The Latest Breaking News from Snowy Hydro

Labor appoints former opposition leader to Snowy Hydro

The Labor government has appointed former opposition leader Sussan Ley to help steer its controversial Snowy Hydro development.

AAP · Sep 14

Australia spent 25 years turning a river inland. The result became the country's biggest engineering project

On 17 October 1949, Australia's governor-general, prime minister and the newly appointed head of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority fired the first construction blast at Adaminaby, in the New South Wales high country, launching what would become the largest engineering project ever undertaken in Australia. The Snowy Mountains Scheme set…

The Times of India · Aug 1

Australia built a $187,000 electric fence across Wild Horse Plain, but the real reason lies beneath one of its rarest alpine wetlands

A new electrified fence protects rare alpine wetlands in Kosciuszko National Park. This enclosure safeguards endangered sphagnum bogs and associated fens from wild horse impacts. Horse activity damages these vital peatland ecosystems and their stored carbon. The $187,000 project was funded by biodiversity offsets from Snowy 2.0. This targeted measure…

The Times of India · Jul 29

Australia's close-up, cropped from 11 million photos

From Cyclone Tracy to Snowy Hydro, pictures by a government photography unit captured life in Australia over more than 50 years.

AAP · Nov 15, 2024

The lofty loo built just for the Queen ... or is this royal flush a rumour?

It's apparently nicknamed The Queen's Loo (check out the view!).

The Canberra Times · Oct 4, 2024

Diesel will fuel the Hunter Power Project at Kurri for longer

Move to run Hunter Power Project on diesel for 1100 hours.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 19, 2024

Fast charge: Gas-fired Hunter Power Project close to completion

Hunter Power Project on track for first power in December.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 27, 2024

Hunter Power Project construction giving trades and apprenticeships a boost

Hunter Power Project a Kurri creating valuable apprenticeships.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 7, 2024

Snowy 3.0? Experts say Australia has ‘so many good sites’ for more pumped hydro

Such schemes have their critics but the technology, which has been known for a century, could help many nations reach net zero

The Guardian - AU · Jul 13, 2024

Stirring films made the Snowy scheme a nationbuilding project. Could the troubled Snowy 2.0 do the same?

In 2017, then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull alighted from a helicopter to announce a grand plan: Snowy Hydro 2.0. It would turn the famous hydroelectric scheme into a giant battery, ready to power the green transition.

The Conversation · May 15, 2024