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  • Standards for the Australian smart grid
    Standards Australia provides an update on its activities in the continuing development of smart grid standards for Australia.
  • Is it time to genuinely adopt 230 V as our distribution voltage?
    The article in September/October 2008 Electrical Solutions raised many questions regarding supply voltage variances. Author Paul Stathis was warned that he could be opening a can of worms. The advice he received was not wrong. In this article, I will attempt to answer some of the issues raised in the previous article and bring attention to more issues that need to be addressed by the electrical industry.
White Paper (1)
  • Electrical products compliance guide
    All electrical products imported or manufactured in Australia or New Zealand must be safe before supplying or being made available for sale. Ensure your products comply by downloading this Tech Paper now.
Feature (1)
  • Non-compliant electrical product counterfeiting
    The entire Australian electrical industry should be involved in the fight against the importation of sub-standard, non-compliant electrical product, often referred to as 'counterfeiting'
News (13)
  • TransGrid holds largest ever planning forum
    TransGrid recently held a Planning Forum to National Electricity Market participants and interested parties on the emerging constraints of the NSW electricity transmission network.
  • Electrical industry supports new WA RCD regulations
    A new requirement to have RCDs fitted in all Western Australian homes has been welcomed by NECA WA.
  • Electrical industry welcomes government partnership in building smart energy networks
    The Energy Network Association considers the National Energy Efficiency Initiative outlined in the federal government's 2009 Budget 2009 as a positive step to building smarter and more efficient energy distribution networks.
  • Feed-in tariff announced for Canberra
    The ACT government has announced a generous electricity feed-in tariff scheme that is expected to encourage the take-up of alternative energy sources in both commercial and domestic buildings.
  • Smart grid deployment could mean 280,000 new jobs in US, says report
    According to a recent US report, the deployment of a 'smart grid' across the US electricity network could directly create up to 280,000 new jobs.
  • ACT fast-tracks the Feed-in Tariff
    The ACT government has announced that the implementation date for the renewable energy Feed-in Tariff scheme has been brought forward from July 2009 to March 2009.
  • US faces serious brownouts or blackouts risks in 2009
    A report warns that unless a sensible approach to proposed new electrical infrastructure projects is taken, the US may face severe power outages as early as 2009.
  • NICTA plants digital seed for future cities
    An IT-based building industry community has been established by the federal government to use data technologies to lead the way to more ecologically sound cities, with energy efficiency as one of its key objectives.
  • Electricity industry accused of carbon-trading rip-off
    According to environment lobbyist group Total Environment Centre (TEC), Australia’s carbon-intensive electricity industry is proposing to rip off consumers despite government support for free pollution permits and other compensation to coal-fired generators.
  • Leveraging returns on smart meter infrastructure
    Melbourne-based smart grid and wireless sensor network provider, Telepathx has announced that it will begin conditional licensing of its RFID, wireless sensor network and communications aggregation products to smart meter and BPL manufacturers.
  • Discussion open for ACT electricity feed-in tariff
    A discussion paper on the feasibility and nature of an electricity feed-in tariff for the ACT has been issued by the government.
  • Electricity grid could become a type of internet
    According to Dutch researcher Jos Meeuwsen from Technical University Eindhoven, in the future people connected to the electricity grid will be able to upload and download packages of electricity to and from this network. At least, that is one of the transformations the electricity grid could undergo. Meeuwsen developed three scenarios for the Dutch electricity supply in the year 2050. The starting point is that in 2007, 50% of consumption will originate from sustainable sources.
  • Mandatory Greenpower offer
    The ACT will soon be leading the country in 'green' energy consumption, after the Chief Minister and Minister for the Environment, Water and Climate Change, Jon Stanhope announced the mandatory offering of accredited GreenPower electricity to Canberrans.
Standard (1)
  • Electrical compliance standards
    When inferior products introduce life-threatening risks to installers and their customers because they're not compliant to mandatory Australian Standards, this becomes a serious matter for the electrical industry to deal with
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