For many Australians, 2020 has been shaped by many unprecedented events – from a widespread and severe bushfire season...
Disaster Management
Powerlines undergrounded on Mornington Peninsula
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset Management, Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Safety and Training, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0United Energy has ungrounded 600m of high voltage powerlines in one of the highest risk bushfire areas along the...
Preparing critical infrastructure for disaster events
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, News, 0The Disaster Management Virtual Conference was held on Wednesday 23 September, marking week 4 of the Critical Infrastructure Summit. ...
Save the date: gather with energy industry colleagues in 2021
Energy Journalist, , Disaster Management, Renewable Energy, 0Energy Networks Australia has announced new dates for the Energy Networks Conference and Exhibition, which will now be held...
AEMO outlines summer reliability outlook
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has published its 2020 Electricity Statement of Opportunities (ESOO), forecasting electricity supply reliability...
Geelong powerlines undergrounded for bushfire safety
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Sustainability, 0Powercor is moving over 15km of powerlines west of Geelong underground, as part of its extensive bushfire mitigation program...
Achieving resilience through a new harsh reality
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, 0With a series of unprecedented events testing Australia's ability to operate as normal, Charlie Richardson and Tony Histon share...
Where are the opportunities in a post-COVID world?
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Cyber Security, Disaster Management, Electricity, 0The economic impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic have been felt all around the world and in every industry. The...
COVID had “modest” impact on electricity demand: report
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Demand Management, Disaster Management, Electricity, Managing Disruption with AioT and predictive analytics, Networks, News, Projects, Retail, Sponsored Editorial, Spotlight, 0A new report from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has shown that COVID-19 only had a modest effect...
$100 million powerline project for Sunshine Coast
Kim Ho, , Civil Construction, Company news, Disaster Management, Electricity, Managing Disruption with AioT and predictive analytics, Networks, News, Policy, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, 0Work is complete on a $100 million project to install a 17km long, 132,000V powerline, which will support the...
Energy Networks Conference: new dates announced
Kim Ho, , Company news, COVID-19, Disaster Management, News, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, 0Energy Networks Australia has further postponed its Energy Networks Conference and Exhibition until 2021. The event, which has historically...
New report reveals energy market undergoing rapid change
Kim Ho, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, Managing Disruption with AioT and predictive analytics, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Retail, Sponsored Editorial, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) State of the Energy Market 2020 report depicts a market in a state of...
Increasing reliability and reducing wildlife-related fire risk in the power grid
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Managing Disruption with AioT and predictive analytics, Networks, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, 0The strategic installation of insulating components and barriers can minimise the impact of wildlife on power grid assets. If...
WA plan to build 15,000 energy-efficient social housing homes
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Energy Efficiency, Features, News, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, Retail, Spotlight, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability, 0A new plan from WA’s Clean State initiative would see 15,000 energy efficient social housing homes constructed within three...
Fault detection technology prevents powerline fall in Victoria
Kim Ho, , Asset Management, Company news, Condition Assessment, Disaster Management, Electricity, Managing Disruption with AioT and predictive analytics, Networks, News, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, 0An incident in Victoria has shown the importance of Early Fault Detection (EFD) systems, with a broken conductor strand...
AEMO: stronger system resilience needed
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Managing Disruption with AioT and predictive analytics, Networks, News, Powerlines, Spotlight, 0AEMO has published its 2019-20 National Energy Market (NEM) Summer Operations Review Report, highlighting the need for enhanced energy...
Supporting the transition to high levels of renewables in the NEM
Kim Ho, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Distributed Generation, Networks, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0With the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) forecasting that as much as 75 per cent of Australia’s energy could...
Powercor conducts major bushfire mitigation works in Victoria
Kim Ho, , Asset Management, Company news, Disaster Management, Electricity, Managing Disruption with AioT and predictive analytics, News, Projects, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, Spotlight, 0Powercor is rolling out bushfire mitigation programs across regional Victoria using a range of technologies and safety devices. Crews...
Renewables: breaking records and leading the way for economic recovery
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sponsored Editorial, Sustainability, 0Despite policy uncertainty and transmission and connection challenges, the number of large-scale renewable projects underway in Australia at the...
Global oil market crash: the implications for energy around the world
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Features, Managing Disruption with AioT and predictive analytics, Retail, 0There have been many economic victims to COVID-19 around the world, and arguably one of the biggest has been...
Renewables sector remains resilient through pandemic
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The latest report from the Clean Energy Regulator shows that the renewable energy and emissions reduction sectors are retaining...
Negative oil prices = lower electricity prices?
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, Retail, 0Oil prices went negative for the first time in history during April. Here, we take a look at some...
Compassionate and positive leadership during COVID-19
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sponsored Editorial, Sustainability, Wind, 0CEO of Powershop and Meridian Energy Australia, Jason Stein, outlines strategies to support customers through COVID-19 and to create...
Investment roadmap unveiled for low emissions technologies
Kim Ho, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Waste-to-Energy, Wind, 0The Federal Government has released its Technology Investment Roadmap discussion paper, which lays out a plan to help Australia...
Tasmania to use renewables in economic recovery
Kim Ho, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Hydro Power, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Tasmanian Government has released its draft Renewable Energy Action Plan, which lays out a strategy to leverage renewable...
Calls for government action on energy efficiency as COVID relief
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Peak industry bodies have called on state and federal governments to leverage energy efficiency measures as a way to...
$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...
How renewables could jumpstart economy, create 50,000 jobs
Kim Ho, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Clean Energy Council has laid out a plan to leverage Australia’s renewable energy and energy storage potential to...
How hydro technology can assist Tasmania’s economic recovery
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Hydro Power, News, Pipelines, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, 0New analysis from Hydro Tasmania assesses ways in which the Battery of the Nation project may assist Tasmania’s economic...
Farewell, Liddell: AGL’s renewable pledge
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