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One year on: the energy sector’s response to COVID-19
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Electricity, Networks, News, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0One year on from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) has published...
Top stories from 2020
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Electricity, Gas, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0From extreme weather events wreaking havoc on networks, to the global pandemic that saw the world change overnight, 2020...
Workplace health and safety innovations in COVID-19 times
Eliza Booth, , COVID-19, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, 02020 has been a year of challenges and change, particularly when it comes to workplace health and safety. “Business...
Victoria announces $1.6 billion clean energy investment
Eliza Booth, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Victorian Government has unveiled in its 2020/21 Budget a $1.6 billion clean energy investment – the largest investment...
Federal budget misses a trick, but states pick up the slack
Holly Tancredi, , COVID-19, Features, Networks, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0by Kane Thornton, Chief Executive, Clean Energy Council With the COVID-19 pandemic plunging Australia into its first recession in...
AER extends energy customers COVID-19 protection
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Electricity, Networks, News, Retail, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has published its Statement of Expectations 3, which extends protections for customers in financial...
World Energy Outlook 2020: COVID-19 response to mould the future of energy
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Electricity, Gas, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its World Energy Outlook 2020, which outlines how governments’ responses to the...
A mindful approach to supporting staff wellbeing during covid-19
Holly Tancredi, , COVID-19, Features, Sustainability, 0by Associate Professor Erin Smith, Edith Cowan University As we enter our sixth month of managing and mitigating the...
The energy costs of staying at home
Energy Journalist, , COVID-19, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Retail, 0Dr Kari Dahlgren, Dr Jathan Sadowski, Associate Professor Yolande Strengers, Dr Larissa Nicholls and Professor Sarah Pink from Digital...
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...
AEMC green lights network bill deference
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Electricity, Networks, News, 0The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has given the greenlight for a six month network bill deference for some...
Job creation, energy security and climate action key in post-COVID Victoria
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0A consortium of organisations have published a report titled Putting jobs-rich climate solutions at the centre of Victoria’s economic...
$21 million renewable investment in the Kimberley
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 2The Western Australian Government-owned Horizon Power has announced a $21 million investment in Kimberley renewable infrastructure projects, as part...
Victorian energy providers extend relief
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Electricity, Networks, News, Spotlight, 0Energy providers AusNet Services, CitiPower, Jemena, Powercor and United Energy have agreed to extend the relief package for Victorian...
More Clean Energy Future Fund investment for Western Australia
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0The Western Australian Government has announced a further $10 million investment for the Clean Energy Future Fund, as a...
WA’s Recovery Plan includes $66.3 million renewable technology boost
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0WA’s Recovery Plan has been launched along with a $66.3 million investment in major renewable energy technologies to support...
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...
$67 million in Queensland electricity works resume
Kim Ho, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, COVID-19, Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Powerlines, Spotlight, Substations, 0Powerlink has recommenced a $67 million program of electricity infrastructure construction works across regional Queensland. The state’s publicly-owned transmission...
New research confirms rising confidence in renewables
Kim Ho, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Electricity, Features, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Clean Energy Council’s latest survey has found that investor confidence in clean energy projects is rising as states...
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...
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...
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...
Pivot, rebound, transform: maximising value from emissions reductions
Kim Ho, , Asset Management, COVID-19, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0A new report from industry experts lays out a practical plan to rapidly transform Australia’s energy and carbon management...
Signs of hope as Arrow sanctions Surat Gas Project
Kim Ho, , Civil Construction, Company news, COVID-19, Features, Gas, Pipelines, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0In a welcome boost for the industry, Arrow Energy has sanctioned commencement of the first phase of its Surat...
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...
New ‘big stick’ legislation comes into effect
Kim Ho, , Company news, COVID-19, Electricity, Features, Networks, News, Policy, Retail, Sponsored Editorial, Spotlight, 0The Federal Government has introduced ‘big stick’ legislation designed to improve accountability in the energy sector and ensure fair...
Rising waste levies provide opportunities for high-energy users
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Energy Efficiency, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sponsored Editorial, Sustainability, Waste-to-Energy, 0In the face of COVID-19, never has there been a more important time for Australian manufacturers and high-energy users...
A new report from energy analysts EnergyQuest has found that Australia’s LNG exports are holding steady at near-record levels,...
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...
Farewell, Liddell: AGL’s renewable pledge
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