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LiDAR Choppers to inspect Macedon Ranges powerlines
Imogen Hartmann Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight 0Powercor will be deploying helicopters fitted with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology to fly over parts of the...
Fluke releases new range of clamp meters
Eliza Booth Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Electricity, Sponsored Editorial 0Meet Fluke’s new pair of 377 FC and 378 FC Non-Contact Voltage True-rms AC/DC Clamp Meters with iFlex. Measure...
Powercor launches vegetation-inspecting helicopters
Imogen Hartmann Condition Assessment, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight 0Powercor is commissioning two new helicopters to conduct vegetation and powerline inspections over Warrnambool, using a new scanning technology....
Benefits of hybrid booms for Australian industry
Eliza Booth Condition Assessment, Energy Efficiency, Sponsored Editorial, Sustainability 0Image: Haulotte’s HA20 LE PRO Articulating Hybrid Boom Lift. Image courtesy of Haulotte. For many companies, “going green” and...
Cost-effective and time-optimised substation asset testing
Eliza Booth Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Networks, Sponsored Editorial, Uncategorized 1By Maryam Khallaghi, OMICRON Australia Cutting down on the time required for testing directly results in efficiency and cost...
Australia’s first electric-powered cherry picker hits the streets
Patricia Mae Tagabe Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Features, Sustainability 0Jemena and Zinfra expanded their Victorian fleet in August with the unveiling of an Australian-first electric-powered elevated work platform...
How drones and AI are changing solar farm management
Patricia Mae Tagabe Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Drones, Solar, Sponsored Editorial 0Not only can AI-driven drone data management pinpoint faults down to an individual panel level, solar farm owners can...
Smarter earthing testing reduces cost & improves safety
Patricia Mae Tagabe Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Sponsored Editorial 0With significant industry disruption, interstate and regional travel dramatically limited, and in some cases reduced capacity for revenue generation,...
Bringing high-tech drones to Queensland
Patricia Mae Tagabe Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Drones, Features 0The Queensland Government is building a $14.5 million commercial drone flight testing facility at Cloncurry Airport in the state’s...
Infrastructure inspection continues through Melbourne lockdown
Imogen Hartmann Condition Assessment, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects 0Melbourne electricity distributor CitiPower is undertaking one of its largest infrastructure inspections beneath the city, while the metropolitan area...
New project to revolutionise weather forecasting for renewables
Kim Ho Asset Management, Company news, Condition Assessment, Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has awarded almost $1 million to support new technology that optimises renewable energy...
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...
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...
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...
Ergon postpones non-critical works during COVID-19 crisis
Imogen Hartmann Condition Assessment, COVID-19, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects 0All Ergon non-critical maintenance works that would normally require a planned power interruption will be suspended, in light of...
Powercor conducts forensic powerline patrols
Imogen Hartmann Condition Assessment, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects 0Powercor crews have carried out a series of forensic patrols of powerlines in the Otway Ranges, in an effort...
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...
Powerlink’s Central QLD helicopter inspections to take off
Imogen Hartmann Condition Assessment, Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Projects 0Powerlink Queensland has announced that it will begin helicopter inspections across Central Queensland in January 2020 to maintain the...
Advanced aerial inspection for wind farms
Admin Condition Assessment, Energy Efficiency, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Sponsored Editorial, Wind 0Wind turbine inspections using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) save operators time and money; and reduce safety risks compared to...
World Energy Outlook 2019: no single solution to transforming global energy systems
Eliza Booth Asset Management, Civil Construction, Condition Assessment, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Gas, Hydrogen, Networks, News, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability 0The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its flagship publication, The World Energy Outlook 2019, which explores the impact...
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...
Ergon Energy on the hunt for power station attendants for remote communities
Eliza Booth Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Electricity, Features, Networks, News, Projects, Stakeholder Engagement 0From now until early 2020, Ergon Energy will be hiring power station attendants in nine remote communities across Far...
Additional support for transmission investment
Eliza Booth Asset Management, Civil Construction, Condition Assessment, Electricity, Networks, News, Pipelines, Projects 0The Commonwealth Government and the NSW Government have joined together to announce its support of additional transmission investment for...
Construction completed on Yarranlea Solar Farm: compliance testing underway
Eliza Booth Asset Management, Civil Construction, Condition Assessment, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability 0Construction of Risen Energy’s 100MW AC Yarranlea Solar Farm was completed in August and the facility has entered the...
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...
CEFC to pursue emissions reduction across Australian infrastructure platform
Eliza Booth Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Condition Assessment, Energy Efficiency, Hydro Power, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, Wind 0The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will work with Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) to pursue emissions reduction...
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...
Elixir Energy will drill first CBM well this weekend
Eliza Booth Condition Assessment, Gas, Projects, Sponsored Editorial 0Elixir Energy Limited will commence its 2019 drilling campaign at the gigantic 30,000km2 Nomgon IX coalbed methane (CBM) production...
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,...
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