Hydro Tasmania’s Chairman, Grant Every-Burns, today announced the appointment of a new Director to the Hydro Tasmania Board.

Hydro Tasmania has signed an in-principle agreement with the potential partners in a joint venture aimed at creating growth opportunities for its specialist power and water consulting business Entura. The Heads of Agreement was signed in Beijing on Friday evening, as part of the Tasmanian Government’s trade mission to China.

The Tasmanian Government, the Launceston Flood Authority (LFA) and Hydro Tasmania today announced a trial to assess the effectiveness of a controlled release of water from the Trevallyn Dam coordinated with silt raking operations on the removal of silt from the Tamar estuary.

Hydro Tasmania is exploring the potential of a joint venture with PowerChina to expand the market access of its consulting engineering business Entura.

Hydro Tasmania has been awarded the Tasmanian Project of the Year by the Australian Institute of Project Management. The Award was presented at a function in Hobart last night and recognised excellence of project management for the refurbishment of Rowallan Dam in Tasmania’s north.

The current water level in Woods Lake is the lowest it has been since 2007 for this time of year.

Hydro Tasmania is making changes to the operating regime of the Tamar Valley Power Station in preparation for the decommissioning and sale of the combined cycle gas turbine.

Specialist power and water consulting firm Entura has been appointed by Genex Power to deliver a bankable feasibility study for the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydropower Project in North Queensland, Australia. Situated some 270km North West of Townsville, near the township of Georgetown, the project is located on the site of the historic Kidston Gold Mine. The abandoned mine site contains two large adjacent pits with the potential to act as the upper and lower reservoirs required for pumped storage hydropower generation.

Hydro Tasmania’s CEO Steve Davy today joined a discussion panel in Hobart, Changing the landscape of gender equality, hosted by CEDA (the Committee for Economic Development of Australia).

Hydro Tasmania has welcomed the election of Entura’s Managing Director, Tammy Chu, to the Board of the International Hydropower Association (IHA).