Energised: PM's renewables gamble gets green light in study

John Ellicott
Updated December 21 2017 - 9:20am, first published 9:13am
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a tunnel near the Tumut 2 power station. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a tunnel near the Tumut 2 power station. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The nation-building project in the Snowy Mountains to create a $2bn pumped hydro scheme has won approval after an intensive feasibility study, giving Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull a huge fillip before Christmas.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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