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Tasmanian children with hearing loss will benefit from greater access to specialist audiology equipment, thanks to the Hydro Tasmania Community Grant program.

Specialist power and water consulting firm Entura has identified opportunities for the South African city of Durban to increase its use of renewable energy, while at the same time driving down water infrastructure operating costs.

The Tasmanian Economic Regulator’s first Annual Energy Security Review has found Tasmania’s energy security is now strong enough to withstand an unlikely repeat of the events of 2015/16.

The reopening of the Waddamana Power Station Heritage Site and a brand new exhibit have been a boon during the COVID-19 tourism downturn, bringing around 7,000 visitors each year to the Central Highlands.

Tassie’s anglers welcome the opening of our wild brown trout waters every August. This year, the coronavirus lockdown has some of us feeling a little more excited than usual to throw a line in. Maybe you’re looking forward to stalking the trout with those new flies, or you just want to drown a few worms with a mate.

Hydro Tasmania has marked a major milestone on upgrades to the Tarraleah hydropower scheme, with the intake tower excavation now complete. Almost a quarter of a million cubic metres of rock and soil were removed to create the deep excavation where the new concrete tower will be constructed.

If life begins at 40, as the saying goes, it began this year for one of our most iconic landmarks. But clocking up four decades of dedicated power generation for Tasmania had taken a toll so this year Gordon Power Station has undergone one of its biggest maintenance operations yet.

The life-saving volunteers of the Derwent Valley SES helped us launch the 2021 Community Grant Program and show us how they put their own grant to good use protecting Tasmanians.

In the wake of recent Tasmanian bushfires, we want to assure Tasmanians that we are bushfire ready, and have plans in place to keep staff, and assets, safe and operational.