All Victorians now have access to a fairer electricity deal with the Victorian Default Offer being set as the...
Features
A balancing act: renewables and reduced grid inertia
Journalist, , Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0by Eliza Booth, Journalist A reliable power system needs adequate levels of system strength and inertia, which to date...
Murray Bridge wastewater pump station site becomes community and cultural space
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Pump stations, Sewer, Sustainability, Wastewater treatment, Water, 0The installation of a unique art sculpture and final planting of around 7,400 native plants marks the completion of...
Sewer rehabilitation for a longer service life
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Maintenance, Sewer, Sewer rehabilitation, 0by Bundaberg Regional Council Bundaberg Regional Council has been taking work underground to reline a number of depreciated sewer...
SA Water deploys world’s largest moveable solar site
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Renewables, Solar, Water, Water treatment, 0The world’s largest fully moveable, single-location solar array is taking shape at Adelaide’s Happy Valley Reservoir as part of...
The sky’s the limit: improving asset management with drones
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Big Data, Digital and smart utilities, Drones, Features, Inspection, Mapping & GIS, Water, 0Technology has become a major part of our modern world, helping to make life easier and safer for many...
Empowering DER through dynamic operating envelopes
Charlotte Pordage, , Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Smart grid, 0by Professor Lachlan Blackhall, Head, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Around Australia, we are currently...
Combining utility heritage and future-focused solutions
Charlotte Pordage, , Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, IOT Internet of Things, Renewables, Smart grid, Smart meters, Water, Water efficiency, 0Whether publicly or privately owned, utilities operate within a strict legislative and regulatory framework. Some utilities and their respective...
Social Energy: a new smart energy retailer enters the game
Imogen Hartmann, , Billing and CRM, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Retail, Smart grid, Solar, 0by Imogen Hartmann, Journalist Empowered consumers and an increasing number of new retail electricity providers are loosening the market...
Green infrastructure to cool western Sydney
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Stormwater, Sustainability, Water, Water efficiency, 0The hottest and driest part of Greater Sydney will be smarter, cooler and greener under a new approach to...
Cutting-edge cartography: digital mapping for improved vegetation management
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset management, Big Data, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Mapping & GIS, 0by Imogen Hartmann, Journalist Victorian Power Networks (VPN) (encompassing the CitiPower and Powercor networks) and United Energy (UE) own...
An evolving ecosystem: Yarra Valley Water’s award-winning customer experience practice
Charlotte Pordage, , Billing and CRM, Community engagement, Features, Retail, Water, 0In October 2020, Yarra Valley Water won Customer Experience (CX) Team of the Year at the Ashton Media CX...
Creating a more resilient grid: virtual power plants explained
Journalist, , Battery storage, Communications, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Software, 0by Eliza Booth, Journalist The way we generate, use and store energy is changing. As the world moves towards...
How utilities can lead Australia to a hydrogen future
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Gas, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0by Emil Billquist, Managing Director, Frank Ochel, Senior Principal, and Thomas Culbert, Senior Manager, Accenture There has been a...
Cyber security in the age of Industry 4.0
Charlotte Pordage, , Digital and smart utilities, Disaster Management, Features, Interviews, Secure Utilities, 0The fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, refers to the ongoing automation of traditional manufacturing and industrial...
HDD assists heathcote sewer upgrade
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Pump stations, Sewer, Trenchless technology, 0In January 2020, Coliban Water completed its $5 million Heathcote Sewer Scheme Project, enabling property owners to connect to...
Keep it clean: how renewables can lead the recovery from COVID-19
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0As federal and state governments look to restart the economy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 health emergency, there...
Powering Sydney’s future: bringing the city’s aging electrical infrastructure up to date
Imogen Hartmann, , Cables, Electricity, Features, Projects, Substations, 0By Imogen Hartmann, Journalist Reliability and affordability of energy supply is a critical component of economies, and therefore top...
Safety first: robot enables next-generation asset inspections
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Inspection, Maintenance, Pipelines, Safety, Water, 0Water Corporation maintains two underground pipeline tunnels in the Perth Hills – the 5.6km Canning Tunnel and the 3.9km...
Digital water metering: the future of water management
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Leak detection, Smart meters, Water, Water efficiency, 0Here, we take a look at how smart water meter technology works, and the challenges and areas of opportunity...
Networks renewed: an Australian-first voltage management trial
Charlotte Pordage, , Community engagement, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Smart grid, Solar, 0Across Australia, and particularly in NSW, the uptake of rooftop solar has soared, with more than 450,000 premises across...
Blazing the trail: in conversation with Power and Water’s first female CEO
Charlotte Pordage, , Electricity, Features, Interviews, Water, Women in Utilities, 0In June 2020, Northern Territory utility, Power and Water, appointed its first female Chief Executive Officer following an extensive...
EnergyAustralia’s ON incubates household energy for the future
Charlotte Pordage, , Billing and CRM, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Retail, 0What happens when product developers and customers get together to look at how household energy could be better? Easier,...
Waste not, want not – biogas powering a clean, green energy future
Charlotte Pordage, , Electricity, Features, Renewables, Sustainability, Wastewater treatment, 0Traditionally, wastewater treatment plants were solely designed to fulfil a vital role in ensuring public health and the protection...
Leadership in the time of COVID-19
Charlotte Pordage, , Disaster Management, Features, Interviews, Water, Women in Utilities, 0In April 2020, City West Water announced that Maree Lang, who had been acting in the Managing Director role...
Crucial research helps keep sewer corrosion at bay
Charlotte Pordage, , Corrosion, Features, Maintenance, Sewer, Water, 0Concrete is the most commonly used material in sewers which can be attributed to its strength, durability and relatively...
The road to resiliency: examining the impact of severe events on Australia’s energy grid
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, 0Increased extreme events are ravaging Australian communities and placing increased pressure on utility companies to respond with greater network...
Australian-first innovation delivers unique repair solution for Hunter Water
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Pipelines, Trenchless technology, Water, 0When faced with the challenge of repairing a critical 900mm water main near Newcastle, NSW, Hunter Water had two...
Blue Energy spearheads pre-feasibility study for new gas pipeline
Charlotte Pordage, , Construction, Features, Gas, Pipelines, Projects, 0A leaked report from the manufacturing taskforce of the National COVID Coordination Commission (NCCC) urged governments to consider the...
Revolutionising asset management through a smarter water network
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Big Data, Digital and smart utilities, Features, IOT Internet of Things, Leak detection, Software, Water, 0The rapid evolution and maturity of smart and digital technologies is creating diverse opportunities for utilities to adopt emerging...
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