executive Paul Broad has sensationally resigned following a falling out with energy minister Chris Bowen over the government's vision for the $1.3billion Hunter Power Project.

The Guardian - AU

Snowy Hydro boss Paul Broad resigns leaving project facing delays and cost blowouts

Price tag for pumped hydro scheme has increased from $2bn to about $5bn since announced by Malcolm Turnbull in 2017

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Snowy Hydro boss Paul Broad resigns amid Snowy 2.0 project delays

Snowy Hydro's chief executive Paul Broad's reign has ended after nearly a decade in the top job as his organsation rejects claims of a $2.2 billion cost blowout.

Newcastle Herald

Hydrogen's big difficulties need to be explained and accounted for if we are to believe in a 'hydrogen economy'

It penetrates steel: just one of the pitfalls of hydrogen

Newcastle Herald

It's a gas - Kurri green hydrogen vision still a way off

The federal government has backed away from a promise that 30 per cent green hydrogen will be used to fuel the Hunter Power Project at Kurri when it begins operating late next year.

Newcastle Herald

'A lot of work to do': the $700m question for Kurri gas project

Snowy Hydro chief executive Paul Broad says his team has "a lot of work to do" to convert the controversial Kurri gas peaker into a green hydrogen generator.

ABC News

Snowy Hydro trials robot dog to gather data and perform maintenance work at power station

A robotic dog that uses an arm to open doors and pipes is tasked with maintenance work at a Snowy Hydro power plant, where it can also sound the alarm if something goes wrong.

ABC News

Tumut River farmers fear flooding as Snowy Hydro called on to increase electricity production

Further water releases from the Snowy Hydro and the Tumut River channel already at capacity have farmers downstream concerned, one saying there should have been better planning before now.

ABC News

Does Australia need Tasmania to become a multi-billion-dollar 'Battery of the Nation'?

As coal-fired power stations close down, there is a push for the renewables-rich state of Tasmania to become the "Battery of the Nation". The problem is, no one knows who will foot the multi-billion-dollar bill.

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