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The new ‘Hydro Tasmania Scholarship’ will be granted to an LGBTIQ+ Tasmanian tertiary student annually, as part of our recently announced Gold Partnership with the Pinnacle Foundation.

For another year, the Girls in Power program has brought together school girls from across Tasmania to discover what a future in science, technology and engineering can look like – and to see that those opportunities are closer, broader and even more exciting than they might have imagined.

Sometimes, things move slowly in Tasmania, but when it comes to energy, we’re well ahead of the pack. Read on to explore how renewable energy became one of Tasmania’s superpowers and why it will underpin our future.

Nearly $140,000 in community grants has been provided to target the ongoing effects of COVID-19 on the Tasmanian way of life, with local sport clubs, mental health programs, bathroom renovations, a cake stall and even a ride-on lawnmower among a wide variety of programs that will make a difference.

Looking after our existing power stations is the biggest part of Hydro Tasmania’s annual workload and budget. There are rolling schedules of maintenance and outages planned years in advance, which often take more than a year to complete. But even though we’ve been doing this for decades, there are sometimes still a few surprises in store.

Tasmania’s hydropower assets can support the national grid and lower energy prices, says Hydro Tasmania CEO Steve Davy in The Australian.

New Energy Minister Angus Taylor has been given the substantial job of reducing energy prices, and he has Tasmania on side through the Battery of the Nation initiative, which aims to do just that.

As the iconic Tarraleah hydropower scheme was constructed, a village grew up around it. Starting with little more than a pack horse track leading to Tarraleah, the village soon housed more one thousand workers and their families.

You might have heard our dams are ‘spilling’ - so what does this mean? It’s a normal part of how our dams function.

Hydro Tasmania’s past, present and future have converged at Waddamana in the Central Highlands where an Electric Vehicle (EV) charger has been unveiled at the site of Tasmania’s very first power station.