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Hydro Tasmania has welcomed the 2022 Integrated System Plan confirming Marinus Link as “immediately actionable” and noting it should progress urgently. The 1500MW Marinus Link interconnector is a critical enabler of Battery of the Nation, Hydro Tasmania’s bold vision to maximise Tasmania’s hydropower capacity and add pumped hydro.

Hydro Tasmania has awarded funding to six projects aimed at giving local communities a helping hand.

High demand and material shortages in the global supply chain have pushed back the construction schedule of King Island’s new Solar Farm.

The next stage of Hydro Tasmania’s proposal to redevelop the iconic Tarraleah hydropower scheme has commenced, with public exhibition of the project’s environmental assessment.

Energy security in Tasmania will not be impacted by this morning’s announcement from Basslink Pty Ltd of a fault in the Basslink undersea cable. CEO Steve Davy said Hydro Tasmania would continue to manage energy supply using a range of levers at its disposal, including water in storages and wind.

A small but mighty King Island wind turbine, which has alone produced more 10,000 MWh of clean electricity since being installed more than two decades ago, will receive a life-extending makeover this month.

Hydro Tasmania has clarified a statement made to today’s Parliamentary scrutiny hearings into Government Business Enterprises. Discussing the positon of Hydro Tasmania’s storages and current imports of energy across Basslink, CEO Steve Davy noted that imports were supplying 40-50% of Tasmania’s energy demand. This is not correct. What Mr Davy intended to state was that the current level of import fluctuates between 30 – 40 per cent. For November, it was 38 per cent.

Seven projects are underway to help make Tasmanian communities safer, more connected and more empowered.