The Latest Breaking News from Snowy Hydro

Price tag for pumped hydro scheme has increased from $2bn to about $5bn since announced by Malcolm Turnbull in 2017

Snowy Hydro's chief executive Paul Broad's reign has ended after nearly a decade in the top job as his organsation rejects claims of a $2.2 billion cost blowout.

It penetrates steel: just one of the pitfalls of hydrogen

The federal government has backed away from a promise that 30 per cent green hydrogen will be used to fuel the Hunter Power Project at Kurri when it begins operating late next year.

Snowy Hydro chief executive Paul Broad says his team has "a lot of work to do" to convert the controversial Kurri gas peaker into a green hydrogen generator.

A robotic dog that uses an arm to open doors and pipes is tasked with maintenance work at a Snowy Hydro power plant, where it can also sound the alarm if something goes wrong.

Further water releases from the Snowy Hydro and the Tumut River channel already at capacity have farmers downstream concerned, one saying there should have been better planning before now.

As coal-fired power stations close down, there is a push for the renewables-rich state of Tasmania to become the "Battery of the Nation". The problem is, no one knows who will foot the multi-billion-dollar bill.

'We are so happy to have had a grandchild perform in our favourite show.'

Australia's largest natural gas infrastructure business APA Group has signed a 30 year agreement for the transport and storage of gas to the Hunter Power Project at Kurri.

Weather extremes have deepened the man-made power crisis in ways that were hard to predict and at times even harder to imagine. Both Snowy Hydro and coal-fired power stations have been impacted by summer rains. And two weeks of extreme cold has only brought the power system closer to the…