{
  "id": 16198261,
  "title": "Snowy Hydro 2.0 is costing $25bn – 12 times more than its initial estimate. How did we get here?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/snowy-hydro-2-0-is-costing-25bn-12-times-more-than-its-initial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T14:00:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/24/energy-snowy-hydro-2-power-project-costing-explainer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chris Bowen says the hydroelectricity development has become ‘one of the most complicated engineering projects’ in the world 0 hydroelectricity project has blown out extraordinarily – to as much as $25bn. That’s more than 12 times the initial estimate when the development…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}