A $13 million project to replace Powerlink’s Ashgrove West substation is underway to ensure a continued safe, reliable and cost-effective electricity supply into north Brisbane. Powerlink Chief Executive, Merryn York, said the substation had been in service for nearly 40 years and played a critical role in powering the CBD and north-western suburbs. “This investment demonstrates Powerlink’s continued focus on [...]
As the largest wind farm in New South Wales, the 270MW Sapphire Wind Farm will provide enough clean energy to power around 115,000 homes. Connecting renewable projects to the grid is a complex yet crucial process that requires specialist network and electrical knowledge. Zinfra is one of the contractors that has helped bring this large-scale renewable energy project to life, [...]
Ausgrid has commissioned the new Tighes Hill zone substation which will supply homes and businesses in Islington, Tighes Hill, and Maryville, Carrington and parts of Mayfield in Newcastle, NSW. It will also power major industrial customers in the Newcastle Port area including Port Waratah Coal Services which manages the Kooragang and Carrington coal terminals. Chief Operating OfficeR, Trevor Armstrong, said [...]
Ausgrid’s newly commissioned Cessnock South zone substation in NSW is now supplying power to homes and businesses in Cessnock, Bellbird, Kitchener and Aberdare, as well as vineyards to the west of Cessnock. Work on the $14.5 million project began in 2016. Chief Operating Officer, Trevor Armstrong, said it is replacing the existing zone substation at 23 South Avenue in Cessnock. [...]
Two new North Queensland solar farms will be connected to the electricity transmission network in March 2018, following the installation of two 70-tonne transformers at the Strathmore Substation near Collinsville. QLD Minister for Energy, Dr Anthony Lynham, said the transformers were the most significant pieces of equipment needed to complete the connection of the Whitsunday and Hamilton projects to the [...]
The Queensland Government’s new $13 million, 23 tonne electrical substation at Fortitude Valley will soon be online, providing a major reliability to boost the South East rail network. The new substation, to be fully commissioned by the end of February 2018, will effectively split Queensland Rail’s inner-city power supply into two – isolating Roma Street and Central stations from Fortitude [...]
The $24.5 million rebuild of the Moura Substation has been completed, ensuring reliable electricity supply to communities and industry in Central West Queensland. On-ground works started at the Moura Substation in 2015. Crews replaced primary plant including busbars, overhead conductors, circuit breakers and isolators, as well as secondary systems which assist in the operation and control of the substation in [...]
Endeavour Energy has announced construction work on its South Marsden Park Zone Substation in NSW will start in January 2018. Endeavour Energy’s General Manager Network Development, Ty Christopher, said the company was investing $24.6 million to build the new zone substation at Hollinsworth Road within the Marsden Park Industrial Precinct. “This investment will underpin significant future growth in the area [...]
Power transformer testing has just become a whole lot easier with the release of OMICRON’s Primary Test Manager TM software. The Primary Test Manager TM (PTM) software is optimised for initial screening, diagnostic testing and condition assessment of power transformers with the release of software version 4.00. All common chemical, electrical and dielectric tests on power transformers are now supported by one software. With proper testing [...]
Up on the beautiful tropical coast of Queensland, Zinfra crews are ensuring holidaymakers and residents at the Whitsundays have continuous power supply – irrespective of what mother nature may have in mind. Delivering under a long-term services arrangement with Ergon Energy, Zinfra has almost completed an Emergency Works package on the outskirts of Airlie Beach in Queensland, known as the Ergon Energy Stoney [...]
Ausgrid’s program of works to replace aged assets on its network is progressing, with a number of replacement substations recently reaching major milestones. Ausgrid spends about $1 billion a year on maintaining its distribution network in Sydney, the Central Coast and Hunter Valley. This includes large capital works projects. Securing power for local residents Transformers and substations aerial view of the Toronto West substation [...]
A $22 million works program has begun to ensure the network can continue to meet the current and future needs of Geraldton in the Mid West region of Western Australia. To meet expected population growth Western Power will decommission the Durlacher Street Substation, which was built in 1972, and move customers supply to the Rangeway Substation, which is less than [...]
Ausgrid has selected the preferred design and layout of a new $30 million substation to be constructed in Greenacre in Sydney’s south west. Chief Operating Officer, Trevor Armstrong, said it will replace the existing zone substation in Rosedale Avenue. “The current substation has been in service for more than 45 years, nearing the end of its working life and needs [...]
Electricity transmission towers damaged during Tropical Cyclone Debbie are set to be replaced as part of a $7.8 million investment by the Queensland Government through Powerlink Queensland. Severe flooding caused extensive damage to 19 transmission towers on Powerlink’s Nebo to Broadsound electricity transmission line, located approximately 100km south west of Mackay. The transmission line is a key part of Powerlink’s [...]
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has released its final power system security report which makes nine recommendations for changes to market and regulatory frameworks to guard against technical failures that lead to cascading blackouts. The AEMC’s power system security review was initiated in July 2016 to strengthen the security of the National Electricity Market (NEM). AEMC Chairman, John Pierce, [...]
