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80 Years Before Australia Reaches Net-Zero Goals: Former Snowy Hydro CEO

The former CEO of Australia’s largest renewable energy provider has taken issue with the Albanese Labor government’s green energy policies. Paul Broad, former head of the government-owned Snowy Hydro company, said the government would fail to meet its target of producing 82 percent of the country’s energy from renewable sources by 2030. The comments came…


80 Years Before Australia Reaches Net-Zero Goal: Former Snowy Hydro CEO

The former CEO of Australia’s largest renewable energy provider has taken issue with the Albanese Labor government’s green energy policies. Paul Broad, former head of the government-owned Snowy Hydro company, said the government would fail to meet its target of producing 82 percent of the country’s energy from renewable sources by 2030. The comments came…


Snowy Hydro 2.0 Faces Another 2 Year Delay

Australia’s largest renewable energy project, Snowy Hydro 2.0, has been hit by another delay pushing out its timeline by another one to two years. Dennis Barnes, the CEO and managing director of Snowy Hydro 2.0 has provided an update on the progress of the multi-billion dollar project, whose completion date has been extended several times….


Snowy Hydro Fined Over River Pollution in Kosciuszko NP

It’s unacceptable that Snowy Hydro’s actions allegedly sent a plume of sediment two kilometres down a pristine mountain stream in Kosciuszko National Park, the New South Wales environment minister says. The Commonwealth-owned energy provider and contractor WeBuild were each fined $15,000 last week for two pollution incidents in the Kosciuszko National Park over three months…


What Does the Push to Phase out Fossil Fuel Cars Achieve?

Commentary The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has become the first Australian government to legislate the phase-out of fossil fuel-powered vehicles. The new policy heralds a ban on the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles, which will come into effect in 2035. The timing is interesting. Three successive energy security crises have dominated the news cycle…


What Does the Push to Phase out Fossil Fuel Cars Actually Achieve?

Commentary The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has become the first Australian government to legislate the phase-out of fossil fuel-powered vehicles. The new policy heralds a ban on the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles, which will come into effect in 2035. The timing is interesting. Three successive energy security crises have dominated the news cycle…


New South Wales Premier Announces Snowy 2.0 Jobs Plan

Hundreds of job seekers and high school students will be offered training to work on the Snowy 2.0 project. The training will be offered under a partnership between TAFE NSW, the NSW government and the project’s contractor Future Generation Joint Venture. The Snowy 2.0 renewable energy project, located within Kosciuszko National Park, involves the construction…