CitiPower and Powercor Australia’s Metro and CBD Security of Supply Projects represent major investments in the company’s distribution network....
Projects
Plugging in to wind
Utility Journalist, , Demand management, Electricity, Engineering, Features, left custom widget, Projects, Renewables, Sustainability, 0Since 2012, the Australian Energy Market Operator has been investigating the potential to integrate excess energy generated by wind...
QCLNG engineering and project services contract awarded
Utility Journalist, , Asset management, Contracts awarded, Engineering, Features, Gas, News, Pipelines, Projects, right custom widget, 0QGC has awarded an engineering and project services provider contract for the QCLNG project to WorleyParsons Australia. These services...
The NBN rollout has recently picked up momentum around the country with an additional 44,709 homes and businesses in...
Green light for feasibility study into remote solar thermal power
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, Engineering, left custom widget, News, Projects, Renewables, Sustainability, 0ARENA has announced $450,000 funding for Abengoa to conduct a feasibility study into a solar thermal power station in...
Water efficiency
Utility Journalist, , Community engagement, Features, Land access, Projects, Smart Utilities, Sustainability, Water, Water efficiency, 0In times of climate and economic uncertainty, investing in measures to assure water efficiency is a wise, and in...
Pilliga update: the Narrabri Gas Project
Utility Journalist, , Coal seam gas, Construction, Features, Gas, left custom widget, Projects, 0By Peter Mitchley, Santos General Manager Energy NSW Santos is a proud Australian company that has been exploring for...
Right route finally found for Lockyer Valley
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Electricity, Engineering, Features, Land access, Powerlines, Projects, 0Delays proved to be a blessing in disguise as they saved a multimillion dollar project from washing away during...
Collaborative approach sees flood project completed
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Engineering, Features, Land access, Projects, Sustainability, Water, 0The Hattah Lakes wetland no longer floods as regularly as it once did, posing a threat to the area’s...
NBN Co has announced that it will bring forward its rollout of wholesale very fast broadband to apartments and...
Keyhole precision: trenchless pipeline installation in changing ground conditions
Utility Journalist, , CCTV, Construction, left custom widget, Microtunnelling, Projects, Sewer, Trenchless technology, Utility location, 0The Woolloongabba Sewer Capacity Upgrade is a major project currently being undertaken by Queensland Urban Utilities to increase capacity...
Cable tunnels under Sydney
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Electricity, Features, left custom widget, Microtunnelling, Projects, Trenchless technology, 0Ausgrid recently celebrated an early milestone on its City East Cable Tunnel (CECT) project in Sydney’s CBD. The CECT...
Surveying the broadband superhighway at road speeds
Utility Journalist, , Engineering, Features, GNSS, left custom widget, Mapping & GIS, NBN, Projects, Utility location, 0By Anthony Emmerson, Operations Manager – Infrastructure, Taylors The Taylors NBN journey started in July 2010. The NBN project...
NBN mixed technology rollout ordered
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Features, left custom widget, NBN, News, Projects, 0While it awaits the report from the NBN cost-benefit analysis and review of regulation, the Federal Government has released...
Wastewater transfer main contract awarded
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Contracts awarded, News, Projects, Pump stations, Sewer, Sewer rehabilitation, 0The towns of Bargo and Buxton in NSW are set to receive an upgraded wastewater service this year, under...
Construction begins on Harcourt Rural Modernisation
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Horizontal directional drilling, Irrigation, Microtunnelling, News, Pipelines, Projects, Trenchless technology, Water, 0The first ground has been broken for the construction of the $40M Harcourt Rural Modernisation Project in Victoria. The...
$250M of gas contracts awarded in QLD
Utility Journalist, , Coal seam gas, Construction, Contracts awarded, Gas, News, Pipelines, Projects, right custom widget, 0Engineering group Monadelphous has been awarded three contracts with the Australia Pacific LNG Project for the construction of upstream...
Santos signs Principles of Land Access
Utility Journalist, , Coal seam gas, Company news, Gas, Land access, News, Projects, 0Santos has entered into a set of principles in NSW that recognises the company’s long-standing position that it will...
$20M investment for wave energy project
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Electricity, Engineering, News, Projects, Sustainability, Water, 0Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy has signed a $20m loan facility with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to...
NBN Co chooses satellite provider
Utility Journalist, , Construction, NBN, News, Projects, right custom widget, 0NBN Co has selected Optus to provide tracking, telemetry and control services for the company’s two purpose-built satellites. These...
NBN: the state of play
Chris Bland, , Construction, Features, Land access, left custom widget, NBN, Projects, 0By Michelle Goldsmith The National Broadband Network is the largest and most ambitious infrastructure project currently being undertaken in...
Servicing the Mernda and Doreen growth area
Chris Bland, , Construction, Features, Maintenance, Projects, Pump stations, Sewer, 0By Paul Patrick, Yarra Valley Water Fast growing urban areas present a challenge for water utilities. Often located on...
Lessons learned on a first microtunnel
Chris Bland, , Construction, left custom widget, Microtunnelling, Projects, Sewer, Trenchless technology, 0Utilities are making increasing use of trenchless technologies to install or upgrade their infrastructure, taking advantage of the opportunity...
History, heritage and the environment are as important as the bricks and mortar (figuratively speaking) of this new generation...
NBN need highlighted as substandard broadband revealed
Utility Journalist, , Construction, NBN, News, Projects, 0The Federal Government has released a new report entitled ‘Broadband Availability and Quality: Summary Report’ (accessible in PDF format here),...
ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has officially launched the Cotter Dam Canberra following the successful completion of construction. The...
Construction begins on Huntly gas network
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Features, Gas, Land access, News, Projects, 0Gas distribution network owner SP AusNet has begun initial works to extend its underground natural gas network to Huntly...
World’s largest binary geothermal power plant opens in New Zealand
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, Engineering, News, Projects, Sustainability, 0New Zealand has opened a new renewable power plant, Mighty River Power’s Ngatamariki Geothermal Power Station, located on the country’s...
Minister for Industry to convene NSW gas stakeholders group
Utility Journalist, , Coal seam gas, Features, Gas, News, Projects, 0Minister for Industry, Ian Macfarlane, has announced during his address to the NSW Energy Security Summit that he will...
Western Australia’s infill sewerage program underway
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Irrigation, News, Pipelines, Projects, Pump stations, Sewer, Sustainability, Wastewater treatment, Water, 0The WA state government has announced a number of updates regarding its infill sewerage program, which involves the installation...
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