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Snowy Hydro

Locality: Cooma, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6453 2004

Address: LOT 1 Monaro Hwy 2630 Cooma, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.snowyhydro.com.au

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25.01.2022 Happy National Water Week! Water is at the core of everything we do here at Snowy, but we don't own a single drop! For a moment in time, we are the proud custodians of water owned by NSW, Victorian and Commonwealth water-users, as we collect, store and divert this precious resource to generate clean renewable hydro-electricity. Once water leaves the Scheme, it flows into the Snowy, Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers to support the people, environment and agriculture along the entire length of these river systems. #nationalwaterweek #hydropower #thepowerofwater #thesnowyscheme #irrigation

25.01.2022 Its a white out up at Cabramurra today! We are happy to see some more snow falling in the mountains with more falls expected this weekend.

25.01.2022 Its all progress at the Snowy 2.0 concrete segment factory! A lot has happened in the last two months. Everything is on track for the first segment to be cast later this year. A total of 130,500 segments will be produced to line the tunnels of Snowy 2.0. #snowy2 #construction #progress

25.01.2022 Deep underground! Here is the access tunnel to Tumut 2 Power Station, which sits 244m underground. The access tunnel is 2km long and leads to the Tumut 2 Machine Hall. It’s about the size of a football field. #hydropower #snowyscheme #tunnels #underground

24.01.2022 Great coverage by Sky News Australia about Snowy 2.0 bringing jobs and investment to the regions. Once completed, this pumped-hydro expansion of the Snowy Scheme will underpin Australias transition to a renewable energy future. https://bit.ly/3jtH5L3

24.01.2022 Clock on, clock off! There have already been around 150,000 hours of earthmoving and bridge works undertaken during the construction of Snowy 2.0. Find out more about the project by checking out our Snowy 2.0 digital pop-up book https://bit.ly/2GjXweH

24.01.2022 We stand on the shoulders of the those who came before us and dreamed big! Today marks 71 years since the first blast in Adaminaby which signalled construction had commenced on the mighty Snowy Scheme. With the construction of Snowy 2.0 currently underway Snowy continues to look forward to a bright future. #71yearsofsnowy #fromthearchives #thesnowyscheme

24.01.2022 The centre of our universe! Our team in the control room are a fundamental part of our business, making sure we can keep the lights on. The control room is operated 24/7 and all Snowy assets can be remotely operated from this central location. #snowyhydro #energygenerator #controlroom

24.01.2022 The importance of hydro power is crystal clear! Using the power of water we can generate clean reliable energy. Lake Eucumbene is our central water storage. It is the only body of water that diverts to both sides of the mighty Snowy Scheme. #renewableenergy #hydropower #thesnowyscheme

23.01.2022 Safe and sound onsite! The Snowy 2.0 transformers that travelled through Cooma and Adaminaby last week are now at the Lobs Hole construction site. The transformers will soon be installed and commissioned before we start tunnelling later this year. #snowy2 #transformers #construction

23.01.2022 Our tunnel boring machine main drive was the main attraction in the Snowy Mountains today! At 6.6 metres wide and weighing a massive 174 tonnes, it took four prime movers and a 14-axle trailer to transport it from Cooma to the Snowy 2.0 construction site. #tunnelling #tbm #snowy2 #renewableenergy #snowymountains #construction

23.01.2022 Did you know? When all 10 units are available, Murray 1 Power Station can pass up to 19GL per day, which is the equivalent of more than 7,600 Olympic swimming pools. That's almost enough to fill Khancoban Pondage from empty! #hydropower #renewableenergy

23.01.2022 Meet Johann! Johann made some great friends on the Snowy, and remembers working hard and having a great time up in the Snowy Mountains! Every day was a challenge, and it did not matter to Johann’s project manager whether you spoke Russian, German or Italian, just as long as you knew your job. Watch Johann’s Snowy story below. #snowyscheme #proudhistory #snowystories #constructionera

