Smarter pipes, longer life

Charlotte Pordage, July 31, 2018, Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Pipeline integrity, Pipelines, Smart Utilities, Water, 1

Smart robotics could soon be used to extend the life of pipes in Australia and around the world thanks...

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Unitywater’s award-winning horizontal directional drill

Charlotte Pordage, July 27, 2018, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, Projects, Trenchless technology, 0

When a sewerage main at the mouth of the Noosa River in Queensland failed, Unitywater needed to carry out...

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Utilising sunlight for new wastewater treatment technology

Charlotte Pordage, July 25, 2018, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Projects, Sustainability, Water, 0

Researchers from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom have developed a new technology that uses sunlight to...

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Essential ingredients of a successful asset management plan

Charlotte Pordage, July 23, 2018, Asset management, Events, Features, Training, 0

The mechanisms behind developing and updating strategic asset management plans can, at times, be complex and overwhelming. Here, Kerry...

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A journey into ISO 55001 certification

Charlotte Pordage, July 23, 2018, Asset management, Features, 0

Evoenergy owns and operates 2358km² of electricity network and over 4563km of gas mains. Its networks supply electricity to over...

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A bold pathway to sustainability

Charlotte Pordage, July 23, 2018, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Inspection, Interviews, Smart meters, Solar, Sustainability, Water, 0

SA Water Chief Executive, Roch Cheroux, has 25 years experience in the water industry in design, construction, financing and...

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Content marketing 101 for the utility industry

Kirsty Hutton, June 27, 2018, Features, Opinion, Professional services, 0

Companies working in the Australian utility sector are currently faced with both growth opportunities and increasing competition for market...

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Groundwater Replenishment for Perth

Charlotte Pordage, May 30, 2018, Construction, Features, Projects, Pumps and valves, Technical, Water, Water efficiency, Water treatment, 0

As the south west corner of Western Australia continues to have hotter summers and low rainfall, Water Corporation is...

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Organisational resilience: what it means for the utility sector

Charlotte Pordage, May 25, 2018, Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Safety, Secure Utilities, Standards, Technical, Training, 0

by Col Muller, Business Continuity and Resilience Manager, SA Water and the Resilience Expert Advisory Group (REAG) Why is organisational...

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Regulatory innovation: an oxymoron or future necessity?

Charlotte Pordage, May 21, 2018, Billing and CRM, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Retail, Sustainability, 0

With the delivery of network services advancing at a rapid pace, do current energy sector regulatory regimes encourage the innovation...

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Raising the roof on sustainable water supply

Charlotte Pordage, May 17, 2018, Features, Projects, Wastewater treatment, Water, Water efficiency, Water treatment, 0

Many townships and cities around Australia are experiencing dwindling water resources. Wannon Water’s roof water harvesting project is a leading...

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Looking beyond lithium-ion in energy storage

Charlotte Pordage, May 11, 2018, Battery storage, Electricity, Features, 1

While lithium-based systems are currently king, the huge demand for energy storage is driving the development of alternative technologies – particularly...

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A secure water supply for Tasmania’s southern highlands

Charlotte Pordage, May 10, 2018, Features, Irrigation, Pipelines, Technical, Water, 0

The Southern Highlands Irrigation Scheme will deliver water to one of the driest areas of Tasmania and is vital in...

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The blockchain effect

Charlotte Pordage, May 9, 2018, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Projects, Technical, Water, Water efficiency, 0

A project is currently underway in Western Australia that aims to assess how cities can use blockchain technology and data...

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Our approach to vegetation management

Charlotte Pordage, May 8, 2018, Electricity, Features, Powerlines, Safety, Secure Utilities, 0

For the past seven years, Melbourne has been ranked the world’s most livable city. For me, it’s the environment – the...

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Using open data to locate underground assets

Charlotte Pordage, March 20, 2018, Asset management, Features, Utility location, Water, 0

Yarra Valley Water, Melbourne’s largest retail water utility, has made its asset data fully available online. The data is available...

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Survival of the fittest for EPC players

Charlotte Pordage, March 19, 2018, Construction, Electricity, Engineering, Features, Renewables, Solar, 0

Despite solid growth in the Australian utility-scale solar sector, it is expected that some engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) players...

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Kellee Ireland: Women in utilities

Charlotte Pordage, March 12, 2018, Features, Inspection, Interviews, Women in Utilities, 0

Kellee Ireland is the Victorian Business Development and Stakeholder Engagement Manager at Spookfish Australia, a company that provides utilities with...

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Combining solar and battery power for an off-grid solution

Charlotte Pordage, March 9, 2018, Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Water, 0

Logan City Council in South East Queensland has successfully installed the first off-grid system powered by Bradford Solar and Tesla...

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Rehabilitation of a high pressure water main for Sydney Water

Charlotte Pordage, March 6, 2018, Features, Partner Solutions, Pipeline integrity, Pipelines, Products, Water, 0

When Sydney Water encountered the failure of one of its high pressure water mains, a range of factors meant that...

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Why is microtunnelling ideal for water and sewer pipeline installations?

Charlotte Pordage, March 2, 2018, Ask an expert, Features, Microtunnelling, Pipelines, Sewer, Technical, Trenchless technology, Water, 0

Unlike deep excavation, trenchless techniques such as microtunnelling bypass surface obstructions and have minimal impact on the surrounding environment. In the...

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Adapting for a new generation of customer

Charlotte Pordage, February 22, 2018, Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Partner Solutions, Smart meters, Software, Solar, 0

Increased levels of clean, locally generated electricity and rapid technological change mean that customers want better and fairer solutions for...

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What would it take for residential customers to go off-grid?

Charlotte Pordage, February 22, 2018, Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Solar, 0

by Roger Jeffrey, utilities sector specialist and consulting partner at Deloitte The impact of distributed generation on residential customers...

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One billion meter readings? – We’re just getting started

Charlotte Pordage, February 22, 2018, Big Data, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Partner Solutions, SCADA, Smart meters, Water, 0

by Mark Halliwell, Taggle Systems The main game at Taggle Systems is the low-cost collection and delivery of data...

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Analysing landfill gas levels remotely

Charlotte Pordage, February 14, 2018, Asset management, Condition Assessment, Equipment, Features, Gas, Instrumentation, control & monitoring, Partner Solutions, 0

by Jun Way Lee, Application Engineer, Integrated Solutions, Thermo Fisher Scientific Between the 1950s and 1980s, many landfill sites...

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Making data work when managing utility assets

Charlotte Pordage, February 13, 2018, Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, IOT Internet of Things, Smart Utilities, 0

by Igor Sadimenko EY Asia – Pacific EAM Regional Lead The way electricity is generated and consumed is changing...

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Secure a place at Energy Networks 2018 – Vision Critical

Charlotte Pordage, February 12, 2018, Electricity, Events, Features, 0

Energy Networks 2018 Conference and Exhibition is shaping up to once again be the pre-eminent event for the energy...

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Satellite technology to enable advanced asset location

Charlotte Pordage, February 12, 2018, Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Instrumentation, control & monitoring, 0

Satellites, and more recently, global positioning technologies have allowed for increasingly precise mapping and surveying techniques. Geoscience Australia, the national agency...