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A long-term program to recommence undergrounding power in Darwin suburbs has been announced. Planning and design work will begin...
Investigations into the Tathra bush fires in New South Wales have found faulty electrical infrastructure is likely to be...
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Helicopter powerline inspections will be used to inspect the Western Power network in Metro and South West areas of...
The Queensland Government has received 115 proposals lodged from 79 businesses for the ‘Renewables 400’ initiative as part of...
Powerlink is using a specialist helicopter crew to conduct transmission line stringing works as part of a $10 million...
Electricity transmission towers damaged during Tropical Cyclone Debbie are set to be replaced as part of a $7.8 million...
The Victorian Government is providing grants to targeted landowners in selected regional areas to purchase Stand-Alone Power System (SAPS)...
by Alan Pears, RMIT University, article first appeared on The Conversation 2017 is the year when many long-festering energy policy...
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The AEMC has released a new draft rule proposing network businesses supply more information regarding retirement and replacement plans...
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Energex (QLD) is seeking tenders for the provision of 58-88 steel poles for the SunCoast Power Project, which involves...
South Australian Minister for Energy, Tom Koutsantonis, has asked the Essential Services Commission of South Australia (ESCOSA) to investigate...
The Western Australian Government has announced it will sell 51 per cent of Western Power, with the proceeds to...
The Victorian Government has awarded an engineering firm a grant to develop a new method of replacing bare-wire powerlines,...
Fixing major faults on powerlines can be a costly and sometimes dangerous task, so it’s essential to find problems...
In its preliminary report on the state-wide blackout in South Australia (referred to as a Black System), the Australian Energy...
Work has begun in the last suburb in Karratha in regional Western Australia to move the overhead electrical network...
A severe storm in South Australia damaged the state’s power network on 28 September 2016 and left the entire...
Power and Water Corporation is set to begin an intensive maintenance and upgrade program across its electricity network. Poles,...
New safety regulations have recently come into effect which require Victorian electricity companies to use new technology that can...
AusNet Services has launched Australia’s first mini grid trial, which will see 14 homes store and share renewable energy...
ActewAGL carried out helicopter inspections of overhead powerlines across its network during February, giving the utility an overall view...
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Funding is now available for residents in Victoria’s north-east and north-west to apply to have overhead powerlines that connect...
The Western Australian Electrical Trades Union has responded to the proposed sale of Western Power with warnings that privatising...
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