Pacific Blue (formerly Pacific Hydro) is an electricity generation and retailing 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 Blue 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 Blue acquired wind farms developer SES Soluções de Energias Sustentáveis and renamed it Pacific Hydro Brazil.
In 2012, Pacific Blue's retail arm began operations under the brand name Tango Energy, selling Electricity and Natural Gas to consumers in Victoria.
Power stations
Power stations owned and operated by Pacific Blue include:
Wind
Codrington Wind Farm
Challicum Hills Wind Farm
Clements Gap Wind Farm
Portland Wind Project
Taralga Wind Farm
Water
Eildon Pondage Power Station
Lake Glenmaggie power station
Ord River Hydro Power Station
The Drop Hydro
William Hovell Power Station, a hydroelectric power station in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia