Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation

Electricity generation

Electricity generation is the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy.The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday...

 using renewable energy

Renewable energy

Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...

. Its focus is on hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...

 and windpower. It was a public company

Public company

This is not the same as a Government-owned corporation.A public company or publicly traded company is a limited liability company that offers its securities for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or through market makers operating in over the counter markets...

 listed on the Australian Stock Exchange

Australian Stock Exchange

The Australian Securities Exchange was created by the merger of the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange in July 2006. It is the primary stock exchange group in Australia....

 until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of Industry Funds Services Pty Ltd (IFS). IFS is an Australian organisation representing several superannuation funds.

Power stations

Power stations owned by Pacific Hydro include:
Wind

• Codrington Wind Farm
• Challicum Hills Wind Farm
• Portland Wind Project
  Portland Wind Project
  The Portland wind farm is one of Australia's largest wind farms. Located on the coast of south-western Victoria near the city of Portland, it consists of four separate sites, of which three have been completed...
  
  

Water

• Eildon Pondage Power Station
• Ord River Hydro Power Station
• The Drop Hydro