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Ted Woodley
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Ted Woodley is a former Managing Director of PowerNet, GasNet, EnergyAustralia and China Light and Power Systems (Hong Kong)
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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Utilities
Disastrous tunnelling delays underline folly of Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme
The inside story of what went wrong with the Snowy 2.0 tunnelling, which has ground to a halt having barely moved in more than a year.
Ted Woodley
Feb 12, 2023
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Renewables
Snowy Hydro finally fesses up on delays to Snowy 2.0, and for Kurri Kurri too
Snowy 2.0’s estimated completion has been officially delayed, again, making its completion this decade look increasingly unlikely.
Ted Woodley
Feb 9, 2023
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Renewables
A VNI West puzzle: What is it about this modelling that looks a bit odd?
The economic case for a major new transmission link between Victoria and NSW predicts some confounding outcomes for the project – even before it is built.
Ted Woodley
Sep 21, 2022
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Kurri Kurri gas folly: Cost blowout, limited operation, not hydrogen-ready
The total cost of Kurri Kurri has blown out to more than $1 billion, it won’t have much storage, and it won’t use hydrogen.
Ted Woodley
May 10, 2022
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Hydrogen
Kurri Kurri: The generator on gas rations
The Kurri Kurri gas generator makes no sense: It has only six hours storage and can’t compete against faster, cheaper, cleaner batteries.
Ted Woodley
Oct 12, 2021
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