@hydropowerguy
 New Zealand
Joined October 2012
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Seems like significant outage will result
rose lane@pully8Sep 2
Fire breaks out at Hydro Tasmania's Tungatinah Power Station abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/t… via @ABCaustralia

Hydro Tasmania assures state has energy as fire guts major power station

Emergency crews have contained a fire at Tungatinah Power Station and an investigation is set to be launched.

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Tough day in hydro development, my thoughts and prayers go out to that team koreajoongangdaily.com/busin…

Deadly flood in Nepal threatens $647 million Korea-led hydropower project

More than 90 percent of the upper dam of the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower facility has been destroyed, with construction around 84 percent complete before the disaster struck.

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Soon we are going to need bonds for security on any government related transaction linkedin.com/posts/carl-stor…

The Governments Broken promises have real impact and real consequences! | Carl Storm

The Governments Broken promises have real impact and real consequences!

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Essay here from @libertyscott seems the best current summary of why NZ road funding is a mess and paths out of the mire. libertyscott.blogspot.com/20…
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It's the height of management stupidity to turn up to site and accuse the wrong contractor about an incident at site, or talk about an incident as a problem without any understanding of what was being done. Cool your heels, ask some reasonable questions, be curious.... otherwise your are immediately written off by the contractor as unreasonable and your opinion doesn't matter any more... maybe they were actually doing something extra that could commended!
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Twice! In the same week!
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10 years still no CAT3 at Christchurch airport, why can they not organise this upgrade, doesn't seem like a major amount of money stuff.co.nz/national/9462760…

19 fog days at airport

Christchurch Airport is mulling a tech upgrade to combat fog-related disruption. Airlines need to know the cost is worth it.

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A record boom in hydro power orders unprecedented in more than 15 years has manufacturing nearing capacity just as the equipment installed in the previous energy boom of the 1960/70s reaches end of life....andritz.com/newsroom-en/news…
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The cold efficiency of every aspect of the Austrian approach to community infrastructure is frankly amazing. Yeah their taxes are high, but seems that their tax money gets to where it needs to go, not pointless climate conferences and other political bs. How do they do it?
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What did the fish say when he hit a wall? Dam
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A pretty good take on the problems and ideas to solve newzealandenergy.substack.co…
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Pretty unsurprising for those in the industry, it's simply too expensive to do newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/12/wh…

The real reason Meridian shut down its grand green hydrogen project

Without governments stepping up to provide underwrite hydrogen, the economics just didn't work, says incoming CEO Mike Roan. Jonathan Milne reports.

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German utility execs who champion the Energiewende are starting to panic after this month's shocking 12-day wind drought. RWE CEO Markus Krebber posted a desperate plea for more "secure" power supplies this morning on LinkedIn. The situation is coming to a breaking point.
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@energybants9 Nov 2024
Looking at German electricity this week you could be forgiven for forgetting they've spent FIVE HUNDRED BILLION € on a renewable energy "transition" They're just straight up fossil powered! With high costs, high carbon, and a shrinking economy. I labeled it for you below.
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However Tim, the data (NZTA) does not support your statement
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@investigatemag16 Sep 2024
Some fascinating new data on speed's role in NZ fatal road crashes centrist.co.nz/the-truth-abo…

The truth about ‘speed kills’ - Part 2 | CENTRIST

What NZ’s official crash data really reveals about crash causes.

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Surprising fact, a dismantling program for a hydro generating unit cannot be time certain. Your contractor is always one stuck bolt away from a schedule change. So don’t have big expectations about schedule reliability and understand things will change.
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