21.01.2022 No this isnt a scene from the Frozen movie franchise - this is the spectacular and frosty Guthega Dam. At full capacity, the dam wall holds back 1,604ML of water, which is the same as 641 Olympic-sized swimming pools. While it is one of the Snowy Schemes smaller reservoirs, it is the highest, sitting at an elevation of 1,585m. #guthegadam #hydropower #snowyscheme #renewableenergy

20.01.2022 There was no time for sleeping on the job during construction of the Snowy Scheme, only dozing! During construction this dozer operator was photographed while working on the track to the Eight Mile Drill Camp in 1953. #FlashbackFriday #FromTheArchives #thesnowyscheme

20.01.2022 It’s no longer flat at Polo Flat! The concrete segment factory is fast taking shape and soon it will begin manufacturing more than 130,000 precast segments - each weighing about 6.5 tonnes - to line the Snowy 2.0 tunnels. #construction #tunnelling #infrastructure #manufacturing

20.01.2022 Check out this fantastic Science of the Snowy Scheme entry from eight-year-old, local Snowy Mountains resident Emerson. https://bit.ly/326g4HL Students have been asked to design a power station of the future that generates 100% Australian-made, renewable energy and describe how it works. For more information visit www.snowyhydro.com.au/scienceweek2020

19.01.2022 Great coverage by The Monaro Post this week showing the progress at the Snowy 2.0 concrete factory in Polo Flat, Cooma. Webuild Clough Symal Maliyan Horizon https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3559805240753007

18.01.2022 The Snowy Scheme saw an ambitious plan come to life, and the positive impacts of the project have left a great legacy for the nation. Our proud history inspires us today and into the future. Take a look back over the past seven decades of the mighty Snowy. #71yearsofsnowy #snowyscheme #fromthearchives

18.01.2022 Looking for ways you can reduce your energy bill? Lucy Aston, General Manager of Customer Management from Snowy Hydro owned Red Energy shares her top tips to save on your energy this summer. https://bit.ly/3736Yyl #energysaving

17.01.2022 What a journey! Did you know that water from Tooma Reservoir can be diverted through six dams, 14.3km of pressure tunnels, 15.5km of penstocks and tailraces, five power stations, and seven weirs before ending up back in the Murray River, approximately 1,500km downstream from where it would have originally flowed in - amazing! #snowyscheme #hydroelectricscheme #irrigation #snowymountains

17.01.2022 A spark for Snowy meet Neville! Neville first started working on the Snowy in 1956, after his father suggested he follow in his footsteps and become an electrician. Working as a senior technical officer and his wife as a relief teacher at the local school, Neville fondly remembers becoming part of the Snowy community. Watch Neville’s Snowy story below. ... #snowystory #ourhistory #snowyscheme

17.01.2022 Brrr its cold in there! Workers during the construction era had to work in extreme conditions. Cofferdams like this one held back water to allow for work to be completed with reduced streamflow. In extremely icy water, work could range from preparing foundations to clearing big boulders from river beds like this guy! #fromthearchives #flashbackfriday #snowyscheme

15.01.2022 Did you know Murray 1 Power Station wasn’t always designed with a generation capacity of 950MW? During the 1960s an additional penstock and two more turbines were added. This was an obvious physical change to the power station design in response to a rapidly increasing demand for power. #flashbackfriday #fromthearchives #hydropower

15.01.2022 From a different angle If we were standing where this photo was taken today, we would definitely have wet feet. This photo was taken during the construction of Murray 1 Power Station back in 1965 and where the photographer is standing is now the tail bay filled with water. #FromTheArchives #flashbackfriday #thesnowyscheme

15.01.2022 She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes! Look out for trucks carrying giant Snowy 2.0 tunnel boring machine parts - they’ll be on the Snowy Mountains Highway going to the construction site over the next month! Some road closures will be necessary. Visit https://bit.ly/35lVZh5

15.01.2022 1969 was a good year! A man walked on the moon and construction of the Jindabyne Pumping Station was completed. The station pumps water from Lake Jindabyne through the Jindabyne-Island Bend Tunnel and Snowy-Geehi trans-mountain Tunnel to Geehi Reservoir, where the water is used for electricity generation in Murray 1 and Murray 2 power stations. #renewableenergy #pumpedhydro #1969

