New hydro power station

[erick]

This one snuck up! I don't think there has been new hydro power for some time now?

A new hydro power station started today - well, declared "open" by the Premier anyway.

http://www.bogongvillage.com.au/powerplant.html

Mandatory astronomy link - the boring machine was named "Aurora Australis"! :P Check the child's drawing!

http://www.bogongvillage.com.au/pdfs/thisweek/thisweek4.pdf

(ps. climate change and renewable energy targets and emissions trading system-free thread, please :D Talk about the moths? :thanx: )

[DavidU]

That's news to me also !

[Hagar]

Not news to me. I will have to control this new beast from next week.

The station was in the original plan for the Kiewa scheme some 70 years ago but never actually happened.

AGL have a very proactive approach to renewable energy and projects like this and in particular, wind farms are an ongoing priority within the company.

This station has been built to blend into the environment very nicely with the power station building being built under the normal ground level and the earth being replaced and revegitated back to natural bush in the years ahead.

[DJDD]

so that's what all of the building was about up there.
thanks for the posting the info.

of course, II probably could have found out but we always just drive past and never really stop to find out...