Snowy 2.0 was supposed to be the renewable energy dream made real right here in Australia. But a decade of catastrophic delays and blowouts have the whole project literally at risk of getting squeezed to death by Australia’s ancient geology - and now, The Australian is revealing the Commonwealth government considered sacking the builder that was meant to save this enormous project.
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