14.01.2022 There has been plenty of action onsite over the last month. Hear from the project team and see all the activity at Lobs Hole. To keep up-to-date as the construction of Snowy 2.0 progresses, visit https://www.snowyhydro.com.au/snowy-20/progress/ #snowy2 #constructionprogress #infrastructure #renewableenergy #energystorage

14.01.2022 It’s springtime! The reason for our extensive aqueduct and tunnel network is to maximise the volume of water captured and diverted during spring. Pictured below is Eight Mile Creek. This creek flows into one of our aqueducts used to operate our Tumut 2 Underground Power Station. #springtime #snowmelt #snowymountains #hydropower

14.01.2022 At 161.5m high and made up of around 14.5 million cubic metres of rock and earth, the Talbingo Dam wall is one of tallest earth dam walls in the world. It is so big that the Sydney Harbour Bridge almost fits within the design. #thesnowyscheme #hydropower #talbingo

14.01.2022 Snowy Hydro owned energy retailer, Red Energy provides award winning customer service. Marcus Kinna, Red Energy employee of nine years shares his experience working during COVID-19 in the article below. Balancing work and life isn’t always easy, but remembering to put yourself in the shoes of your customers and treat them how you’d like to be treated goes a long way. Interestingly our satisfaction scores from customers have gone up during COVID-19. I think customers have appreciated the fact we are local and going through the same things that they are experiencing. Read the full article here https://bit.ly/36jSatb

14.01.2022 Our future is bright with young Snowy Mountains innovators like Patrick, aged 10. Patrick has harnessed three renewable energy sources - wind, solar and hydro in his clever design for our Science of Snowy competition which closes 5pm tomorrow. Students have been asked to design a power station of the future that generates 100% Australian-made, renewable energy and describe how it works. For more information visit https://bit.ly/3hewGkQ

13.01.2022 If all six of Snowy 2.0s generating units are running, the station will pass 380 cubic metres of water per second. Thats enough water to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in just seven seconds!

13.01.2022 Looking ship-shape! With Snowy 2.0 well underway, we are excited that the first of three tunnel boring machines which will excavate 40km of tunnels for our major pumped-hydro renewable energy project has arrived at Port Kembla. Thanks to NSW Ports for capturing the big lift - pretty impressive considering some of the TBM components weigh up to 174 tonnes! #tunnelling #tbm #snowy2 #portkembla Webuild Clough Fracht Australia Pty Ltd

13.01.2022 Gently does it this huge 750-tonne crane is lowering part of the Snowy 2.0 tunnel boring machine front shield into place. The TBM, as it’s known, sits in a specially-constructed cradle during assembly, before beginning excavation of the main access tunnel! #snowy2 #tunnelling #tbm #construction #renewableenergy

12.01.2022 What lies beneath? With only 2% of the Scheme above the ground, there are many hidden treasures under the mountains. This photo taken during construction in 1966 is of Mowamba Aqueduct located near Lake Jindabyne. #flashbackfriday #fromthearchives #jindabyne #construction

12.01.2022 Our future is in great hands with the next generation of innovators! It's the announcement you've all been waiting for... watch the video to find out the winners and runners-up for our 2020 Science of the Snowy Scheme competition. A big thank you to the panel of judges - Snowy Hydro's Lower Tumut Area Manager Guy Boardman and Manager of Technical Services, Alexandra Korsch along with Sounds of The Mountains FM96.3 FM94.3 FM94.1's Dave Eisenhauer, and Member for Eden-Monaro Kr...isty McBain MP who had their work cut out for them with so many brilliant entries to choose from. Great work to all the students of the Snowy Mountains who entered the competition - there were plenty of fantastic and innovative ideas submitted from across regions. Red Energy National Science Week #renewableenergy #snowymountains

12.01.2022 Flushing flows! Last week the biggest environmental releases of the year took place at Jindabyne. This water helps to maintain a healthy Snowy River from the mountains to the sea. To find out more visit https://bit.ly/2R6ousk

11.01.2022 You'll need to wear your sunglasses for this one! The iconic Tumut 3 Power Station penstocks have had a facelift and aren’t they looking extra white and bright? All 54,000 square metres of the BIG white pipes have been cleaned using a special remotely-controlled, magnetic robot. Thanks Freyssinet for doing such a top job - check out the before and after video! #pumpedhydro #snowyscheme #renewableenergy #hydropower #beforeandafter

11.01.2022 Snowy has always been about the people, those who built the Scheme and the next generation who will bring Snowy 2.0 to life. Read the great story from the Daily Telegraph about Charlie and Bella Salvestro - Snowy workers past and present.

