A $117.5 million, 15MW hydrogen electrolyser power plant will be constructed near Port Lincoln, SA, in what will be...
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SA Government provides funding for new hydro project
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Hydro Power, News, Projects, Sustainability, 0The SA Government has provided $4.7 million in funding to the Altura Group and project partner Delta Electricity for...
Microgrids – navigating the change
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Features, Microgrids, Networks, 0As Australia’s energy industry undergoes unprecedented change driven by consumers’ desire for more choice and control, Horizon Power’s unrelenting focus...
Policy certainty a critical issue
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Features, Networks, 0The year started as 2017 finished, in an ideological debate about the best way forward and the merits of...
Improved construction rules could cut energy costs
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Electricity, Networks, News, 0A new report has found tightening construction rules to ensure new homes keep families comfortable and use less energy...
Victorians compensated for power outages
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Networks, News, 0Victorians affected by power outages due to extreme heat on Sunday 28 January 2018 will be compensated with one-off...
Transmission lines replacement project complete
Elisa Iannunzio, , Asset Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Safety and Training, 0Powerlink Queensland has completed a $10 million project replacing 3.8km of parallel transmission lines to ensure the safe, reliable...
AEMC welcomes new commissioners
Energy Journalist, , Company news, Electricity, Networks, News, People & Appointments, 0The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has welcomed the appointment of two new commissioners. The COAG Energy Council announced...
Solar and battery microgrid to power produce market
Energy Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The South Australian Produce Market will install 1600 solar panels and a large lithium-ion battery on its facility at...
Parliamentary energy committee releases report
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Sustainability, 1The House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy has released a report into its inquiry into...
Research into increasing distributed energy in remote WA networks
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Distributed Generation, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Horizon Power will conduct a body of research over the next three years with the aim of increasing distributed...
Electricity grid put under pressure
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0The spotlight has been put on Australia’s electricity networks following record breaking temperatures and power outages across the country....
All-electric pilot suburb granted waiver
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0A Territory Plan waiver has been granted to the Ginninderry project in the ACT, allowing an all-electric pilot project...
World’s largest virtual power plant planned for SA
Energy Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The South Australian Government has launched a plan to install solar and battery systems on 50,000 homes across the...
Downstreaming Australia’s lithium resources
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, 0The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies' (AMEC) has released a report on Australia’s lithium resources. A lithium industry...
Partnership to provide smart metering services
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Smart Energy, Smart Meters, 0Simply Energy has partnered with a smart meter and smart grid solutions company to provide smart metering services to...
New conditions around transmission and distribution asset ownership
Elisa Iannunzio, , Civil Construction, Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, 0The Australian Government has announced new conditions that all future applications for the sale of electricity transmission and distribution...
$30 million solar farm proposed near Wee Waa
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0Overland Sun Farming has submitted a proposal for a $30 million solar farm near Wee Waa in New South...
Loy Yang generator on the move
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Electricity, News, 0A spare generator weighing about 255 tonnes is being transported from AGL’s Loy Yang A Power Station in Victoria...
Support given for new solar tariffs in Victoria
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) has expressed its support for new solar feed-in tariffs expected to be introduced in...
Registrations open for Australia’s largest smart energy conference
Lauren Cella, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, IOT, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, 0It’s a new year, and the solar and storage industry is already gearing up for The Smart Energy Conference...
New pole inspection technology to enhance work practices
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Safety and Training, Smart Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Essential Energy is introducing new pole inspection technology to improve work practices, productivity, and employee health and safety. The...
AusNet announces partnership to develop transmission line
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Wind, 0AusNet Services has secured an agreement with a renewable energy company to develop a new transmission connection for the...
New wind farm to strengthen Victoria’s energy network
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Wind, 0The $77 million Kiata Wind Farm has been officially opened in Western Victoria and will power more than 20,000...
Decision for SA Power Networks confirmed
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, Networks, News, Spotlight, 0The Full Federal Court has confirmed the Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) October 2015 revenue decision for SA Power Networks...
PV popularity hits all time high
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Australian rooftop PV recorded the greatest ever annual installed capacity at 1,079MW in 2017. Together with installations sized over...
Electricity grid contingencies put in place
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, Networks, News, Safety and Training, 0The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has put contingency plans in place as Victoria and South Australia’s electricity grids...
Northam Solar Farm reaches new milestone
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind, 0Progress continues on the largest solar project under construction in Western Australia with the completion and execution of the...
UNSW Sydney signs world first solar energy agreement
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The UNSW Sydney has signed a 15-year offsite solar PV corporate power purchase agreement (Solar PPA) with two energy...
Global energy report raises concern about Australian manufacturing
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, News, 0The findings of a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) that Australian manufacturers are the most energy intensive...
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