Powerlines

The AEMC has released a new draft rule proposing network businesses supply more information regarding retirement and replacement plans of...

Horizon Power has begun to expand its standalone power systems to regional and remote customers across Western Australia, with Fitzgerald...

TasNetworks has awarded one of its Distribution Overhead Services Contracts to Zinfra. The contracts support the delivery of TasNetworks’ rolling...

Energex (QLD) is seeking tenders for the provision of 58-88 steel poles for the SunCoast Power Project, which involves the...

South Australian Minister for Energy, Tom Koutsantonis, has asked the Essential Services Commission of South Australia (ESCOSA) to investigate measures...

The Western Australian Government has announced it will sell 51 per cent of Western Power, with the proceeds to go...

The Victorian Government has awarded an engineering firm a grant to develop a new method of replacing bare-wire powerlines, to...

Fixing major faults on powerlines can be a costly and sometimes dangerous task, so it’s essential to find problems early...

In its preliminary report on the state-wide blackout in South Australia (referred to as a Black System), the Australian Energy Market...

Work has begun in the last suburb in Karratha in regional Western Australia to move the overhead electrical network underground,...

A severe storm in South Australia damaged the state’s power network on 28 September 2016 and left the entire state...

Power and Water Corporation is set to begin an intensive maintenance and upgrade program across its electricity network. Poles, wires,...

New safety regulations have recently come into effect which require Victorian electricity companies to use new technology that can halve...

AusNet Services has launched Australia’s first mini grid trial, which will see 14 homes store and share renewable energy through...

ActewAGL carried out helicopter inspections of overhead powerlines across its network during February, giving the utility an overall view of...

Mitigating the risk of fire associated with certain electricity assets is vital in Australia’s bushfire prone climate. However, traditional methods...

Funding is now available for residents in Victoria’s north-east and north-west to apply to have overhead powerlines that connect their...

The Western Australian Electrical Trades Union has responded to the proposed sale of Western Power with warnings that privatising the...

Jemena has announced the opening of the Eastern Gas Pipeline (EGP) expansion, which connects gas from Victoria’s Gippsland Basin to...

Hundreds of bare-wire overhead powerlines are moving underground as part of the Victorian Government’s $200million Powerline Replacement Fund. The fund...

Two power stations affected by fires in north-west Tasmania have returned to service, with other damaged infrastructure still needing to...

In recent years, the uses for drones have dramatically expanded, as online retailers, the construction industry, wildlife rangers and the...

Recent bushfires have prompted Western Power to find new energy supply solutions for Preston Beach (WA). This includes the construction...

The Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources is seeking tenders for the replacement of high voltage power lines...

Western Power is facing a major rebuild of its Western Australian electricity network after bushfires tore through power poles in...

Engineering and construction company, Zinfra Southern Contracting, has completed work on a Horizon Power transmission line project in WA. Zinfra...

In a world–first, two Australian power companies are trialling a new conductor that will reduce the likelihood of powerlines starting...

WA Energy Minister, Mike Nahan, is encouraging local governments to submit project proposals for the next round of funding from...

A close call has prompted Essential Energy to issue safety warnings around property powerlines after a NSW farmer’ made contact...

The Victorian Government has released regulations that require energy companies to implement new powerline technology that help prevent bushfires. Under...