11.01.2022 Chill out - it is almost the weekend! Snowy 2.0 will underpin a renewable energy future by firming up wind and solar generation with an additional 2,000MW of on-demand clean energy. #snowy2 #renewableenergy #firming

11.01.2022 At more than 80 tonnes each, these transformers needed two prime movers to be delivered to the Snowy 2.0 construction site. They will be installed at an onsite electricity substation and used to convert the electricity from 330kV down to 33kV, producing 80 megavolt amps (MVA). When the Snowy 2.0 Power Station is built, it will have 250-tonne transformers producing 450MVA! #snowy2 #constructions #transformers

10.01.2022 The Snowy 2.0 construction site is really pumping! Check out what’s been happening at Lobs Hole this month, with work completed on the tunnel boring machine cradle and the construction power substation well underway. #construction #snowy2 #renewableenergy #infrastructure

10.01.2022 As the sun sets on another day at Lobs Hole, the team at Snowy Hydro can reflect on the huge progress that has been made on Snowy 2.0 so far. We stand on the shoulders of the hard rock men who came before us, as we look forward to adding another 2,000MW of clean renewable energy to the grid. #snowy2 #lobshole #renewableenergy #cleanenergy

09.01.2022 For the team at Snowy Hydro science runs as deep as the tunnels of the mighty Snowy Scheme. We have a proud history of leadership in science and engineering. For National Science Week weve dug into the archives to celebrate the science of Snowy. #nationalscienceweek2020 #FromTheArchives #thesnowyscheme #FlashbackFriday

09.01.2022 Rock legends no not quite ACDC more like siltstone, basalt and conglomerate. To understand the geological rock conditions for Snowy 2.0 weve drilled around 30km of rock core samples and discovered many rock types. Most recently, GHD Group and Deepcore Drilling broke their own records with a core sample depth of 2km. It was a very deep look into the mountains and it took 24/7 operations over 111 days to get the job done! #geotechnical #drilling #coresamples

09.01.2022 Working amongst the clouds! Strategically located between Sydney and Melbourne, the Snowy Scheme lies in the beautiful Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales. Thanks to our regional teams for keeping the lights on in our biggest capital cities. #snowymountains #snowyscheme #hydropower

08.01.2022 During peak construction about 36km of hi-vis fabric will be needed each year to clothe Snowy 2.0s workforce. #snowy2.0 #highvis #construction

08.01.2022 New energy for a new generation! Weve made engineering simple with an interactive digital pop-up book explaining our exciting new pumped-hydro project, Snowy 2.0. Start exploring now https://bit.ly/3gl8BZf #snowy2 #engineering #renewableenergy

08.01.2022 Dam it’s wet! These photos, 52 years apart, show a spillway gate test or ‘wet test’ underway at Murray 2 Dam. The ‘wet test’, performed every five years, ensures the integrity of the dam’s safety systems. #thenandnow #flashbackfriday #fromthearchives #dams

07.01.2022 BIG DELIVERY ALERT! The first of our Snowy 2.0 tunnel boring machine parts have arrived in the Snowy Mountains Several pieces of the eye-catching blue and white cutterhead were transported from Cooma, heading to the Lobs Hole construction site, and police escorted a convoy of three trucks with wide loads - the 4.6m tailskin parts - along the Snowy Mountains Highway. These components are part of the 137m-long TBM which will excavate the main access tunnel.... #renewableenergy #tunnelling #infrastructure

07.01.2022 It takes hundreds of staff to keep all of our power stations running and in tip-top-shape to keep the lights on. Our stations are impressive, but our people are the real assets. #renewableenergy #hydropower #ourpeople

