The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has appointed a new Chief People Officer, in charge of attracting and retaining...
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Fast and easy partial discharge testing with the Omicron MPD 800
Kim Ho, , Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Digital Utilities, Electricity, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, 0The new MPD 800 universal partial discharge (PD) measurement and analysis system from Omicron represents the next generation of...
Australia’s largest renewables employment study released
Kim Ho, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Features, Hydro Power, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Waste-to-Energy, Wave, Wind, 0The Clean Energy Council’s latest report has found that the renewables sector could potentially employ 44,000 Australians by 2025,...
$180,000 upgrade for regional Victorian electricity network
Kim Ho, , Asset Management, Company news, Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Electricity distributor Powercor is carrying out critical upgrade works to improve the reliability of the electricity network in regional...
Learning from mistakes: inside the energy industry’s biggest cyber attacks
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Big Data, Cyber Security, Electricity, Industrial Automation, Networks, Safety and Training, Smart Energy, Telecommunications, Thales, 0Sometimes, the best way to understand the threat cyber attackers can pose is by taking a closer look at...
Ararat bushfire safety device granted final approval
Kim Ho, , Asset Management, Company news, Condition Assessment, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Energy Safety Victoria has officially approved a safety device installed in Ararat by electricity distributor Powercor. Victoria’s energy safety...
Powercor runs bushfire safety tests in Ballarat
Kim Ho, , Company news, Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Safety and Training, 0Electricity distributor Powercor has launched a program to test the safety of the area’s energy network from bushfire risk....
Energy market bodies collaborate on COVID-19 management
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, News, Policy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Three of Australia’s energy market bodies have teamed up to manage the impact of COVID-19 on the energy sector....
Energy industry implements COVID-19 contingency plans
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Retail, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0The Australian energy industry has implemented contingency plans to maintain security of supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian...
Stand-alone Power Systems – a role to play in bushfire prevention?
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Features, Safety and Training, 0by Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Networks Australia After a catastrophic summer bushfire season, Energy Networks Australia Chief...
Inaugural Zema Energy Studies Scholarship launched
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, People & Appointments, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has partnered with Monash University to launch the inaugural Zema Energy Studies Scholarship...
VIC to NSW transmission investment “critical”
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Safety and Training, 0AEMO and TransGrid have published a joint Project Assessment Conclusion Report (PACR), recommending critical short-term investment to increase the...
Ausgrid gets the power back on
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Retail, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Ausgrid has restored power to its customers following prolonged outages across NSW caused by wild weather across the state....
Life-saving technology for powerlines awareness
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Features, Networks, Powerlines, Projects, Safety and Training, 0Energy Queensland has 1.7 million power poles and over 225,000km of overhead and underground powerlines across Queensland. Unfortunately, powerlines...
United Energy completes successful powerline safety technology trial
Imogen Hartmann, , Condition Assessment, Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Projects, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0United Energy has completed a two year trial of technology designed to protect powerlines from the effects of extreme...
Electricity distributors adopt VR tech for training
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Safety and Training, Smart Energy, 0CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy have rolled out the use of Virtual Reality (VR) programs as a training tool...
WA’s largest battery powers Kalbarri
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Safety and Training, 0The largest utility-scale battery to be connected to the Western Power electricity network has been transported to Kalbarri, where...
Detecting cyber intrusions in a digital substation
Admin, , Cyber Security, Disaster Management, Features, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, 1The threat of cyber attack is very real, as energy utilities rapidly move to digitise their operations. As part...
ESB to provide reliability advice and security measures
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0The Energy Security Board (ESB) has been tasked with providing advice on the implementation of interim measures to preserve...
Turning up the heat on the energy industry
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Gas, News, Safety and Training, Sustainability, 0With the National Electricity Market about to come under significant pressure as the summer season kicks off, the Australian...
Providing greater protection to embedded network customers
Admin, , Embedded Networks, Features, Networks, Safety and Training, 0Embedded networks serve hundreds and thousands of Australians who live and work in apartment buildings, shopping centres, retirement villages,...
Weathering the storm – Arming Australia’s grid against the evolving threat landscape
Admin, , Disaster Management, Energy Efficiency, Features, Safety and Training, Smart Energy, 0Renewable investments have sky-rocketed in the context of ambitious government targets; however, investments in systems, assets and markets that...
Senate passes new energy misconduct legislation
Eliza Booth, , Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Projects, Retail, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0New measures designed to deal with misconduct in the electricity sector have now passed the Senate. The new legislation,...
Revolutionising the oil and gas industry
Eliza Booth, , Big Data, Demand Management, Gas, Industrial Automation, IOT, Safety and Training, Smart Energy, Sponsored Editorial, Telecommunications, 0Australia is set to become the world’s largest gas exporter by 2020, yet the industry faces the ever-increasing threat...
New WA training program aims to upskill energy utilities workers
Eliza Booth, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Safety and Training, Smart Energy, Stakeholder Engagement, 0The Western Australian Government has invested in a first-of-its-kind training program to upskill energy utility workers to meet the...
Essential Energy working to restore power in fire affected NSW
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Disaster Management, Networks, News, Powerlines, Safety and Training, 0Essential Energy has mobilised more than 150 personnel from across NSW to restore power to thousands of homes and...
Industrial accidents: the COO’s most preventable risk
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Disaster Management, Policy, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, 0Industrial accidents should be a thing of the past, yet industrial occupations remain dangerous and complicated careers. Occupations in...
Darwin-based utility crews to take part in safety refresher assessments
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Projects, Safety and Training, 0Over the second half of October, almost 300 Darwin-based Power and Water Corporation employees will undertake a total of...
New legislation to keep electrical line workers safe
Eliza Booth, , Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Powerlines, Projects, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, 0Under new legislation, introduced to Parliament by the Victorian Government, electrical line workers will soon be protected by a...
Unsafe operator banned from Solar Homes Program
Eliza Booth, , Civil Construction, Condition Assessment, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Victorian Government has banned a solar energy company from the Solar Homes program for at least two years,...
Farewell, Liddell: AGL’s renewable pledge
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