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Originally Posted by oldel
I mean what would you like to do? You know coal plants aren't getting built and the existing ones are closing. Hydro can't do everything and 2.0 is more of a battery really. So currently people are building gas etc. It's not green, but it's not greenies who want it anyway - they'd prefer solar and wind.
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If Snowy 2.0 is a battery, then it's just what you need in combination with solar/wind, no?
The government are the ones pushing this - AEMO have basically said it's not needed, there is enough capacity coming online over the next year or two to cover the shortfall due to Liddell's closure.