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SNOWY 2.0 PROJECT UPDATE – OCTOBER 2023

08/11/2023
In this month’s project update, we check on tunnel excavation at Talbingo, progress at the upstream surge shaft at Marica, and we hear about the specialised drilling underway to prepare for services such as power and communications between Lobs Hole, Marica and Tantangara. Will Binsted, Snowy 2.0 Lobs Hole Construction Manager, has been working on […]

SNOWY 2.0 PROJECT – COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSIONS IN NOVEMBER

02/11/2023
Interested in the latest updates from the Snowy 2.0 renewable energy mega project?  Snowy Hydro and Snowy 2.0 principal contractor Future Generation Joint Venture are inviting local community members to attend information sessions being held throughout the Snowy Mountains in November.  These in-person events enable locals to be updated about the project, ask questions and […]

NEW MAJOR PARTNERSHIP – SNOWY VALLEYS SCULPTURE TRAIL

23/10/2023
Engineering meets art on a grand scale, with Snowy Hydro CEO Dennis Barnes today announcing a new major sponsorship of the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail (SVST). The SVST partnership includes funding from Snowy Hydro for seven new sculptures and a school education program aimed at delivering artist-led sculpture workshops to more than 1,500 school children […]

SNOWY 2.0 PROJECT UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2023

05/10/2023
Following the recent announcement of the Snowy 2.0 project reset, the Snowy Hydro and Future Generation contractor teams are now a single team, working in close collaboration to achieve full commercial operation by December 2028. The Snowy 2.0 Project Team is focused on excellent environmental outcomes while maintaining all-important safety principles. Safety is the number […]

SNOWY HYDRO COMMUNITY GRANTS ROUND TWO – APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

22/09/2023
Snowy Hydro is a long-time major supporter of communities and is proud to announce that the second round of the 2023 Snowy Hydro Community Grants Program is now open.  Grants of up to $10,000 are available to support projects, local festivals, events and initiatives that benefit the local communities of the Snowy Mountains and surrounds. […]

SECURING THE FUTURE OF CRITICAL ENERGY TRANSFORMATION PROJECTS

31/08/2023
Snowy Hydro today announced the outcomes of its major projects resets, for Snowy 2.0 and the Hunter Power Project.  Snowy 2.0 HPP Snowy Hydro CEO Dennis Barnes said the project resets will enable the commercially sustainable and successful delivery of both projects.  “I am committed to ensuring these critically important projects are transparent and are […]

SNOWY HYDRO AND RED ENERGY SPONSOR KEEP AUSTRALIA BEAUTIFUL AWARDS

22/08/2023
Snowy Hydro and Red Energy are proud to announce the sponsorship of the Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation category in the Keep Australia Beautiful NSW Tidy Towns & Sustainable Cities Awards.  Keep Australia Beautiful NSW is a national non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting litter prevention, environmental sustainability and community engagement.  Snowy Hydro CEO Dennis Barnes […]

TagEnergy and Snowy Hydro ink momentous renewable Power Purchase Agreement

21/08/2023
Snowy Hydro to purchase 40 percent of Golden Plains Wind Farm energy and green certificates Global clean energy enterprise TagEnergy has signed a significant renewable Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), entering a deal that will see Snowy Hydro take 40 per cent of the energy and green certificates (LGCs) generated by the 756MW first stage of […]

SNOWY HYDRO SPONSORS TRADE DAY FOR YOUNG WOMEN

14/08/2023
Energised by electricity? Handy with a hammer? Nimble with numbers? Women keen to pick up the tools can find out more about an exciting new career at a trade day in Corryong sponsored by the Snowy Hydro Community Grants Program. Hosted by Empowered Women in Trades (EWIT), the Tool Skills Day on Thursday 7 September […]

SNOWY HYDRO PARTNERS WITH STARS FOUNDATION IN TUMUT

11/08/2023
Snowy Hydro is proud to announce a significant partnership with the Stars Foundation to support its new Tumut High School-based program that will deliver improved health, education and employment outcomes for local Indigenous girls and young women. The three-year sponsorship for the inaugural Stars Foundation Tumut Program continues Snowy Hydro’s commitment to initiatives that support […]

SNOWY 2.0 PROJECT UPDATE – JULY 2023

28/07/2023
July marked an exciting milestone for Snowy Hydro, the Snowy 2.0 project and for one of its three tunnel boring machines. Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Lady Eileen Hudson was the first machine to start tunnelling on the pumped-hydro mega project, the first to complete a tunnel and is now underway on her second tunnel excavation. […]

SNOWY 2.0 TANTANGARA TUNNELLING UPDATE

28/07/2023
Successful ground stabilisation works and construction of a slurry treatment plant at Tantangara have been carried out by Snowy 2.0 teams prior to tunnel boring machine (TBM) Florence being able to restart excavation of the headrace tunnel. Final commissioning tests are underway for the onsite slurry plant that means the dual-mode machine can switch from […]