Victoria’s largest hydropower scheme will undergo a $40 million expansion to boost support for renewables and avert the threat of blackouts and rising bills NickToscano1
Victoria’s largest hydropower scheme will undergo a $40 million expansion to boost the state’s capacity to back up renewable energy, shore up the grid in all weather conditions and avert the threat of blackouts and rising power bills.
“Clover is the oldest station in the Kiewa scheme and was commissioned in 1945,” he said. “By making this targeted investment, we are able to increase the efficiency of the station and broader scheme to deliver more reliable, clean energy.” While AGL’s hydroelectricity accounts for only about 2 per cent of the state’s overall power consumption, Brokhof said it played an important role in providing “crucial support to the electricity system in the event of peak demand periods or other generator outages”.AGL is aiming to complete Clover’s upgrade by 2026. The company forecasts it will increase the plant’s throughput from 120 megalitres an hour to 140 megalitres an hour, expanding the entire Kiewa scheme’s ability to run at capacity.
AEMO, which manages power and gas markets across the country, has spent the past two years consulting 1500 stakeholders to deliver its “Integrated System Plan” to show what it expects the energy grid will look like out to 2050.
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