Electricity

As Australia’s energy industry undergoes unprecedented change driven by consumers’ desire for more choice and control, Horizon Power’s unrelenting focus is...

The year started as 2017 finished, in an ideological debate about the best way forward and the merits of different...

A new report has found tightening construction rules to ensure new homes keep families comfortable and use less energy would...

Victorians affected by power outages due to extreme heat on Sunday 28 January 2018 will be compensated with one-off payments...

Powerlink Queensland has completed a $10 million project replacing 3.8km of parallel transmission lines to ensure the safe, reliable and...

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has welcomed the appointment of two new commissioners. The COAG Energy Council announced that...

The South Australian Produce Market will install 1600 solar panels and a large lithium-ion battery on its facility at Pooraka,...

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy has released a report into its inquiry into modernising...

Horizon Power will conduct a body of research over the next three years with the aim of increasing distributed photovoltaic...

The spotlight has been put on Australia’s electricity networks following record breaking temperatures and power outages across the country. In...

A Territory Plan waiver has been granted to the Ginninderry project in the ACT, allowing an all-electric pilot project for...

The South Australian Government has launched a plan to install solar and battery systems on 50,000 homes across the state...

The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies' (AMEC) has released a report on Australia’s lithium resources. A lithium industry in...

Simply Energy has partnered with a smart meter and smart grid solutions company to provide smart metering services to more...

The Australian Government has announced new conditions that all future applications for the sale of electricity transmission and distribution assets,...

Overland Sun Farming has submitted a proposal for a $30 million solar farm near Wee Waa in New South Wales....

A spare generator weighing about 255 tonnes is being transported from AGL’s Loy Yang A Power Station in Victoria for...

The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) has expressed its support for new solar feed-in tariffs expected to be introduced in Victoria...

It’s a new year, and the solar and storage industry is already gearing up for The Smart Energy Conference and...

Essential Energy is introducing new pole inspection technology to improve work practices, productivity, and employee health and safety. The staged...

AusNet Services has secured an agreement with a renewable energy company to develop a new transmission connection for the 80MW...

The $77 million Kiata Wind Farm has been officially opened in Western Victoria and will power more than 20,000 households,...

The Full Federal Court has confirmed the Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) October 2015 revenue decision for SA Power Networks (SAPN)...

Australian rooftop PV recorded the greatest ever annual installed capacity at 1,079MW in 2017. Together with installations sized over 100...

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has put contingency plans in place as Victoria and South Australia’s electricity grids come...

Progress continues on the largest solar project under construction in Western Australia with the completion and execution of the detailed...

The UNSW Sydney has signed a 15-year offsite solar PV corporate power purchase agreement (Solar PPA) with two energy companies....

The findings of a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) that Australian manufacturers are the most energy intensive of...

AusNet Services has secured an agreement with RES Australia and Macquarie Capital to develop a new transmission connection for stage...

​TransGrid has appointed a new Chair of its Board, following the departure of Dr Kerry Schott in August 2017 to...