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

We’re all navigating how to work in this unfamiliar world, and for some of us, we see hope on the horizon as things slowly return to normal. But what if you work far beyond the 30km essential travel boundary? We talk to Brett Brady stationed at Gordon Power Station where he’s working with a small team to keep the lights on.

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 has urged anglers to take care as they hit the water this weekend, for the start of the trout season on Saturday August 4.

It’s probably the last place you would think to look for some of the world’s most sought after timber but the depths of Hydro Tasmania’s dams have proven to be a treasure trove.

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 highest priority is managing water storages, which will provide Tasmanian homes and businesses with a secure and reliable energy supply. Total energy in storage returned above the Prudent Storage Level last Tuesday, following increased rainfall across Hydro Tasmania’s catchments.