Snowy Hydro Headquarters (Cooma, New South Wales)
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Snowy Hydro Limited, previously known as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority, is a corporation in Australia jointly owned by the Commonwealth (13%), New South Wales (58%) and Victorian (29%) Governments. The head office of the corporation is in Cooma.
The company manages the Snowy Mountains Scheme which generates on average around 4500 gigawatt hours of renewable energy each year, which is around 74% of all renewable energy in the National Electricity Market in 2005. The scheme also diverts water for irrigation from the Snowy River Catchment west to the Murray and Murrumbidgee River systems.
The company manages the Snowy Mountains Scheme which generates on average around 4500 gigawatt hours of renewable energy each year, which is around 74% of all renewable energy in the National Electricity Market in 2005. The scheme also diverts water for irrigation from the Snowy River Catchment west to the Murray and Murrumbidgee River systems.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 36°13'16"S 149°7'55"E
- Numarella Village 19 km
- The Cascades 35 km
- Military training area 56 km
- River Cottage Australia 84 km
- Congo Point 97 km
- Batemans Bay, NSW 109 km
- Pebbly Beach 127 km
- Merry Beach Caravan Park 133 km
- Kioloa Beach and Holiday Park 135 km
- Bawley Point 137 km
- Cooma Gaol 1.6 km
- Cooma/Polo Flat Airport (YPFT) 1.8 km
- airfield 10 km
- Litchfield Country 23 km
- Hudsons Peak 25 km
- Nimmitabel Public School 35 km
- Coopers Lake 35 km
- Boco Rock Wind Farm 42 km
- Brogo Dam and Reservoir 60 km
- Bega Valley Shire Council, NSW 85 km