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Snowy 2.0 Pumped Hydro Electricity Generation Project

Sector: Hydro • Location: New South Wales, Australia

Source: The Nightly

Project
Delayed

Snowy 2.0 is an electricity-generating system based on pumping water between two dams in NSW’s Kosciuszko National Park. It involves linking existing dams at different elevations to produce a circular pumped hydro system.

Status
Failure
Sector
Hydro, Water Supply and Storage, Power Transmission, Power Generation (CCGT), Government
Location
New South Wales, Australia
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
The Nightly

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The project “Snowy 2.0 Pumped Hydro Electricity Generation Project” is an infrastructure initiative in the Hydro sector, located in New South Wales, Australia. Taiyo aggregates data on it from The Nightly.

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2026-07-22

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Snowy 2.0 is an electricity-generating system based on pumping water between two dams in NSW’s Kosciuszko National Park. It involves linking existing dams at different elevations to produce a circular pumped hydro system.

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Australia

State

New South Wales

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The Nightly

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Hydro, Water Supply and Storage, Power Transmission, Power Generation (CCGT), Government

Article published date

2025-11-07

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