The Project is a pumped hydro project that will increase the generation capacity of the Snowy Mountains hydro electric Scheme by up to 2,000MW and at full capacity will provide approximately 350,000MW/h of energy storage.
The project includes all activities associated with the requirements for the Snowy 2.0 Pumped Hydro-electric Scheme.
Intake and outlet structures will be built at both Tantangara and Talbingo Reservoirs, which are in the Kosciusko National Park (KNP) in southern N W . Approximately 27 km of concrete lined tunnels will be constructed to link the two reservoirs and a further 20 km of tunnels will be required to support the facility. The power station complex will be located almost one-kilometre underground.
The Project will deliver one of the largest pumped hydro schemes in the world and underscores the importance of the Snowy Scheme’s role in the National Electricity Market (NEM).
Endacom Pty Ltd was engaged by Future Generation JV to construct critical access and cross passage tunnels via drill and blast excavation method. The critical access tunnels ranged from 6m diameter to 9m diameter and Endacom supplied all required plant, labour and specialist tunnelling equipment to complete the drilling, excavation, ground support and mucking works.
