The 2023-24 Federal Budget has included major investments in the energy sector, allocating funding to critical energy investments and...
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Transgrid signs MoU for energy training and job opportunities in Hunter Valley
Tayla Oates, , Civil Construction, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Electrical engineering students in the Hunter are set to see greater training and career opportunities thanks to a new...
Work begins on QLD hydrogen training hub
Tayla Oates, , Energy Efficiency, Hydrogen, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Smart Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Work is underway on the new hydrogen training hub building at Gladstone State High School, where the Hydrogen Gateway...
National Net Zero Authority announced in 2023-24 Federal Budget
Tayla Oates, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, Sustainability, 1The Federal Government has announced, as part of the 2023-24 Federal Budget – it will establish a new Net...
QLD offer record apprenticeships to boost renewables rollout
Tayla Oates, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Energex and Ergon Energy are set to offer a record number of new apprenticeships based around renewable technologies across...
Liddell Power Station shut down after 52 years of operation
Tayla Oates, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability, 0AGL Energy’s Liddell Power Station has powered down after 52 years of operation, and is set to be repurposed...
EnergyConnect substation completes first concrete pour
Tayla Oates, , Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, News, Powerlines, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, Substations, Sustainability, 0Transgrid has reached a major milestone in the construction of one of the biggest substations in the Southern Hemisphere,...
$1.4 million to Victorian EV-specific courses
Tayla Oates, , Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Victorian Government has invested $1.4 million in a new purpose-built electric vehicle (EV) laboratory at the Kangan Institute’s...
$800K for hydrogen gateway school program in QLD
Tayla Oates, , Hydro Power, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0The Hydrogen Gateway to Industry Schools Partnership is helping to skill the future energy workforce of Queensland, with over...
New hydrogen and renewable training facility for QLD
Tayla Oates, , Hydrogen, News, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0TAFE Queensland's Bohle campus is undergoing a $17.2 million expansion, including the construction of a $12.45 million Hydrogen and...
New Federal energy apprenticeships to help reach emission targets
Tayla Oates, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Sustainability, 0The Federal Government’s New Energy Apprenticeships program will focus on training a skilled workforce to build the necessary infrastructure...
New code to protect renewable technology purchases
Tayla Oates, , News, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0The Clean Energy Council is replacing its Approved Solar Retailer program with the New Energy Tech Consumer Code (NETCC)...
Transgrid 2023 Apprentices now on site
Tayla Oates, , Civil Construction, Company news, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Transgrid’s 2023 apprentices are now on site at various locations across New South Wales, learning the ropes and working...
The next frontier of security and monitoring solutions
April Shepherd, , Asset Management, Safety and Training, Smart Energy, Sponsored Editorial, 0Leading provider of security and warning solutions Spectur has entered into an agreement to acquire 3 Crowns Technologies, a...
AER releases Wholesale Electricity Market Performance Report
Tayla Oates, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has released its Wholesale Electricity Market Performance Report, providing analysis of events and trends...
ANU energy researcher tells energy transition fable in new children’s book
John Thompson, , Company news, News, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, 0An ANU Researcher from the Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering has published a new children’s book...
Ongoing generator failures at Callide Power Plant
John Thompson, , Condition Assessment, Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Ongoing generator failures at Callide Power Plant have resulted in recent disruptions to all four of its generating units,...
Unions sign world-first QLD energy charter
John Thompson, , News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0The Electrical Trades Union (ETU) has signed the Queensland Government’s world-first Energy Workers’ Charter, guaranteeing that workers made redundant...
Transgrid protects lineworkers with tower rescue training
John Thompson, , Networks, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 1Transgrid has taught life-saving pole and tower rescue techniques to powerline technicians at its recent training day in Western...
QLD commits to $23M school for renewables
John Thompson, , News, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Queensland will soon be home to a $23 million state-of-the-art renewable energy training centre, supported by a $17 million...
New institute for energy transition
John Thompson, , News, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Curtin University has unveiled a new institute for the training and support of renewable energy workers and the development...
QLD delivers Australia’s first hydrogen workforce pipeline
John Thompson, , Hydrogen, News, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, 0The Queensland Government will deliver Australia’s first hydrogen workforce development plan to further industry growth. Queensland’s Minister for Training...
Training partnership to address critical industry ‘skills gap’
John Thompson, , Asset Management, News, Safety and Training, 0A new collaboration between Endeavour Energy and Thomson Bridge will address a skills gap in New South Wales’ energy...
Education partnership MoU will see hydrogen skills growth
John Thompson, , Hydrogen, News, Safety and Training, 0A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed in Townsville aiming to increase training in one of Australia’s fastest...
Training workers for net zero transition
Stephanie Nestor, , News, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0The Energy Efficiency Council (EEC) has launched a certification framework to train energy workers to help with the transition...
Energy literacy program for culturally and linguistically diverse communities continues
Stephanie Nestor, , Electricity, News, Retail, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0A program that helps culturally and linguistically diverse communities to negotiate a better deal on their power bills will...
Remote management key to powerline safety
Holly Tancredi, , Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, 0Downed powerlines are a major industry safety issue. Downed conductors and their subsequent touch and step potential field affect...
Solar batteries under recall due to fire risk
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has urged consumers with LG, Solax or Opal solar energy storage batteries...
Free solar training introduced in VIC
Stephanie Nestor, , News, Safety and Training, Solar, Spotlight, 0To support Victoria’s growing demand for solar installation, training for solar workers has been expanded as part of the...
Powercor seeks major safety upgrade cost approval
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Asset Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Powercor has submitted an application to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) for the approval of a major program to...
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