Pacific Hydro is a renewable energy company headquartered in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia. The company was founded in 1992 and was soon floated on the

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, it was later bought by a consortium of industry superannuation funds and delisted. It is now owned by China's

State Power Investment Corporation State Power Investment Corporation Limited (abbreviation SPIC) is one of the five major electricity generation companies in China. It was the successor of China Power Investment Corporation after it was merged with the State Nuclear Power Tec ...

. The company builds and operates renewable energy projects, initially hydro electricity on irrigation dams, before opening its first wind farm in 2010. Pacific Hydro develops

hydro Hydro from Ancient Greek word ὕδωρ (húdōr), meaning ''water''. Hydro may also refer to: Energy technologies * Water-derived power or energy: ** Hydropower, derived from water ** Hydroelectricity, in electrical form * "Hydro", AC mains ...

wind Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few ho ...

, solar and geothermal power projects. In addition to Australia, the company operates also in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. The company is also active in the carbon market in the production and trading of carbon credits from its

run-of-river Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all or a limited amo ...

hydro projects registered under the

Clean Development Mechanism The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a United Nations-run carbon offset scheme allowing countries to fund greenhouse gas emissions-reducing projects in other countries and claim the saved emissions as part of their own efforts to meet internat ...

of the Kyoto Protocol. On 30 November 2006, Pacific Hydro acquired wind farms developer ''SES Soluções de Energias Sustentáveis'' and renamed it Pacific Hydro Brazil. In 2012 Pacific Hydro Retail started operating in the Victorian market. It services the Commercial and Industrial, Small Business and Residential customer segments. Pacific Hydro retail was re-branded Tango Energy in 2016.

Power stations

Power stations owned and operated by Pacific Hydro include:

Wind

* Codrington Wind Farm *

Challicum Hills Wind Farm Challicum Hills Wind Farm is a wind farm encompassed by 35 (1.5 MW) NEG NM 64 wind turbines, with a total generating capacity of 52.5 MW of electricity. The wind farm is near Ararat in western Victoria, Australia. The power station was commi ...

* Portland Wind Project

Water

* Eildon Pondage Power Station * Lake Glenmaggie power station * Ord River Hydro Power Station *

The Drop Hydro The Drop Hydro Power Station is a Pacific Hydro hydroelectric power station on the Mulwala Canal, near Berrigan, New South Wales, Australia. It has one turbine, with a generating capacity of of electricity. The power station was completed in ...

* William Hovell Power Station, a hydroelectric power station in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia

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External links

Pacific Hydro global website

Pacific Hydro Australia website

Pacific Hydro Brazil website

Pacific Hydro Chile website
Electric power companies of Australia Electric power companies of Brazil Electric power companies of Chile Australian companies established in 1992 Energy companies established in 1992

Power stations

Wind

Water

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