Ted Woodley, Author at Renew Economy

Ted Woodley

Contributor

Ted Woodley is a former Managing Director of PowerNet, GasNet, EnergyAustralia and China Light and Power Systems (Hong Kong)

Commentary

Snowy 2.0 fiasco – déjà vu, all over again, for the umpteenth time
Snowy 2.0’s total cost is likely to be approaching $30 billion when all project components are included.
Ted Woodley

Oct 6, 2025

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Commentary

The abject saga of one of Australia’s most controversial gas fired power station projects
One of Austraia’s most controversial gas fired power stations is starting operations. Here is a look back at exaggerated claims, political failures and a hydrogen folly.
Ted Woodley

Sep 29, 2025

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Commentary

Remarkable photos expose folly of the location of Snowy’s Hunter gas power plant
Photos underline folly of Snowy Hydro’s Kurri Kurri gas plant – a facility so badly conceived it needs its own massive storage facilities, and cannot provide 24/7 power.
Ted Woodley

Feb 18, 2025

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Commentary

Déjà vu on transmission project cost blowouts as price of EnergyConnect doubles
The latest price blowout for Transgrid’s EnergyConnect project begs the question: when will transmission companies be held to account for cost underestimates, false assurances and poor project delivery?
Ted Woodley

Feb 10, 2025

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Commentary

Snowy Hunter gas project hit by more delays and blowouts, with total cost now more than $2 billion
Snowy blames bad weather for yet more delays to controversial Hunter gas project, now expected to cost more than three times its original estimate.
Ted Woodley

Dec 23, 2024

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Commentary

Is HumeLink worthwhile? The $5 billion dilemma facing the energy regulator
There is considerable pressure to quickly approve the HumeLink transmission project. But can the AER be confident it is worthwhile, and the best option?
Ted Woodley

Jul 11, 2024

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Storage

Snowy 2.0’s updated business case is flawed, again
Last week an updated Business Case for Snowy 2.0 was released. Like every aspect of this hapless, over-hyped project it is late, inadequate, and unrealistically optimistic.
Ted Woodley

May 30, 2024

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Another dud Snowy Hydro project, squandering over $1.5bn of taxpayers’ money
Snowy Hydro’s Hunter Power Project has kept a low profile compared to Snowy 2.0 – but it has a strikingly similar list of troubles sending it over budget and off schedule.
Ted Woodley

Dec 6, 2023

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Storage

Government snowed again, if it believes Snowy 2.0 is a commercial investment
An independent probe might cut through Snowy 2.0’s woeful history of impossibly optimistic estimates. The government should start by releasing the reset report.
Ted Woodley

Oct 25, 2023

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Storage

Snowy 2 Much: How can a 2.2GW water battery be worth more than $12 billion?
The Snowy Hydro “reset” comes with no details or analysis. The Australian public, as the ultimate shareholders, must be provided with a comprehensive report, not just a two page media release.
Ted Woodley

Sep 1, 2023

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Snowy 2.0 usage set to plummet by 2050 – and VNI West won’t save it
Reports reveal VNI West will not increase Snowy 2.0’s transmission capacity to Victoria at all – and that the usage of Snowy 2.0 will plummet after 2050.
Ted Woodley

May 18, 2023

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Pumped Hydro

Snowy 2.0: The making of one of Australia’s most spectacular infrastructure debacles
On the sixth anniversary of its announcement, we look at six unenviable records the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project has set.
Ted Woodley

Feb 20, 2023

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