Powerlink will soon commence a $21 million upgrade to its Rocklea Substation to build flood resilience.. Minister for Energy and Member for Yeerongpilly Mark Bailey said the major upgrade was needed after Rocklea Substation experienced major inundation in the 2011 floods. “Contingency plans and mitigation activities have occurred in recent years, and thankfully operations weren’t impeded by the recent ex-TC [...]
By Steve Truman, Customer Development Manager, CitiPower/Powercor In addition to CitiPower and Powercor Australia’s Metro and CBD Security of Supply Projects, the relocation of CitiPower assets around future development works are critical to ensure the ever-growing demand of Melbourne’s electrical network is satisfied. The first of the relocation works was aimed at providing increased operational capacity to the high voltage [...]
SA Power Networks has found a new location for the construction of an electricity substation in Glynde, a suburb of Adelaide, after the local community strongly opposed the original site. The identification of a new preferred site is the first stage in the fulfilment of a 2014 state government election commitment to move the substation from the existing site. The [...]
In January 2016, Zinfra was awarded a significant project by Transport for NSW (TfNSW) as part of TfNSW’s Power Supply Upgrade Program. TfNSW is the lead agency of the NSW transport cluster, which includes Roads and Maritime Services, Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink and State Transit. The Power Supply Upgrade Program involves construction of new electrical infrastructure and upgrades to substations, [...]
A new report has warned that privately owned parts of the US electricity grid are in imminent danger of cyber attacks. The Department of Energy’s second Quadrennial Energy Review said advancements in technology had led to a more dynamic and efficient electricity system and had increasingly integrated existing power networks, but this integration now required improved security. The report said, [...]
The outback town of Cloncurry in Queensland is alive with Zinfra field workers contracted by mining company MMG to design, construct and commission the high voltage electricity infrastructure to power their Dugald River zinc mine. The work was awarded to Zinfra in two separate packages. The first package of works involves the design and construction using helicopter stringing methods of [...]
Set amidst one of Hobart’s busiest shopping precincts is the newly constructed Rosny Park zone substation. As one of three new substations commissioned by TasNetworks to cater for future electrical load increases, the Rosny substation has been a design and construction project defined by community engagement, tight project management and logistical coordination. Project scope Rosny Park zone substation is an [...]
A 10-year program to provide a safe and reliable power supply to Warwick in the Southern Downs region in Queensland is now complete. The program included a new substation and sub-mission line refurbishment. Queensland Minister for Energy, Mark Bailey, said the $33 million East Warwick substation project to replace the original substation meant the entire backbone of Ergon Energy’s network [...]
The first thing that strikes you when you arrive at the Brunswick Terminal Station (BTS) is the level of activity. The site is a hive of industry, with equipment and people engaged in a wide variety of tasks required for the massive brownfield upgrade of the AusNet Services station. Located less than six kilometres from the heart of Melbourne, the [...]
Powerlink’s Mackay Substation on Queensland's east coast is receiving a $24 million upgrade to further secure electricity supply and support continued economic growth in the region. The six-year project by Powerlink is supporting 39 jobs and involves upgrading a transformer, rebuilding the switchyards and installing new support systems to improve network performance. Planning for stage two has begun with construction [...]
Arc faults have been a hot topic in the electrical industry for more than a decade, with much of the discussion centred on aging oil-based medium-voltage switchgear and the increased risk that they pose. While the risk of an arc fault still exists in modern medium-voltage switchgear, both the likelihood and the damage it can cause are greatly reduced thanks [...]
Asia Pacific’s first grid-scale Tesla Powerpack storage system to be integrated into the public electricity network has be unveiled at the renovated Glen Innes substation in Auckland, New Zealand. The Tesla Powerpack has a storage capacity of 1MW/2.3MWh - the equivalent to powering 450 average homes for 2.3 hours - allows New Zealand multi-network infrastructure company, Vector, to continue to [...]
In order to prepare Queensland’s electricity network for the significant power use increase expected during the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, Powerlink’s Mudgeeraba Substation is receiving a $25 million overhaul including isolator replacements and a new transformer. The recent 2016 Olympic Games in Rio has highlighted the scrutiny that host cities of major sporting events experience, as the world watches [...]
Following three and a half years of successful experience in live operation, GridON and Wilson Transformer Company are announcing a new family of cost-effective Fault Current Limiters (FCL-DG) with smaller footprint for mid-to-high voltage applications. GridON’s established technology has been further enhanced to offer a cost-effective solution for distribution grid operators, industrial customers and independent power producers. Growing demand [...]
Horizon Power (WA) is seeking tenders for power station and zone substation works on the Onslow Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Project. The works include the engineering, design, procurement and construction for an 8MW (nominal installed capacity) power station, (with the ability for future expansion) and associated balance of plant, a zone substation and associated plant and facilities; and cabling and [...]
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