Hydro Tasmania Archives - Page 4 of 4 - Renew Economy

Tasmania grid struggles with drought, bushfires, lost connection
Tasmania’s hydro water storage at near record low levels, with bushfires forcing power station closures, and the link cut to the mainland.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 25, 2016

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Toshiba wins battery storage contract for Flinders Island renewable project
HydroTas signs nearly $4m worth of contracts for Flinders Island renewable energy + storage project. Toshiba wins contract to supply battery cells.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 3, 2015

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Hydro Tasmania blames vested interests for attack on renewables
Australia’s largest generator of renewable energy opens 168MW Musselroe wind farm, but will drop future projects if government abandons renewable energy target.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 15, 2014

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Cheap wind power could hold key to reopen King Island mine
The re-commissioning of a 90-job tungsten mine on King Island may hinge on whether its owners can buy cheaper energy from planned 200-turbine wind farm.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 14, 2013

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Mixed Greens: Legal bid to block King Island wind farm
Court bid to stop King Island wind project; Queensland’s only wind farm gets another noise investigation; Esperance gas generator wants more wind.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 12, 2013

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Video – First turbine erected at Tasmanian wind farm
Tasmania Hydro uses world’s largest telescopic crawler crane, and a helicopter to string the tranmission line to the Musselroe wind project
Giles Parkinson

Jan 18, 2013

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