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COAG Energy Council meets to discuss COVID-19 response
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, Networks, News, Policy, Spotlight, 0The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Council has met to discuss the energy industry’s response to the COVID-19...
Energy industry implements COVID-19 contingency plans
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Retail, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0The Australian energy industry has implemented contingency plans to maintain security of supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian...
Stand-alone Power Systems – a role to play in bushfire prevention?
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Features, Safety and Training, 0by Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Networks Australia After a catastrophic summer bushfire season, Energy Networks Australia Chief...
Impact of COVID-19 on the energy sector
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, News, Spotlight, 06 May AEMO updates COVID19 demand impact summary AEMO’s Operational Forecasting team have provided an update to their expected...
Coronavirus impacts Energy sector
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, News, Spotlight, 0EnergyQuest’s March 2020 Quarterly report has indicated that the COVID-19 (Corona virus) outbreak is now having major global and...
Ausgrid gets the power back on
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Retail, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Ausgrid has restored power to its customers following prolonged outages across NSW caused by wild weather across the state....
Data shows United Energy customers keen to participate in demand response
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Retail, Stakeholder Engagement, 0New data from United Energy has shown that public desire to ease the load on the energy grid has...
Bushfire disaster discussions in the energy industry
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, 0The Federal Government has recently held an Electricity Sector Bushfire Response and Recovery Roundtable for members of the energy...
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...
Energy retailers pitch in for bushfire victims
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Retail, Spotlight, 0As bushfires rage on across large parts of Australia, many energy retailers are endeavouring to support those affected. The...
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...
Mortlake Power Station returns to service after six-month outage
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Retail, 0A generating unit at Mortlake Power Station in Victoria, has been returned to service after it was damaged in...
Essential Energy works to bring the power back on
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Spotlight, 0Update 14 January 2020: Essential Energy crews have now restored power to just over 90 per cent of its...
Queensland lodges final energy investment plans
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, 0Energy Queensland has lodged updated submissions for Ergon and Energex’s network investment plans for 2020 to 2025 to the...
Detecting cyber intrusions in a digital substation
Staff Writer, , Cyber Security, Disaster Management, Features, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, 1The threat of cyber attack is very real, as energy utilities rapidly move to digitise their operations. As part...
Mortlake power station delay poses power outage risks to Victorians
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Origin Energy has notified the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) that the return to service date of the Mortlake...
Powering on for a safe summer
Staff Writer, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, Networks, Solar, Sustainability, Uncategorized, 0by Andrew Dillon, CEO, Energy Networks Australia Ensuring safe and reliable electricity is delivered to customers through the hotter...
Turning up the heat on the energy industry
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Gas, News, Safety and Training, Sustainability, 0With the National Electricity Market about to come under significant pressure as the summer season kicks off, the Australian...
Resilience has been a buzz word in the infrastructure industry for quite a while now. But what do we...
How behavioural science can help us manage energy demand on our hottest days
Staff Writer, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, Retail, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability, 0On hot summer days, power usage in Australia skyrockets as households and businesses turn on their air conditioners. Energy...
Weathering the storm – Arming Australia’s grid against the evolving threat landscape
Staff Writer, , Disaster Management, Energy Efficiency, Features, Safety and Training, Smart Energy, 0Renewable investments have sky-rocketed in the context of ambitious government targets; however, investments in systems, assets and markets that...
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...
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...
Ergon Energy recognised for disaster management efforts
Staff Writer, , Disaster Management, Networks, News, 0Ergon Energy has been recognised by the 2019 Get Ready Queensland Resilient Australia Awards, highlighting its efforts with disaster-prone...
Disaster Management 2019 is a two-day event that will look at the impacts a range of disaster events can...
Major explosion at Mortlake Power Station
Kim Ho, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Gas, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight, Uncategorized, 0An explosion at the gas-fired Mortlake Power Station in Victoria has caused significant damage to a generator, taking the...
The Northern Territory has recommenced rolling out underground power, a program which was previously scrapped in 2012. Following the...
Surviving a crisis: getting through when the worst case scenario hits
Staff Writer, , Disaster Management, Networks, Safety and Training, 0All energy utilities have a plan in place for when any range of natural disasters hit, but what do...
Installing batteries 371m above sea level
Elisa Iannunzio, , Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Company news, Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 1Western Power has successfully installed and commissioned new solar panels and batteries at one of the highest points in...
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