May looms for key decisions on Lake Onslow

May looms for key decisions on Lake Onslow
Lake Onslow could be the site of one NZ's largest ever engineering projects (Image: Landpro)
Work on the proposed Lake Onslow pumped hydro scheme has reached a milestone as energy minister Megan Woods continues to discount criticism of the project as fear of disruption to the status quo.Geophysical investigations are about to start, including on the fractured central Otago rock structures that would need to be tunneled through to create the scheme, which the government is looking at as a potential solution to the dry year problem. That is: how can New Zealand produce enough renewable electricity to keep the lights on when the hydro lak...

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