Construction progresses for 2.2 GW hydropower project in Australia

Webuild announced a new milestone in the construction of Snowy 2.0, the largest hydropower project in Australia, with the completion of the excavation of the crowns, or ceilings, of the machine and transformer halls that will comprise the underground complex.

A second achievement was also achieved with the completion of 100,000 of the 130,000 pre-cast concrete segments to line the project’s tunnel network.

Snowy 2.0, which will connect two existing reservoirs – the Tantangara and Talbingo – through a network of nearly 30 kilometres of tunnels that will have at its heart the underground complex in a region called the Snowy Mountains in the state of New South Wales. The project will provide up to 2,200 megawatts to the power grid, ensuring stability by making available at a moment’s notice its stored hydropower when other renewable energy sources like solar or wind are not available.