Snowy Hydro is pausing its cloud seeding program which pumps more snow over the Snowy Mountains during winter and more electricity through its system.

The program began in 2004 and involves shooting a seeding agent - silver iodide - into the atmosphere to freeze water particles which turns them into ice crystals.

When the ice melts, it flows downstream to power the Snowy Hydro’s production of hydro-electricity.

The cloud seeding operations are permitted under the Snowy Mountains Cloud Seeding Act.

According to Snowy Hydro, the program increased “the amount of water available when the snow melts in spring to produce clean, renewable energy”.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/cloudseeding-program-over-snowy-mountains-suspended/news-story/ea9552366d6d7f5f55bc155efb12f878

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