Our first hydropower station was built more than a century ago. Times and technology changed, but Hydro Tasmania’s clever minds kept building hydropower stations into the 1990s and we are now looking to the opportunities of a renewable energy future.
Many of our hydropower assets were world firsts when they were built. Today, we maintain and upgrade them to world-class standards to ensure Tasmania's electricity supply is reliable and secure. Our stations are in six high-rainfall catchments formed from natural river systems. We link the power stations and water storages through natural and man-made channels.
Today we have 30 hydropower stations operating in Tasmania, and two hybrid energy power stations on the Bass Strait islands. Each power station is grouped by location.
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