Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Snowy 2.0 was supposed to become the giant underground battery that secured Australia’s energy future. Instead, the project has suffered massive cost overruns, years of delays and serious tunnelling problems beneath the Snowy Mountains.
In this video, we look at how a megaproject once expected to cost around $2 billion grew beyond $12 billion, what went wrong during construction, and whether Australia can still justify completing it.
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Snowy 2.0 was supposed to become the giant underground battery that secured Australia’s energy future. Instead, the project has suffered massive cost overruns, years of delays and serious tunnelling problems beneath the Snowy Mountains.
In this video, we look at how a megaproject once expected to cost around $2 billion grew beyond $12 billion, what went wrong during construction, and whether Australia can still justify completing it.
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