Disaster Management

Transgrid crews have completed the installation of eight new permanent steel pole structures in Broken Hill, as works to repair...

Pacific Energy has completed a major renewable energy expansion to the Tropicana gold mine, now home to Australia’s largest off-grid...

A new community battery being delivered by SA Power Networks in partnership with Flinders Ranges Council will support locals during prolonged...

More than 500,000 properties in south-east Queensland have now been reconnected to the electricity network thanks to Ergon Energy and...

Batteries provide unparalleled flexibility, de-risking the evolution of the NEM from fossil-fuels to renewables. Since it was first established in...

Increasing demand for reliable power and a growing emphasis on sustainability calls for innovative solutions. The energy sector is undergoing...

A new combined community resilience solution for the Kimba township will see the installation of a community battery, providing up...

Broken Hill may soon be home to a first-of-its-kind compressed air energy storage system, with the New South Wales Government...

United Energy is using helicopters to scan powerlines across the Mornington Peninsula as part of its year-round bushfire mitigation and...

SA Power Networks has reconnected Hawker and Leigh Creek to the state’s electricity network, after a destructive storm swept through...

A new draft rule by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) aims to reduce the risk of power outages caused...

AusNet has submitted a proposal to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) for a $3.5 billion distribution network upgrade, with the...

Victoria’s $7.5 million Energy Resilience Solutions (ERS) program is now complete, aiming to keep the lights on and services running...

Powerlink Queensland, Energex and Ergon Network (part of Energy Queensland) have joined forces to provide a $300,000 sponsorship to support...

AusNet will grant thirteen councils and community groups a total of $2.4 million under the latest round of its Energy...

The Victorian Government has released its response to the Network Outage Review, supporting all 19 recommendations in full, in part...

Transgrid has completed the installation of all seven emergency response towers following a catastrophic weather event on 17 October.  Transgrid...

More than 120 specialists have mobilised to reconstruct the damaged 3.5km section of the transmission line in Broken Hill as...

Power has been resupplied to communities in the far west region of New South Wales thanks to a large-scale back-up...

A final report that investigated the response from privately owned power companies to the extreme storms in February 2024 has...

Traffic tunnels are dangerous places, but with the addition of two critical pieces of equipment, the humble smoke spill motor...

Electricity and connectivity are critical to navigating natural disasters, and ensuring communities have access to these services in times of...

Reliable power is critical for telecommunication companies and an outage can have devastating financial and reputational consequences. Here, we look...

The Neerim North mobile network is set to be bolstered by a new renewable hydrogen back-up system, as part of...

The Victorian Government has released an interim report regarding the severe storms that caused 530,000 homes to be without power...

The progressive digitalisation and networking of machines and systems has lead to an increasing fusion of safety and security as...

Western Power is working to restore power to thousands of homes after severe storms swept through Bunbury and other suburbs,...

More than 1,000 people were left without power on 5 April after a substation in the Sydney CBD was flooded....

Following Victoria’s devastating 2009 bushfires, 45 substations in the highest bushfire risk areas in the state were mandated to install...

A package of new resilience measures is currently being developed and tested by United Energy, which would see powerlines in...