On the move - something big is on its way to site, and we mean big. The first shipment of a game-changing piece of equipment is officially en route from to Australia, the newest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) for Snowy 2.0.

This special delivery includes: 

• 54 breakbulk items 

• 23 x 40’ containers 

• A massive 5,257.43 freight tonnes of cargo 

This 178 metres-long TBM is uniquely designed to navigate the Long Plain Fault Zone along the headrace tunnel alignment. With a 12m diameter cutterhead and advanced slurry treatment and grouting systems, it is equipped to handle hard rock, fractured rock, high water pressures, and remote operations.

The special delivery will be arriving soon at Port Kembla, New South Wales, then onto Marica, where it will be reassembled, and formally named, ready to start excavating later this year.

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About the Project

Webuild and Clough, as part of the Future Generation Joint Venture, are delivering the civil and electro-mechanical works for the Snowy 2.0 Project which will link two existing Snowy Scheme dams, Tantangara and Talbingo, through underground tunnels to the depths of up to one kilometre and an underground power station with pumping capabilities.
 
Snowy 2.0 will provide an additional 2,200 megawatts of dispatchable, on-demand generating capacity and approximately 350,000 megawatt hours of large-scale storage to the National Electricity Market, 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 at times of peak demand, and Snowy 2.0 will enhance this existing capability and ensure that it continues to provide a secure and reliable transition to renewables.

Learn more about Snowy 2.0 here.