Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) is intensifying its focus on council tree-clearance processes and regulations, increasing inspections to reduce the...
Discover news and features that explore the construction and management of powerlines in Australia, and the role they play in the energy system
Ergon Energy is undertaking aerial inspections of power lines throughout a large area in regional Queensland, using low flying...
In Australia, bushfires have directly resulted in millions of dollars in financial damage, the destruction of sensitive natural areas...
New drone technology is under trial in the Ballarat region, as Powercor uses the technology to inspect powerlines in...
Western Power has moved Carlisle North’s power from overhead to underground, the first of three suburbs in the Town...
TransGrid has relaunched its commercial arm, Lumea, to provide infrastructure services to renewable energy generators and large usage customers. ...
Powercor has unveiled plans to connect renewable energy projects to the grid faster in Victoria, and proposed the connection...
As part of a $4.2 million program to install covered conductor technology, Powercor has installed the fire-preventing technology in...
Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) has recorded four serious powerline incidents in regional Victoria in the past three weeks, prompting...
In a milestone for the Columboola Solar Farm project, Powerlink has completed the construction of eight transmission towers to...
The proposed SA-NSW interconnector is a step closer to the final approval stage, with ElectraNet submitting its commitment to...
Costs to upgrade the Victoria-New South Wales Interconnector (VNI Minor) have been given the go-ahead from the Australian Energy...
Powercor will be deploying helicopters fitted with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology to fly over parts of the...
Upgrade work is underway for the installation of an advanced bushfire safety device for Mildura’s local electricity network. Powercor...
United Energy crews have installed 22 Early Fault Detection (EFD) devices across parts of the high voltage network in...
The Federal Government has announced an $11 million investment to progress the CopperString 2.0 project to Final Investment Decision...
Powercor is commissioning two new helicopters to conduct vegetation and powerline inspections over Warrnambool, using a new scanning technology....
The Federal Coalition and Victorian Labor governments have come together, revealing a part agreement to jointly underwrite early works...
United Energy has ungrounded 600m of high voltage powerlines in one of the highest risk bushfire areas along the...
The Federal Government has fast-tracked three “critical” energy projects: Marinus Link, Project Energy Connect interconnector and Victoria to New...
Powercor is moving over 15km of powerlines west of Geelong underground, as part of its extensive bushfire mitigation program...
The Victorian Government has announced a further $7 million in funding for its $750 million Powerline Bushfire Safety Program...
Work is complete on a $100 million project to install a 17km long, 132,000V powerline, which will support the...
Powerlink has recommenced a $67 million program of electricity infrastructure construction works across regional Queensland. The state’s publicly-owned transmission...
AEMO has published its 2019-20 National Energy Market (NEM) Summer Operations Review Report, highlighting the need for enhanced energy...
Electricity distributor Powercor is carrying out critical upgrade works to improve the reliability of the electricity network in regional...
Energy Safety Victoria has officially approved a safety device installed in Ararat by electricity distributor Powercor. Victoria’s energy safety...
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has approved the final element of the Queensland-New South Wales Interconnector (QNI) regulatory process....
Electricity distributor Powercor has launched a program to test the safety of the area’s energy network from bushfire risk....
Monash University researchers have developed new ‘time reversal’ technology which could revolutionise power line repairs. The technology can rapidly...
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