Pacific Hydro


Pacific Hydro is a Chinese-owned renewable energy company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 1992 and was soon floated on the Australian Stock Exchange, it was later bought by a consortium of industry superannuation funds and delisted. It is now owned by China's State Power Investment Corporation.
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, wind, solar and geothermal power projects. In addition to Australia, the company operates also in Brazil and Chile.
The company is also active in the carbon market in the production and trading of carbon credits from its run-of-river hydro projects registered under the Clean Development Mechanism 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