Pumped hydro's day may have dawned even if Snowy 2.0 is a dud

By Peter Hannam
Updated September 23 2017 - 9:43pm, first published 9:36pm
Snowy Hydro Tumut 3 power station in Talbingo, NSW, on Thursday 16 March 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Snowy Hydro Tumut 3 power station in Talbingo, NSW, on Thursday 16 March 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

A century-and-a-half ago, prospectors swarmed the Snowy Mountains around Gooandra Hill during the Kiandra gold rush.