07.01.2022 Around the bend... Check out Island Bend Dam from a different angle. At 49m high and 146m wide, this concrete dam wall contains 60,400 cubic metres of concrete. #snowyscheme #infrastructure #snowymountains

07.01.2022 This weekend is definitely putting the snow in Snowy 2.0 with snow falling onsite at Lobs Hole. #snowy2 #snow #snowymountains

07.01.2022 It’s a site to behold... Snowy 2.0 construction is ramping up and here at the main access tunnel portal, there is an 11-metre diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) being assembled. If you’re an experienced TBM mechanic, maybe you’d like to work on it! Visit www.snowyhydrocareers.com.au for more jobs info. #snowy2 #tunnelling #tbm #construction #renewableenergy

07.01.2022 Country roads, take me home. The road across the Jindabyne Dam looked a little different in 1968. Throughout the year, many visitors drive across this dam wall on their way to explore the Snowy Mountains, which is a great place to visit in any season. #flashbackfriday #jindabyne #regionaltourism #snowyscheme #snowymountains

07.01.2022 Our energy use changes dramatically throughout the day, from switching the TV on in the morning to running the air conditioner at night. Find out more about energy demand and Snowy 2.0 with our interactive digital pop-up book at https://bit.ly/2GjXweH

05.01.2022 Out of this world! Jindabyne Pumping Station pumps a punch! Water from Lake Jindabyne can be pumped through the Jindabyne-Island Bend Tunnel and Snowy-Geehi Tunnel to Geehi Reservoir, where the water is used at Murray 1 and Murray 2 power stations to generate clean, renewable electricity. #jindabyne #snowymountains #pumpedhydro

05.01.2022 Engineering career pathways are incredibly diverse, as are the opportunities Snowy Hydro can offer the next generation of engineers. Take your career to the next level by applying for our 2021 Graduate Program https://www.snowyhydrocareers.com.au/jobs/SHL-1470234

05.01.2022 Now that is a high wire act! In 1965, this team of brave linesmen and riggers spent months stringing the landing spans to Murray 1 Power Station. #FlashbackFriday #snowyscheme #FromTheArchives

05.01.2022 Our first Snowy 2.0 tunnel boring machine has arrived at Port Kembla! Shipping containers of equipment and individual TBM parts - some as large as 174 tonnes - will soon be transported to site at Lobs Hole in the Snowy Mountains, where the 137m-long machine will be rebuilt and start tunnelling by the end of this year. Stand by NSW Ports for two more Snowy 2.0 TBMs! #tunnelling #tbm #snowy2 Fracht Australia Pty Ltd AAL Shipping Webuild Clough

04.01.2022 Meet Bob! When one job stopped, another started. Bob worked on the Snowy Scheme for 12 years and says he learnt a lot, met a lot of people and had a lot of fun. One of the highlights for Bob has been to see his youngest son start work on Snowy 2.0. Watch Bob’s Snowy story below. #snowyscheme #snowystory

04.01.2022 Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight... Day and night, the Jindabyne Dam fuse gates, like so many of Snowy’s assets are doing what they do best. The fuse gates were installed in 2006 as part of an upgrade of the dam’s safety mechanism for a one in a million flood event. #jindabyne #civilengineering #daminfrastructure #hydropower #renewableenergy

04.01.2022 No matter where you look, there are opportunities in every direction at Snowy Hydro. Meet Jonathon Doidge, Manager Plant Engineering. He says as long as you show the right amount of dedication, ownership and good work ethic, the opportunities are endless. https://bit.ly/2J5BXjG... #STEM #engineering #careers

03.01.2022 Fridays are for going with the flow! At full capacity, Guthega Dam wall holds back 1,604ML of water. Due to increased inflows into the dam catchment area, last week, the dam spilled for five days straight. Water was captured and diverted to Lake Eucumbene - it was a spectacular sight to see!

