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Media releases

20 December 2018
Bureau partnership strengthens forecasting ability

Hydro Tasmania will be able to better harness and supply clean energy to Tasmania and the nation through a new partnership with the Bureau of Meteorology.

16 December 2018
Hydro Tasmania moves to close super gap

One of Tasmania’s largest employers is now paying superannuation on unpaid parental leave as Hydro Tasmania focuses on achieving a culture of inclusion.

12 December 2018
Unlocking Tasmania's energy capacity through interconnection

Analysis released today by Hydro Tasmania demonstrates that additional Bass Strait interconnection would immediately unlock many hundreds of megawatts of latent dispatchable capacity in the Tasmanian hydropower system, and make it available to a transforming National Electricity Market (NEM).

13 November 2018
Collaborating on climate

Hydro Tasmania is proud to be partnering with the Tasmanian Climate Change Office to host the inaugural Tasmanian Climate Symposium.

8 November 2018
Momentum Energy announces Amy Childs as new Managing Director

Hydro Tasmania, Momentum Energy’s parent company, today announced that Amy Childs is the new Managing Director of Momentum Energy.

21 October 2018
Hydro pumps up support for workplace diversity

Hydro Tasmania is doubling its commitment to Engineers Australia’s Women in Engineering Scholarships as the business steps up its push for workplace diversity.

16 October 2018
Exceeding all expectations - strong returns for Tasmania

Hydro Tasmania has had an extremely productive year, returning a strong financial result for 2017-18.

4 October 2018
West Coast pumped hydro opportunity

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has inspected one of the most promising options for pumped hydro development on Tasmania’s West Coast.

23 September 2018
Barrington boat ramps temporarily closed

Boat operators and other recreational users of Lake Barrington are advised the boat ramps and pontoon at West Kentish Park will be closed from today until Wednesday 10 October 2018.

15 September 2018
Basslink

Hydro Tasmania notes the announcement made by Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT), owners of the Basslink interconnector through Basslink Pty Ltd, in relation to a dispute over the 2015 interconnection outage.