Safety and Training

Energy Networks Australia has further postponed its Energy Networks Conference and Exhibition until 2021. The event, which has historically taken...

The Federal Court has ordered EnergyAustralia to use best endeavours to comply with an enforceable undertaking regarding life support registration....

The strategic installation of insulating components and barriers can minimise the impact of wildlife on power grid assets. If these...

An incident in Victoria has shown the importance of Early Fault Detection (EFD) systems, with a broken conductor strand being...

A new Renewable Energy Training Facility is on the way for Queensland with the announcement of a $17 million investment...

Powercor is rolling out bushfire mitigation programs across regional Victoria using a range of technologies and safety devices. Crews have...

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has appointed a new Chief People Officer, in charge of attracting and retaining staff....

The new MPD 800 universal partial discharge (PD) measurement and analysis system from Omicron represents the next generation of the...

The Clean Energy Council’s latest report has found that the renewables sector could potentially employ 44,000 Australians by 2025, with...

Electricity distributor Powercor is carrying out critical upgrade works to improve the reliability of the electricity network in regional Victoria....

Sometimes, the best way to understand the threat cyber attackers can pose is by taking a closer look at previous...

Energy Safety Victoria has officially approved a safety device installed in Ararat by electricity distributor Powercor. Victoria’s energy safety regulator...

Electricity distributor Powercor has launched a program to test the safety of the area’s energy network from bushfire risk. The...

Three of Australia’s energy market bodies have teamed up to manage the impact of COVID-19 on the energy sector. The...

The Australian energy industry has implemented contingency plans to maintain security of supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian Energy...

by Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Networks Australia After a catastrophic summer bushfire season, Energy Networks Australia Chief Executive...

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has partnered with Monash University to launch the inaugural Zema Energy Studies Scholarship in...

AEMO and TransGrid have published a joint Project Assessment Conclusion Report (PACR), recommending critical short-term investment to increase the transfer...

Ausgrid has restored power to its customers following prolonged outages across NSW caused by wild weather across the state. The...

Energy Queensland has 1.7 million power poles and over 225,000km of overhead and underground powerlines across Queensland. Unfortunately, powerlines are...

United Energy has completed a two year trial of technology designed to protect powerlines from the effects of extreme weather...

CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy have rolled out the use of Virtual Reality (VR) programs as a training tool for...

The largest utility-scale battery to be connected to the Western Power electricity network has been transported to Kalbarri, where it...

The threat of cyber attack is very real, as energy utilities rapidly move to digitise their operations. As part of...

The Energy Security Board (ESB) has been tasked with providing advice on the implementation of interim measures to preserve reliability...

With the National Electricity Market about to come under significant pressure as the summer season kicks off, the Australian Energy...

Embedded networks serve hundreds and thousands of Australians who live and work in apartment buildings, shopping centres, retirement villages, caravan...

Renewable investments have sky-rocketed in the context of ambitious government targets; however, investments in systems, assets and markets that strengthen...

New measures designed to deal with misconduct in the electricity sector have now passed the Senate. The new legislation, which...

Australia is set to become the world’s largest gas exporter by 2020, yet the industry faces the ever-increasing threat of...