by David Edwards, Technical Visionary, Horizon Power Horizon Power aims to deliver energy solutions for regional communities in Western...
Features
Back in 1956, when Robert Menzies was Prime Minister and Betty Cuthbert was winning gold medals, a young Robert...
Encouraging greater investment in renewable energy
Charlotte Pordage, , Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Interviews, Renewables, Smart Utilities, Sustainability, 0Three leaders working in renewable energy discuss what they think is needed to unlock the next wave of prosperity...
Movers and shakers: Melbourne Water leads water industry innovation
Charlotte Pordage, , Big Data, Digital and smart utilities, Features, IOT Internet of Things, Projects, Smart Utilities, Software, Water, Water efficiency, 0Melbourne Water was acknowledged in the influential Most Innovative Companies list, published by the Australian Financial Review and Boss...
Investing in the future of water assets
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Corrosion, Disaster Management, Features, Leak detection, Maintenance, Safety, Water, 0This paper considers how the rehabilitation of concrete tanks can be executed to effectively extend service life and maintain...
Surviving a crisis: getting through when the worst case scenario hits
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Community engagement, Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, Managing Disruption with AioT and predictive analytics, Safety, 0All energy utilities have a plan in place for when any range of natural disasters hit, but what do...
Sydney Water’s innovative approaches to predict, discover and repair leaks
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Condition Assessment, Construction, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Inspection, Leak detection, Maintenance, Safety, Stormwater, Sustainability, Water, Water efficiency, 0In order to reduce the cost of replacing pipes and to minimise disruption, Sydney Water is implementing new technologies...
Safer ground: native animals relocated from major LNG project
Charlotte Pordage, , Community engagement, Construction, Features, Gas, Land access, Sustainability, 0Almost thirty thousand native animals have been moved to safety, as part of a major environmental program at Chevron’s...
With the Victorian Government amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, to provide for the criminal offence of industrial...
The IoT power play
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, IOT Internet of Things, Smart grid, 0By Simon Vardy, Utilities Strategy Lead, Accenture Australia and New Zealand; Tony Histon, Transmission & Distribution Lead, Accenture Asia Pacific,...
Full water savings for stormwater harvesting scheme
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Irrigation, Projects, Stormwater, Sustainability, Water, Water efficiency, Water treatment, 0Maintaining numerous world-class sporting fields and extensive surrounding reserves requires significant amounts of water for irrigation, which can be costly,...
How Western Power created a digital asset management strategy
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Big Data, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Smart grid, Software, 0With the emergence of new renewable power generation technologies and storage solutions, it’s an exciting time to be in...
The ‘no hassle’ service approach to retail energy
Charlotte Pordage, , Electricity, Features, Retail, 0While competition in the retail energy sector continues to evolve, energy retailers are faced with the challenge of restoring...
The data-driven model informing Sydney Water’s asset management decisions
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Big Data, Digital and smart utilities, Features, IOT Internet of Things, Water, 0Sydney Water has embarked on a journey to harness its massive amounts of asset data to improve its strategic...
Overhauling the greenhouse gas emissions accounting guidelines for wastewater handling
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Sewer, Sustainability, Wastewater treatment, Water, 0by Professor Zhiguo Yuan AM, Director, Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland and Dr David De Haas,...
Microtunnelling enables cost-effective sewer upgrade
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Microtunnelling, Pipelines, Sewer, Trenchless technology, 0When Queensland Urban Utilities proactively made the decision to upgrade the sewerage network in Brisbane’s south eastern suburbs to...
Australia’s leading utility asset management professionals to gather in Sydney
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Disaster Management, Electricity, Events, Features, Policy, Projects, Sustainability, Water, 0From 20–21 August at Swissôtel in Sydney, Australia’s leading experts across the utility and infrastructure sectors will assemble to...
WA drives smart grid solutions
Charlotte Pordage, , Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Smart grid, 0Western Power is the transmission and distribution business which delivers power to Western Australians from a range of traditional and...
Biosolids trial to boost soil productivity
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Sustainability, Wastewater treatment, Water, 0South East Water, which delivers water, sewerage and recycled water services to 1.87 million people in Melbourne’s south east,...
The ACT’s ‘renewable and reliable’ hydrogen future
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Gas, Hydrology, Renewables, Sustainability, 0The Australian Capital Territory’s existing gas network is expected to transition to 100 per cent renewable gas, thanks to...
The future of water meters
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Leak detection, Smart meters, Water, Water efficiency, 0Yarra Valley Water is upgrading water meters with new technology for about 1,000 properties in the Vermont South area in...
WIOA operators of the year
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Wastewater treatment, Water, Water treatment, 0Every year, the Water Industry Operators Association celebrates the best of the industry with its Operator of the Year awards....
Making water services accessible to all
Utility Journalist, , Community engagement, Features, Water, 0Essential water services will be more easily accessible to thousands of South Australians living with a disability or medical...
Driving a digital transformation: an MD’s perspective
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, 0by Tony Kelly, former Managing Director of Yarra Valley Water When I left Yarra Valley Water in 2014, I...
Driving the digital workforce
Chris Bland, , Asset management, Communications, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Software, 0Western Power’s Field Mobility Services (FMS) has transformed the way maintenance work is completed on the transmission and distribution...
Modernising GIS for a fully connected network
Chris Bland, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Inspection, Mapping & GIS, Water, 0Icon Water is currently undertaking a widespread transformation program looking to align people, process and technology within its Business...
Working to improve vegetation clearance outcomes near powerlines
Chris Bland, , Electricity, Features, Maintenance, Powerlines, Safety, 0Vegetation and trees form a fundamental and much-loved part of our urban and rural landscapes, but also pose very...
Creating new, connected consumer experiences in the Australian energy sector
Lauren Butler, , Billing, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Retail, 0By Simon Vardy, Accenture’s strategy lead for utilities in Australia and New Zealand. With energy a front-page issue in...
May the fourth (industrial revolution) be with you
Lauren Butler, , Big Data, Communications, Cyber Security Content Hub, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, IOT Internet of Things, Software, 0Industry 4.0 Testlabs are an Australian Government initiative aiming to showcase and promote technologies which can improve the competitiveness...
The Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission Report: key findings, recommendations and responses
Lauren Butler, , Features, Irrigation, Sustainability, Water, Water efficiency, 0by Lauren ‘LJ’ Butler, Assistant Editor, Utility magazine In a sunburnt land of both drought and floods, water is...
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