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| UpdatedTasmania's Energy Minister Matthew Groom aims to boost gas generation and form a high-level independent taskforce on energy security.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, states-and-territories, tas
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| UpdatedHydro Tasmania concedes it is heading into uncharted waters as storage levels at two of the state's major catchments fall to less than 12 per cent.
Topics: alternative-energy, hydro-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, states-and-territories, tas
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Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is satisfied 24 diesel generators operated by Hydro Tasmania in the central highlands, will not put the public at risk.
Topics: hydro-energy, energy, alternative-energy, states-and-territories, tas
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The developers of a large renewable energy project in north Queensland hope to start feeding power into the grid by the end of next year.
Topics: alternative-energy, solar-energy, hydro-energy, georgetown-4871
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| UpdatedA Tasmanian dairy farmer facing an $80,000 hike in power prices says the energy crisis could make his farm unviable.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, tas
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| UpdatedHydro Tasmania will bring its cloud seeding program forward by a month in response to Tasmania's ongoing energy crisis.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, states-and-territories, drought, tas
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| UpdatedHydro Tasmania reveals it considered draining the iconic Lake Pedder, which was flooded in 1972, below its minimum operating level as part of an energy contingency plan.
Topics: water-supply, water-management, hydro-energy, tas
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Topics: hydro-energy, conservation
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| UpdatedTasmania's fourth biggest power user, the Norske Skog paper mill, promises to reduce its energy consumption if asked, with no risk to jobs.
Topics: hydro-energy, business-economics-and-finance, electricity-energy-and-utilities, hobart-7000
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Topics: business-economics-and-finance, electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy
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| UpdatedHydro Tasmania are given an exemption from normal planning processes to speed up the installation of generators, as the state's energy crisis continues.
Topics: hydro-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, tas
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| UpdatedTasmania's energy crisis strategy now includes a plan to boost gas-powered electricity generation to tackle any long-term outage of the Basslink power cable.
Topics: hydro-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, tas
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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Government and Hydro Tasmania prepare for a prolonged energy crisis, as the state's power woes worsen.
Topics: states-and-territories, alternative-energy, hydro-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, tas
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With hopes that white water will return to Nymboida River tributaries fading, one local business has had to reinvent itself to stay open.
Topics: environmentally-sustainable-business, tourism, rural-tourism, hydro-energy, nymboida-2460
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A southern New South Wales irrigation company tries to get an advance on water from Snowy Hydro to provide farmers with security ahead of the next summer growing season.
Topics: irrigation, hydro-energy, regional, deniliquin-2710, wagga-wagga-2650
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| UpdatedTasmanian Treasurer Peter Gutwein's mid-year budget shows an improved deficit and a renewed promise of returning to surplus.
Topics: budget, state-parliament, hydro-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, tas
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| UpdatedAn energy analyst warns against using costly diesel generators being rushed into the state as the energy crisis worsens.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, tas
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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Opposition is urging householders and business owners to reduce their electricity consumption as the state's power woes worsen.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, federal---state-issues, tas
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Tasmanian Resources Minister Paul Harriss says the Southwood sawmill biomass project is "investment-ready".
Topics: alternative-energy, hydro-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, tas
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| UpdatedThe Basslink power cable is yet to be fixed, with the State Government saying it has no news the fault has been identified 50 days after it failed.
Topics: environment, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, tas
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An industry group wants the Tasmanian Government to assess future energy security risks, so major industrial users do not have to ration power again.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, states-and-territories, tas
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| UpdatedSignificant recent rainfall slows Hydro Tasmania dam drainage, while experts continue to search for the location of a fault in the Basslink underwater cable.
Topics: state-parliament, hydro-energy, tas
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Major industrials could abandon Tasmania if forced to scale back production due to the state's energy problems, the state Opposition fears.
Topics: states-and-territories, hydro-energy, tas
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| UpdatedFarmers in Tasmania's north west are alarmed at cuts to their water entitlements.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, hydro-energy, drought, water-management, dairy-production, mersey-forest-7304