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Features
Explore some of our feature-length context which takes a deeper dive into the current issues, challenges and focus areas for the Australian energy industry.
World’s first integrated solar pumped hydro project
Utility Journalist Asset Management, Features, Hydro Power, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability 0After Stage One of the Kidston Solar Project began generating its first revenue in November 2017, Genex is now focusing...
Integrating energy and climate change policy to drive NEG
Elisa Iannunzio Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Features, Gas, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The independent Energy Security Board (ESB) has released the first public consultation paper for the National Energy Guarantee (NEG)...
Secure a place at Energy Networks 2018 – vision critical
Utility Journalist Asset Management, Electricity, Features, Networks, News 0Energy Networks 2018 Conference and Exhibition is shaping up to once again be the pre-eminent event for the energy industry...
What the energy resources sector can learn from a fairy tale
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, Networks 0by Miranda Taylor, Chief Executive, National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) With digitalisation, new technologies and new energy sources all...
The pathways forward for the energy sector
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy 0Most of us begin each new year hoping it will be better than the last. Australia’s energy sector is...
Ploys of summer
Utility Journalist Asset Management, Electricity, Features, Networks, Sponsored Editorial, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability 0Could keeping the lights on during the height of summer be as simple – or as complex - as...
Have confidence – we can fix energy
Utility Journalist Asset Management, Electricity, Features, Networks 0by Catherine Tanna, Managing Director, EnergyAustralia There’s a well-known joke about a tourist in the Australian outback who asks...
Australian solar eclipses previous record
Utility Journalist Asset Management, Electricity, Features, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability 0Early estimates suggest that the amount of solar generation last year eclipsed the previous best in 2012 by around...
Microgrids – navigating the change
Utility 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
Utility 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...
Going green: decarbonising the gas network
Utility Journalist Asset Management, Features, Gas, Sustainability 0In March last year, the Australian Gas industry released Gas Vision 2050, a report which provides a conceptual outline of...
What lies ahead for the energy sector?
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, Gas, Policy, Powerlines, Renewable Energy, Solar 0According to Alan Pears from RMIT University, 2017 is the year when many long-festering energy policy problems must be...
The hot topic of 2017
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0John Bradley, CEO at Energy Networks Australia, discusses Professor Alan Finkel’s recommendations for Australia’s energy market.
Welcome to the future of Energy
Utility Journalist Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Sustainability, Waste-to-Energy 0Welcome to the website for Energy, a new thought-leading, technology neutral magazine, developed to help the industry answer some...
Guiding the future of energy in Queensland
Utility Journalist Company news, Electricity, Features, News, Sustainability 0With more than 30 years’ experience in technical, operational, asset management, corporate, and senior roles, David Smales has set...
Broadening the scope for innovative energy
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind 0ARENA’s new investment plan, which will guide almost $800 million of renewables funding over the coming years, expands the...
Conquering the energy peak
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0People have always been fascinated by peaks. We climb them – whether it’s the summit of Everest, K2 or...
In April, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull unveiled plans for a massive expansion of Tasmania’s hydropower system, establishing the state...
The challenge of using batteries to stabilise the grid in remote areas
Utility Journalist Batteries & Storage, Features, Renewable Energy 0In order to combat the growing problem of power instability in remote parts of Australia, utilities are deploying large-scale...
Energy in transition: getting the balance right
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, Gas, Hydro Power, Networks, Renewable Energy 0EnergyAustralia has a vision for how modern energy suppliers can operate, providing customers with a product that is cleaner,...
Smart meters – maturing in cyber security but still at risk?
Utility Journalist Cyber Security, Features, Smart Energy, Smart Meters 0Data security is a critical focus area for modern, digital utilities, with smart meters at the frontline for potential...
Guy Chalkley: transforming a utility against a backdrop of industry change
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, People & Appointments 0Guy Chalkley was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Western Power in August 2016, after acting in the role from...
Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism consultations begin
Utility Journalist Features, Gas, News, Policy 0Formal notice has been given to liquefied natural gas (LNG) producers of the government’s intent to intervene, if necessary,...
Matt Canavan resigns as Minister for Resources
Utility Journalist Features, Gas, News, People & Appointments 0Senator Matt Canavan has stepped aside from the Ministry and resigned as Minister for Resources and Northern Australia after...
New solar power purchase agreement
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight 0EnergyAustralia has announced the signing of a long-term agreement to buy 100MW of new renewable energy from the 150MW...
Jemena appoints new CFO
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, Gas, News, People & Appointments 0Jemena has announced the appointment of its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) following an extensive six month global search....
Energy ministers approve 49 out of 50 Finkel recommendations
Jessica Dickers Electricity, Features, Gas, News, Pipelines, Policy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0Australian energy ministers have agreed to implement all but one recommendation of the Final Report of the Independent Review into...
Lockhart River solar project reaches new milestone
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, News, Solar 0Lockhart River, located on the eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, is continuing its transition from a...
What Tesla’s investment in SA means for the Australian energy market
Lauren Cella Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, Electricity, Features, News, Projects 0The world’s largest lithium ion battery will be installed in South Australia under a historic agreement between the South...
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