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Originally Posted by milomilo

Yeah, that timescale was what I figured it at too. I'm all for hydro power (and whatever, I'm not going to be paying for this anyway!), but when I saw that price tag I was expecting an incredible amount of power, not less than a gigawatt.

I guess if it's got a lifetime of 50+ years the economics would look a lot better.

I thought they mentioned a 100 year lifespan? It is possible as there's a few dams between here and Nelson that are around that old.