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SNOWY 2.0 POWERING OUR FUTURE-READY WORKFORCE

28/07/2025
Beyond building one of the most complex and challenging feats of engineering in the world, through its pumped hydro expansion to the iconic Snowy Scheme, Snowy 2.0 is also leaving a skills legacy. Eight Year 12 students at Monaro High School have become the first NSW cohort to complete a school-based apprenticeship and traineeship (SBAT) […]

FUNDING BOOST FOR ENDANGERED MACQUARIE PERCH

24/07/2025
Snowy Hydro has partnered with the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development to expand captive breeding of the endangered Macquarie perch. Through the Snowy 2.0 Threatened Fish Management Plan, Snowy Hydro has funded the construction of eight new purpose-built aquaculture ponds at Narrandera Fisheries Centre. This funding will allow for the reintroduction of […]

KURRI KURRI POWER STATION TESTING UPDATE

18/07/2025
Snowy Hydro’s Kurri Kurri Power Station will recommence testing of the first of its two gas generators on Monday, 21 July 2025. This phase of testing will use gas, which is the generator’s primary fuel and expected to cause substantially less plume and odour than recent diesel testing. We understand recent testing on the back-up […]

KEEPING OUR TRAIL SAFE: IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR CYCLISTS AND TRAIL USERS

11/07/2025
Snowy Hydro and Snowy Monaro Regional Council are working together to improve safety on the Jindabyne Shared Trail along the Jindabyne Dam Wall following community feedback. An independent risk assessment identified a safety risk due to the low guardrail in this area, especially for cyclists who don’t dismount, as required by existing safety measures including […]

KURRI KURRI FIRES UP FOR THE FIRST TIME

07/07/2025
Commissioning of Snowy Hydro’s fourth on-demand gas power station has achieved a significant milestone, with the Hunter Power Project (HPP) team successfully firing up one of the station’s two class-leading gas turbines late last week. Snowy Hydro’s Chief Executive Officer Dennis Barnes said ‘first fire’ is an important milestone, which involves the gas turbine igniting […]

FOURTH TUNNEL BORING MACHINE ON WAY FOR SNOWY 2.0

07/07/2025
Green light for TBM to begin journey to Australia Snowy Hydro is now preparing for the arrival of its fourth tunnel boring machine to join Snowy 2.0 – Australia’s largest renewable energy project. This 178-metre long machine has been purpose-built to excavate a 5km tunnel through a complex geological area deep in the NSW Snowy […]

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. 

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 […]