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Snowy 2.0 will supercharge the Snowy Scheme’s existing hydro-electric generation and large-scale storage capabilities. The fast-start, on-demand generation of pumped-hydro and Snowy 2.0’s massive storage capacity will be vital as more intermittent, renewable energy sources such as wind and solar come online and coal-fired power stations retire. Snowy 2.0 will add 2,000 megawatts of energy generation and provide 175 hours of storage for the National Electricity Market (NEM), enough to ensure the stability and reliability of the system during prolonged weather events, such as wind or solar ‘droughts’.

Snowy Hydro already plays a critical role in ensuring system stability and at times of peak demand, we keep the lights on. Snowy 2.0 will enhance our existing capability and ensure that we can continue to provide increased stability and security to the energy market well into the future.

Meet our Speakers:

Dave Evans, Director of Engineering, Snowy 2.0, Snowy Hydro Limited

Dave Evans is the Director of Engineering on Snowy 2.0 and has been working on the project since its inception in April 2017. Prior to joining Snowy 2.0, Dave was the Australia New Zealand Hydropower and Dams Manager at SMEC and has been involved as a designer and expert review in international hydropower projects in Australia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and Kenya.

Damon Miller, Associate Engineer – Dams & Hydro, SMEC

Damon Miller has worked on Snowy 2.0 since the project commenced with SMEC and Snowy Hydro in April 2017. Damon was the Design Manager for the Snowy 2.0 Feasibility Study and has been the Civil Design Lead for the Reference Design and Tendering for the 2000 MW pumped storage hydropower project.

Helen Barbour-Bourne, Associate Engineering Geologist – GHD

Helen Barbour-Bourne is an Associate Engineering Geologist with GHD Sydney with a strong background in Project Managing and delivery of large scale complex and specialised site investigations from overseas projects at London Olympics 2012 and Crossrail, to Oxley Highway to Kempsey and Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway Investigations. She has been Project Manager for the Snowy 2.0 Geotechnical Investigation Project since October 2017, drawing together, a specialist and skilled team of up to 80 people on site from across Australia, New Zealand and Canada, to deliver this amazing and challenging project.

Daniel Kamphorst, Geotechnical Engineer – GHD

Daniel Kamphorst is a Geotechnical Engineer, responsible for managing the Snowy 2.0 Geotechnical Investigation program on site since October 2017, more recently become the Site Investigation Manager. With a strong focus on highly specialised geological and geotechnical field work, from PNG, and across Australia. He has been critical to the execution of the complex scope required by the investigation which  includes three methods of insitu stress testing, down hole geophysical logging and deep directional drilling, essential to the delivery of the project.