Snowy Hydro 4.5

Yulin Ave
Cooma, NSW 2630
Australia

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The Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme is one of the most complex integrated water and hydro-electric power schemes in the world. The Scheme collects and stores the water that would normally flow east to the coast and diverts it through trans-mountain tunnels and power stations. The water is then released into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for irrigation.

The Scheme took 25 years to build and was completed in 1974. More than 100,000 people from over 30 countries came to work in the mountains to make true a vision of diverting water to farms to feed a growing nation and to build power stations to generate renewable electricity for homes and industries.

Sixteen major dams, seven major power stations (two underground), a pumping station, 145kms of inter-connected trans-mountain tunnels and 80kms of aqueducts were constructed. Even before the Scheme was completed, it was named as one of the civil engineering wonders of the modern world.

Snowy Hydro evolved from being just a renewable energy producer born out of the construction to the mighty Snowy Scheme, to become an integrated energy business โ€“ generating energy, providing price risk management products for wholesale customers and delivering energy to homes and businesses via Red Energy, Lumo and Direct Connect.

Snowy Hydro power stations, generate 4500 gigawatt hours (GWh) on average per annum and have more than 5500 megawatts (MW) of multi-fuel generation capacity across New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.