General Details

The small hydro has been designed to produce an additional 14.4 MW of renewable electricity for the Scheme, energy that would otherwise be wasted with no additional benefit. If the equivalent amount of electricity was produced by a coal-fired power station, in the order of 58 800 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent would be emitted into the atmosphere every year.  Construction and operation of the small hydro avoids the release of this amount of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere each year.

The small hydro on average generates enough energy to power 6 300 homes per annum.

The project required a construction workforce fluctuating between 10 to 30 people, and some of the regional workforce positions filled locally.

Specialist and trade personnel were also required from the wider labour market. The majority of these people resided in Talbingo, Tumut or surrounding towns for the duration of the project.

The project required large quantities of materials along with Plant and machinery. A significant proportion of the materials and equipment required were sourced from within the region. Consequently, purchase of these materials and hiring Plant impacted positively, both directly and indirectly, on the local economy.