Ausgrid has cancelled planned outages for maintenance at locations across its network due to the catastrophic fire danger forecast...
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Essential Energy working to restore power across fire ravaged areas
Siobhan, , Asset management, Disaster Management, Electricity, Embedded networks, News, Powerlines, Spotlight, 0Essential Energy has mobilised more than 150 personnel from across New South Wales to restore power to thousands of...
Collaborative conservation for western ringtail possums
Siobhan, , Asset management, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Projects, Safety, Stormwater, Sustainability, 0The future of the threatened western ringtail possum looks brighter following a proactive approach to install possum guards on...
Award-winning tool to boost powerline safety
Siobhan, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Equipment, IOT Internet of Things, Mapping & GIS, News, Powerlines, Safety, Smart Utilities, Spotlight, 0Ergon Energy and Energex, as part of Energy Queensland, have won a Safe Work Award for a lifesaving tool...
Technology developed by United Energy automatically restoring power
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, IOT Internet of Things, News, Powerlines, Smart grid, 0Innovative technology that has been proven to automatically restore power within one minute of a fault is now being...
Works begin on Brisbane transmission line rejuvenation
Eliza Booth, , Asset management, Construction, Electricity, Engineering, Equipment, Instrumentation, control & monitoring, News, Powerlines, Projects, Technical, 0Work has begun on a $3.8 million project to rejuvenate a 47-year-old transmission line in Brisbane by replacing hundreds...
Power fault location trial to improve reliability
Eliza Booth, , Asset management, Construction, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Projects, Smart grid, Spotlight, 0A Power and Water Corporation trial of devices used to anticipate and locate faults on long stretches of overhead...
Ausgrid completes bushfire safety program
Siobhan, , Asset management, Condition Assessment, Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Safety, 0Ausgrid has completed a comprehensive safety program to ensure the electricity network is ready for what is already proving...
Specialised maintenance underway to secure critical transmission line
Eliza Booth, , Asset management, Condition Assessment, Construction, Electricity, Powerlines, Spotlight, 0Works are underway on a critical Powerlink transmission line perched on a steep Far North Queensland mountainside, as part...
Queenslanders have their say on $1 billion CopperString powerline
Eliza Booth, , Construction, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Projects, 0From 8 July 2019, Queenslanders will have the opportunity to comment on the proposed $1 billion CopperString powerline, with...
Queensland budget highlights affordable, reliable energy initiatives
Eliza Booth, , Electricity, News, Policy, Powerlines, Renewables, Solar, 0The 2019-20 Queensland Budget has highlighted the need for affordable, reliable energy as the state heads towards 50 per...
AEMC’s proposed regulatory changes to benefit remote communities
Eliza Booth, , Electricity, News, Powerlines, Projects, Renewables, Solar, 0The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has recommended a range of regulatory changes to enable distribution network businesses to...
Powerlink’s $3.4 million nuts and bolts replacement
Eliza Booth, , Asset management, Construction, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Projects, Safety, Substations, Transformers, 0Powerlink has recently completed a $3.4 million replacement of steel bolts and insulators in Central Queensland after inspections identified...
Ausgrid uses helicopters to search network for bushfire hazards
Eliza Booth, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Disaster Management, Electricity, Equipment, Instrumentation, control & monitoring, Maintenance, News, Powerlines, Smart Utilities, Spotlight, 0Ausgrid has contracted two specialist helicopters to carry out annual aerial inspections of the electricity network in bushfire prone...
Working to improve vegetation clearance outcomes near powerlines
India Murphy, , Electricity, Features, Maintenance, Powerlines, Safety, 0Vegetation and trees form a fundamental and much-loved part of our urban and rural landscapes, but also pose very...
Going underground: Relocating circuits under Melbourne’s busiest road
Lauren Butler, , Electricity, Partner Solutions, Powerlines, 0Projects involving critical infrastructure require expert project management to deliver high-quality results and to minimise risk and inconvenience to...
A 39 year-old man has died in hospital, after being electrocuted during routine maintenance work in Sydney. The Ausgrid...
Helping keep the lights on for half a million Australians
Lauren Butler, , Electricity, Maintenance, Partner Solutions, Powerlines, 0In January 2018, Zinfra commenced working on the operations and maintenance contract for the entire United Energy electricity network...
Planning for the impact of extreme weather
Lauren Butler, , Electricity, News, Powerlines, Spotlight, 0The recent extreme weather conditions in New South Wales have prompted Essential Energy to undertake a range of strategies...
Heightening inspection methods for power assets
Lauren Butler, , Electricity, Maintenance, News, Powerlines, Safety, 0With over four million Queenslanders relying on Powerlink’s high voltage transmission network, the company is reaching new levels of...
Keeping transmission lines safe over summer
Chris Bland, , Electricity, Maintenance, News, Powerlines, 0Powerlink Queensland is maintaining the reliability and safety of its electricity network via helicopter inspections scheduled across Northern Queensland...
A tree trimming program will soon begin in Alice Springs in an effort to improve safety around powerlines. Working...
‘Dolphin structures’ to increase electricity reliability
Lauren Butler, , Electricity, News, Powerlines, 0The Gladstone region is set to have a more reliable electricity supply, with 21 45m-plus high transmission towers being...
Restoring powerline poles to full strength
Lauren Butler, , Electricity, Partner Solutions, Powerlines, 0Timber poles lose structural capacity for a number of reasons. These include decay, fungi causing shell rot and heart...
A state-wide electrical safety campaign has launched in Queensland with the aim of reducing dangerous incidents resulting from contact...
Ausgrid has issued a warning about interfering with live electrical wires following dangerous incidents in Lake Macquarie and Port...
Electricity upgrades underway before bushfire season
Lauren Butler, , Electricity, News, Powerlines, 0AusNet Services will undertake large-scale maintenance works in East Gippsland, to prepare for an extended fire season expected over...
Burn-offs a risk to electricity networks
Chris Bland, , Asset management, Electricity, News, Powerlines, 0Ergon Energy is urging property owners planning burn-offs to be mindful of electrical infrastructure to prevent damage. Regional Field...
Regulatory Investment Test improvements
Lauren Butler, , Electricity, News, Powerlines, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has announced that it will make improvements to its Regulatory Investment Test (RIT) guideline...
New Ausgrid depot to increase efficiency
Lauren Butler, , Construction, Electricity, Maintenance, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, 0Ausgrid has officially started the construction of a new depot at Artarmon in New South Wales which will allow...
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