Snowy Hydro Limited, previously known as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, is a corporation in Australia jointly owned by the Commonwealth (13%), New South Wales (58%) and Victorian (29%) Governments. The head office of the corporation is in Cooma. A corporation is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a Civil law systems may refer to corporations as moral persons; they may also go by the name AS (anonymous society) or something similar, depending on language (see below). ... Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ... The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. ... The form of the Government of Victoria is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1855, although it has been amended many times since then. ... Aviation Prioneers Memorial at Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, with artifacts recovered from the Avro 618 Ten aircraft, Southern Cloud, that crashed on 21 March 1931 in the Australian Alps Toolong Mountain range. ...

The company manages the Snowy Mountains Scheme which generates on average around 4500 gigawatt hours of renewable energy each year, which is around 74% of all renewable energy in the National Electricity Market in 2005. The scheme also diverts water for irrigation from the Snowy River Catchment west to the Murray and Murrumbidgee River systems. Bold text This is the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ... The gigawatt (symbol: GW) is a unit for measuring power corresponding to one billion (109) watts. ... Renewable energy (sources) or RES capture their energy from existing flows of energy, from on-going natural processes, such as sunshine, wind, flowing water, biological processes, and geothermal heat flows. ... Irrigation in the Heart of the Sahara Irrigation (in agriculture) is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops. ... The Snowy River is a major river in south-eastern Australia. ... A branch of the Murray in its middle reaches, near Howlong, New South Wales. ... The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

See also

• Snowy Mountains Scheme

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External links

• Official Company website