03.01.2022 That's a wrap! Congratulations to all our Science of the Snowy Scheme competition winners for 2020. Visit https://bit.ly/3hewGkQ for a full list of winners and see the full galleries of all this year's entries. The display at the Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre in Cooma will be available to view until the end of this month - stop by to check them out! Kristy McBain Sounds of The Mountains FM96.3 FM94.3 FM94.1 National Science Week #renewableenergy #ourfutureisbright #sciencecompetition #STEM

03.01.2022 Meet Tommy! Arriving in Perth in 1949, Tommy purchased a car to cross the Nullabor and eventually arrived in Cooma. He says in those days, on the streets of Cooma, you could hear any language spoken in the world. Tommy is as proud as ever of what they built and he will never forget it. Watch his Snowy story below. #thesnowyscheme #constructionera #snowystories

03.01.2022 Same location, next exciting chapter. More than 65 years after this photo was taken of the mighty Antar truck coming through Cooma during the Snowy Scheme build, today transformers took a similar route for Snowy 2.0. With construction well underway, the transformers will power up the Lobs Hole construction site, tunnel boring machines and the accommodation camps that will house more than 1,500 workers. #snowy2 #thenandnow #FromTheArchives

03.01.2022 Extra, extra, read all about Snowy Hydro and Snowy 2.0 with our quarterly e-newsletter! Sign up now before the December edition hits inboxes in coming weeks. https://bit.ly/32fUrVy

03.01.2022 Our iconic Tumut 3 penstocks are looking brand new after their recent 'scrub and polish'. The surface area cleaned was just under 8,600sqm, which is about 47 times the floor-space of an average Aussie household. That is a lot of cleaning - thankfully robots completed most of the hard work!

03.01.2022 Great to see the good news of Snowy 2.0 reaching other parts of regional New South Wales. Thanks to PRIME7 News Central West for the coverage. https://www.facebook.com/PRIME7NewsCentralWest/videos/378244730066252/

02.01.2022 The team from Maliyan Horizon have been working with subcontractor Symal at the Snowy 2.0 concrete segment factory site in Cooma, providing jobs for local people and the chance to gain new skills. You can apply for an upcoming factory job here: https://bit.ly/3neGArd Webuild Clough #construction #localjobs #concretesegments

02.01.2022 The first day of summer! Rest assured as the weather warms up, the Snowy Hydro team will continue to work behind the scenes to keep the lights on this season... and every season. #summer #snowyscheme #snowymountains #talbingo #hydropower

02.01.2022 Congratulations to Marco Revelant from Cooma Sand and Concrete and Matthew Lucas from The Coffee Pedaler at Tumut on their coverage in todays Daily Telegraph These are just two of the 100-plus local businesses already involved in our Snowy 2.0 project. https://bit.ly/3af8Aot #snowy2 #renewableenergy #supportinglocal #bushsummit

02.01.2022 Say freeze - winter is definitely here! During the construction era Snowy had a full film and photography department that documented every facet of the Scheme. Here is one of the team back in 1957 capturing the snow melt. #flashbackfriday #fromthearchives #snowtime

02.01.2022 Pick of the day! While the pick and shovel has mostly been replaced by machine excavation, the Snowy spirit remains the same. We have a proud history and are in awe of the workers that came before us and dreamed big! Their guts, grit and determination live on in the Snowy Hydro values we live by today. #flashbackfriday #fromthearchives #thesnowyscheme

01.01.2022 From little things big things grow! Cooma came to life during construction of the mighty Snowy Scheme and flourished as the capital of the Snowy Mountains. It's a great time of year to visit the region and our Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre! You can check out our new immersive theatre and experience the Snowy Scheme like never before! www.snowyhydro.com.au/visit... #snowymountains #FlashbackFriday #snowyhydrodiscoverycentre #FromTheArchives #cooma

01.01.2022 A whole new meaning to bringing the outside inside! This progress picture of the Murray 1 Power Station taken back in 1966 showcases the scale of construction. To make the internal fit-out possible, the walls on each end were constructed last. #flashbackfriday #fromthearchives #khancoban #snowyscheme

01.01.2022 Next level paper mache! Models were painstakingly created to scale during construction of the Snowy Scheme. Today as an innovator in renewable energy, we use lidar, artificial intelligence and other technologies to model the Scheme. #flashbackfriday #fromthearchives #thesnowyscheme