The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has fined a service provider over their alleged failure to provide key information for...
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Bells Mountain pumped hydro study progresses
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Hydro Power, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0AGL and Idemitsu are nearing completion on the initial phase of the feasibility study for the proposed 250MW Bells...
VIC to NSW Interconnector costs approved
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, 0Costs to upgrade the Victoria-New South Wales Interconnector (VNI Minor) have been given the go-ahead from the Australian Energy...
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, Partner Solutions, 0Meet Fluke’s new pair of 377 FC and 378 FC Non-Contact Voltage True-rms AC/DC Clamp Meters with iFlex. Measure...
DER Register launched for WA
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wave, 0In a milestone for the Western Australian Government’s Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Roadmap, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)...
AGL, Wärtsilä partner on hybrid energy
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Gas, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0AGL and Wärtsilä have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to produce large-scale hybrid energy systems to commercial and...
Report: battery is best for electricity peaking services
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Clean Energy Council has released a new paper which has found that, based on cost, flexibility, services to...
AEMC rejects TransGrid, ElectraNet energy rule changes
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Market Commission has decided to retain existing energy rules, rather than accept a proposed change from...
AER predicts ACT electricity prices to soar
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Features, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Retail, Spotlight, 0Based on the Australian Energy Regulator (AER)’s recently published 2021–22 electricity network pricing proposal for Evoenergy, electricity charges in...
QLD-NSW Interconnector milestone achieved
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0The Queensland-NSW Interconnector (QNI) project has reached a significant milestone, with six 90 tonne transformers arriving on site and...
Mildura electricity network undergoes safety upgrades
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, Substations, 0Upgrade work is underway for the installation of an advanced bushfire safety device for Mildura’s local electricity network. Powercor...
Report shows record renewable generation
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Clean Energy Council’s has released its annual Clean Energy Australia report, which identified more than a quarter of...
AGL announces structural split
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Through a structural separation, AGL has announced its intentions to launch two leading energy businesses focused on executing distinct...
New partnership to bring UK tech to AGL
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Smart Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0AGL Energy and the UK’s leading zero carbon living brand, OVO, have signed an agreement to deliver innovative digital...
Battery storage trial underway in Queensland
Eliza Booth, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, 0The Queensland Government has announced five locations across regional Queensland to host a large-scale battery trial aimed at supporting...
Time is running out to salvage Australia’s EV future
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Features, Networks, Projects, Renewable Energy, 0by Charlie Richardson and Soon Wai Lim, Utilities Practice, Accenture Australia & New Zealand Australia is currently lagging behind...
Mobile contact voltage solution quickly identifies hazardous condition in schoolyard
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Asset Management, Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, Partner Solutions, Projects, 0As underground cable and distribution systems age, electrical faults occur with increasing frequency due to damage, workmanship issues and...
Federal funding for Kidston Pumped Hydro project
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Hydro Power, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide up to $47 million in funding for Genex’s construction of its...
Torrens Island big battery in sight for 2021
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0AGL has committed to building its 250MW, one-hour duration grid-scale battery at Torrens Island, with construction set to begin...
Next stage for AGL’s Loy Yang battery
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0As part of its continued efforts to lead Australia’s energy transition, AGL is progressing its proposed 200MW, four-hour duration...
TasNetworks appoints new CEO
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, Networks, News, People & Appointments, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0TasNetworks has appointed a new CEO to head up the company as it progresses Project Marinus. Dr Sean Mc...
Excavation for Snowy 2.0 in sight
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Hydro Power, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The first giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been ordered for the Snowy 2.0 project, signifying a critical construction...
Major energy company to deliver Australia’s largest SPS rollout
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Western Power has appointed a major Australian energy company as a supplier to deliver Australia’s biggest rollout of stand-alone...
SA’s January high wholesale electricity prices explained
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has identified causes for a spike in electricity prices in South Australia on 22...
Massive maintenance works underway at AGL’s Bayswater power station
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Spotlight, 0AGL has commenced a $152 million maintenance and upgrade at its Bayswater Power Station, the biggest maintenance outage ever...
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...
Economics prove renewables are the future of energy generation
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, 0There’s no doubt that renewable energy is the way of the future, but often the cost of transitioning to...
Gone with the wind: how wind power has affected electricity prices and volatility
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Electricity, Features, Networks, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Wind, 0by Eliza Booth, Assistant Editor, Energy Magazine As Australia’s governments move towards their goal of reaching net zero emissions...
Cloud computing: renewable forecasting by predicting cloud behaviour
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Electricity, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0As the amount of solar and wind generation in electricity networks increases, so does the need for accurate forecasting...
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