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NRMA drives towards a renewable future with Snowy Energy

01/07/2025
Snowy Energy and the NRMA today announced a significant three-year electricity contract to power operations across four Australian states with 100% matched renewable energy.  Commencing on 1 January 2026, the NRMA’s businesses across New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory will be powered by Snowy Energy’s TrueGreen 100 per cent matched […]

CLOUD SEEDING UPDATE

30/05/2025
Following a comprehensive review, Snowy Hydro is permanently ceasing its cloud seeding program. This decision follows a review that determined the escalating costs of the program outweighed its benefits. The review, initially announced in June of last year after a program pause in 2024, concluded that the escalating costs and resources required to continue the […]

SNOWY 2.0 PROJECT UPDATE

28/03/2025
Work on Australia’s largest renewable energy project, Snowy 2.0, continues with good progress across multiple work fronts, despite recent work stoppages. Across Snowy 2.0, recent progress of note includes: POWER STATION CAVERNS UPPER RESERVOIR INTAKE LOWER RESERVOIR INTAKE MARICA SURGE SHAFT DOWNSTREAM SURGE SHAFT TUNNEL BORING MACHINES (TBMs)Florence Lady Eileen Hudson Kirsten TBM4 RESTART AFTER […]

SNOWY HYDRO SUPPORTS STUDENTS WITH LIFE CHANGING STEM SCHOLARSHIPS

07/03/2025
Two aspiring engineers will benefit from life-changing scholarships funded by Snowy Hydro to further their science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers. The two scholarships will be funded by Snowy Hydro for three years, with each receiving $30,000. The scholarships are part of Snowy Hydro’s partnership with the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering’s […]

SNOWY HYDRO’S 2025 COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM NOW OPEN

03/03/2025
Community groups and not-for-profit organisations across Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valleys and Towong are invited to apply for funding to support local initiatives as part of Snowy Hydro’s Community Grants Program. In total, Snowy Hydro has more than $200,000 of funding available to support this year’s program, with groups able to apply for grants of up […]

SNOWY 2.0 SAFETY INCIDENT

27/02/2025
Following a serious safety incident at Snowy 2.0, Snowy Hydro will seek an immediate independent safety review and audit, and will require changes to principal contractor Future Generation Joint Venture’s (FGJV) leadership on the project. These actions follow an underground fan failing and losing part of its blade on Tuesday morning. Thankfully, no one was […]

SNOWY HYDRO RELEASES 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

13/01/2025
Snowy Hydro has released its 2024 Sustainability Report, covering the progress the energy generator and retailer has made in areas such as environmental stewardship, social impact, and understanding and responding to its carbon emissions and climate risks. Snowy Hydro CEO Dennis Barnes said the report reflects the company’s role in enabling Australia’s transition to renewable […]

HUNTER POWER PROJECT UPDATE

16/12/2024
Testing and commissioning of Snowy Hydro’s fourth fast-start, on demand gas power station has now begun. This first phase of commissioning involves pressure testing the Hunter Power Project’s (HPP) approximately 23 kilometre network of pipe infrastructure that will deliver gas, diesel and water to the station’s generators.  Using the latest technology the world’s best manufacturers […]

FIND OUT MORE – SNOWY HYDRO COMMUNITY RESEARCH UPDATE

14/11/2024
Findings from Snowy Hydro’s 2024 Community Insights research have now been published, with opportunities for locals to attend in-person information sessions to ask questions and provide feedback. The research campaign conducted earlier in the year invited all community members across south-eastern NSW to provide their opinions and experiences related to Snowy Hydro operations and the […]

SNOWY 2.0 TUNNEL PROGRESS AND CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

01/11/2024
The Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro megaproject has marked a significant milestone, with one of three tunnel boring machines (TBM), Lady Eileen Hudson, now two-thirds of the way through its second tunnel excavation. The TBM is approximately four kilometres into the six kilometre ‘tailrace’ tunnel, which will link the lower Talbingo Reservoir with the massive 20-storey underground […]

FORMER SNOWY SCHEME WORKERS VISIT SNOWY 2.0

01/11/2024
They came together from all corners of the world to build the iconic Snowy Scheme and decades later, a visit to the Snowy 2.0 project has provided former workers with an eye-opening snapshot of Australia’s renewable energy future. About 60 members of the Snowy Scheme workforce continued 75th anniversary celebrations with a tour of the […]

SNOWY HYDRO CONTINUES INVESTMENT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES

08/10/2024
Snowy Hydro has kicked off round two of its 2024 Community Grants Program, with more than $200,000 of funding available to help local community groups bring their ideas to life.  With grants of up to $10,000 each, the program aims to support community-led initiatives that encourage growth and resilience in regional communities. Whether related to […]