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Smart meters pronounced safe
May 18, 2012 12:05 -
Biogas Asia Pacific Forum, Bangkok in July
May 18, 2012 11:05 -
WA the place for green jobs
May 18, 2012 11:05 -
AGL engages Silverton community on wind project
May 18, 2012 11:05 -
$40 million expansion for Waterloo wind
May 16, 2012 08:05 -
Holden opens Volt charging station
May 16, 2012 08:05 -
Tasmania shakes up power market
May 16, 2012 08:05 -
AGL sells Hallett 5
May 16, 2012 08:05 -
All-Energy Australia 2012 details announced
May 11, 2012 12:05 -
Bluegen clocks up one million hours
May 11, 2012 12:05
Articles By: lcolquhoun
Smart meters pronounced safe
Energy Safe Victoria has found that smart meters are safe and do not pose any greater risk than electronic or electro-mechanical meters. ESV began a review into the safety of the meters following several failures in December and January, which were later determined to have been caused by criminal damage. The director of Energy Safety, [...]
Biogas Asia Pacific Forum, Bangkok in July
With its many ecological and social benefits, biogas development for fuel use has gained much attention all over Asia in recent years. From small scale distributed rural biogas projects to commercially viable biogas plants, biogas projects have sprung up all over countries in Asia as government study the viability of biogas to replace traditional energy [...]
WA the place for green jobs
Green job ads in Western Australia have grown by 40 percent in the past year, according to the GreenJob Index. New South Wales and Queensland are joint leaders as the top two states for green job ads but their growth numbers of around 8 % in the past year they can’t match those of WA. [...]
AGL engages Silverton community on wind project
Silverton residents anticipate hearing from AGL next month to discuss the Silverton Wind Farm project, which could cost up to $2.5 billion if developed to its full extent. AGL purchased the development rights for wind farm north of Broken Hill in March this year for an undisclosed amount from Macquarie Capital Wind Fund and Germany’s [...]
$40 million expansion for Waterloo wind
TRUenergy plans a $40 million expansion of its Waterloo wind farm in South Australia, a move which would add around 15 percent more capacity. The company said this week the expansion would increase Waterloo’s capacity from 111MW to 129MW, enough energy to power more than 7500 homes. This would take the number of turbines at [...]
Holden opens Volt charging station
Car-maker Holden has unveiled its first electric vehicle charging station for Volt customers outside its headquarters in Port Melbourne. Ahead of its Australian launch later this year, the game-changing extended range electric vehicle, the Holden Volt, will be the first vehicle to plug into the new Volt ChargePoint station to be powered by 100 per [...]
Tasmania shakes up power market
Tasmania’s Government has acted on a report on the state’s electricity market, and has announced full competition in the retail sector by by January 2014. State-owned retailer Aurora’s 260,000-strong customer base will be sold to mainland energy companies, and the wholesale prices of power producer Hydro Tasmania will be regulated to ensure certainty for retailers [...]
AGL sells Hallett 5
AGL Energy has sold the 52.5-MW Hallett 5 wind farm in South Australia to Japan’s largest wind power generator Eurus Energy. AGL has spent AUD$129 million on the wind facility and will realise a $30m development fee from the transaction in FY2012. The facility became operational in March this year and AGL will continue to [...]
All-Energy Australia 2012 details announced
Details of All-Energy Australia 2012 have been announced, with the event set for the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on October 10 and 11. The free-to-delegate event is the largest, annual, international clean, sustainable and renewable energy trade exhibition and conference in this country. Last year’s event attracted 3,600 delegates from 27 countries over two days and [...]
Bluegen clocks up one million hours
Ceramic Fuel Cells says its Bluegen gas to electricity units have now achieved a total of 1 million hours of operation around the world. CRC began trialling its first field units in 2006 and as of May 1 a total of 189 units have been in operating at CRC facilities in Melbourne and Germany as [...]