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30 October 2026

Snowy 2.0 still has a place in a world of batteries

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Snowy 2.0 still has a place in a world of batteries

Snowy 2. 0's origin story of being conceived as a scribble on a pub coaster is a fitting metaphor for one of the most ambitious renewable energy projects in Australia's history.

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