23 May 2025
A $31 million upgrade of Murchison Dam on Tasmania's West Coast has now been completed. This project has significantly increased the dam’s flood capacity and represents our long-term commitment to keeping our Tasmanian communities safe.
31 March 2025
The Tarraleah hydropower scheme in central Tasmania is one of state’s oldest. With some parts of the scheme more than 80 years old, we’re looking at options for its future. A major redevelopment of Tarraleah would see it generate more clean energy, to help meet the growing demand for energy and power the state for generations to come.
18 March 2025
Work on the Edgar Dam Upgrade project is underway with the project team making great progress preparing the site.
10 December 2024
We’re investing $11.5m in King Island’s Huxley Hill Wind Farm, a vital part of the world-leading off-grid hybrid energy system that powers the entire island!
Hydro Tasmania and local renewables company TasRex have finalised key terms for an offtake agreement that will accelerate the development of a major renewable energy project for Tasmania!
Despite recording the lowest inflows in 90 years, Hydro Tasmania has performed beyond targets.
25 November 2024
In January 2023 (with years of planning), a major refurbishment at Rowallan Power Station kicked off. Around 160 Hydro Tasmania employees and contractors have been working on the upgrades, including Site Manager, Scott Tatsi. Scott holds a huge sense of pride for this refurbishment, with the project being close to the final commissioning stage.
30 September 2024
In his final blog as CEO, Ian Brooksbank talks about what he's most proud of and why "it all boils down to people".
26 September 2024
We keep a very close eye on the weather here at Hydro Tasmania. As Australia’s largest generator of renewable energy, rain = energy = profit. And because we return 90 per cent of our profits to the State Government, it also means better healthcare, housing, and education for Tasmanians.
06 September 2024
You might have heard our dams are ‘spilling’ - so what does this mean? It’s a normal part of how our dams function.
08 August 2024
How do you lift a piece of machinery that’s 180 metres underground and weighs more than a blue whale? It’s taken years of planning but the team working on the Gordon Power Station upgrades has done it.
29 May 2024
The pace and scale of change in Australia’s electricity market is surprising even the seasoned industry pundits. Coal is retiring faster than expected, solar generation (at domestic and utility scale) is rapidly growing and wind farm builds are accelerating. So what does all of that mean for Australia's energy future?
23 May 2024
Our Chair Richard Bolt shares his experiences and reflections of the past 12 months at the helm of Hydro Tasmania's Board of Directors.
15 December 2023
A planned outage may sound simple, but undertaking one like the recent Gordon power station outage was no easy feat for the 65-strong team.
14 November 2023
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.
10 October 2023
In life - and in business - change is the only constant. Yes, it’s a cliché – but for over two years at Hydro Tasmania group we’ve had a deep commitment to the evolution of our culture, so we can tackle the energy industry’s biggest challenges head on.
05 October 2023
Pumped hydro will be a critical part of the future technology mix, providing the firming capacity and flexibility to manage fluctuations in demand and keep power supply reliable. The Cethana pumped hydro project is a flagship of our Battery of the Nation vision and represents one of the most cost-effective pumped hydro projects currently being proposed in the national market.
We all know how many times an unexpected issue can arise in the workplace; have a thought for our Mersey Forth team whose unexpected issue was a retrieval operation for a 10 metre long, one metre diameter, six tonne log that was found in Lake Cethana.
King Island might be a small island off a slightly larger island (Tasmania) off a really big island (Australia), but it punches well above its weight when it comes to renewable energy innovation.
The iconic Tarraleah hydro scheme in Tasmania’s central highlands has been powering the state for more than 85 years. This is an opportunity to reimagine the scheme to deliver more energy and improve operational flexibility to meet Tasmania’s future energy needs and suit a changing electricity market.