As the country navigated extreme weather events and the ongoing effects of the pandemic, 2021 saw Australia set the...
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Powercor program to boost safety ahead of bushfire season
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Asset Management, Company news, Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Powercor has announced a new safety program that will see 7,000 power poles replaced or reinforced per year, beginning...
Stage two of Mount Isa Mica Creek Solar Farm announced
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0APA Group has announced that stage two of the Mica Creek Solar Farm in Mount Isa will commence in...
NT announces $45 million big battery
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0A tender has been awarded for the construction of a new 35MVA big battery for the Northern Territory’s Darwin-Katherine...
Neoen begins construction on 100MW ACT battery
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0Neoen has marked the start of construction on its 100MW/200MWh Capital Battery, located next to TransGrid’s Queanbeyan substation in...
Industry responds to 2022 Draft ISP
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Hydro Power, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The energy industry has responded to AEMO’s Draft 2022 Integrated System Plan (ISP), which describes the steps needed to...
Is this Australia’s turning point for renewables investment?
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Energy Efficiency, Features, Networks, Policy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0By Igor Sadimenko, EY Oceania Power & Utilities Leader The latest EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) reveals...
Tasmania achieves high energy security rating
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0A report analysing Tasmania’s energy security has revealed that the state is projected to maintain low levels of risk...
Labor’s plan to cut emissions by 43 per cent
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Labor Party has released its plan to reduce emissions and boost renewable energy initiatives. The Powering Australia...
Additional $8.6 million for WA DER pilot
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Distributed Generation, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $8.6 million in funding for the development of Western Australia’s Distributed...
WA introduces remote rooftop solar off-switch
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Western Australia has announced a new solution to increase network reliability and enable the future growth of rooftop solar...
Distribution, transmission network productivity on the rise
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has shared findings from its analysis of the growth and efficiency of Australia’s electricity...
Proposed Western Victoria transmission line route revealed
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Civil Construction, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, 1The Western Victoria Transmission Network Project (WVTNP) is one step closer to completion with the announcement of a proposed...
New record for South Australian solar
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0South Australia has once again reached a negative electricity demand, with its solar photovoltaic (PV) network causing the minimum...
Batteries – powering the clean energy transition
Holly Tancredi, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Features, Hydrogen, Networks, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0As the need to tackle climate change becomes more urgent, the surge in renewable energy offers hope. But the...
Black system or black swan: learnings from South Australia’s infamous 2016 blackout – part 2
Holly Tancredi, , Batteries & Storage, Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Wind, 0by Imogen Hartmann, Editor, Energy magazine The 2016 South Australian blackout was estimated to cost businesses $360 million, but...
VIC-NSW Interconnector reaches clean energy milestone
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Civil Construction, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0The ACT’s Transgrid Stockdill substation has finished civil works, signaling a step forward for the Victoria-NSW Interconnector (VNI) upgrade....
QLD’s Boulder Creek Wind Farm gets the go-ahead
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Queensland Government has granted planning consent for the installation of 60 wind turbines at the Boulder Creek Wind...
How hydropower can fuel the renewables transition
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Energy Efficiency, Hydro Power, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0A new report from the Clean Energy Council details the potential of hydropower in meeting renewable energy targets, as...
Winning hearts and minds to deliver the renewable energy transition
Holly Tancredi, , Energy Efficiency, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0by Alicia White, External Relations Manager, Energy Networks Australia As Australia makes steps towards net zero, the knotty problem...
Why new transmission is essential to Australia’s clean energy future
Energy Journalist, , Energy Efficiency, Networks, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0by Brian Salter, Transgrid As the NSW/SA Project EnergyConnect ramps up, Transgrid’s Brian Salter, explains why transmission interconnection projects...
Australia’s big battery boom
Holly Tancredi, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized, 0Large-scale grid-connected battery systems are expected to play an important role in Australia’s energy future. As Australia enters the...
How Siemens is helping Tahiti reduce its environmental footprint
Holly Tancredi, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Networks, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sponsored Editorial, 0Siemens is helping the French Polynesian island of Tahiti reduce its reliance on diesel fuel as part of a...
BESS to soak up sun from WA’s regional towns
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Horizon Power will install a new battery energy storage system (BESS) in regional towns as part of the Western...
Household electrification: savings, not sacrifice
Holly Tancredi, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Here, we speak to Dr Griffith, the founder of Rewiring Australia about what he dubs as the “vaccine” for...
Federal Government releases latest Low Emissions Tech Statement
April Shepherd, , Networks, News, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Federal Government has released its latest Low Emissions Technology Statement (LETS), in a bid to drive down emissions...
AGL Loy Yang’s $98 million maintenance outage is complete, with the power station’s Unit 3 and the mine’s Dredger...
Expanded Future Fuels Fund to boost EV uptake
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0The Federal Government has released its first Future Fuels and Vehicles Strategy, alongside an additional $178 million for the...
Global first for SA Power solar distribution
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0South Australia’s rooftop solar energy supply has exceeded electricity demand on the network, allowing the state to achieve negative...
APA announces Mount Isa solar farm plan
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Australian natural gas and electricity company, APA, has revealed plans for a 88MW solar farm at Mica Creek in...
Innovative flood response powers flood-ravaged Kimberley communities
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