Electrical & Power Generation Equipment Feature Articles

Australia needs to play to its strengths and transition from traditional manufacturing into new areas of competitive advantage, a white paper from the CSIRO has suggested.

An industry-led Leadership Roundtable will be established for the development of low emissions technologies for fossil fuels, the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) announced on ...

Australia's SME sector is consolidating the gains of the last 12 months, with one of the highest revenue performances in the last three years and those experiencing revenue declines ...

Australia's resources and energy commodity export earnings increased 12 per cent in 2013-14 to total $195 billion according recent data.

More than half (55 per cent) of contractors feel they are treated differently to permanent employees, despite 85 per cent of employers believing contractors are treated in the same ...

The Abbott government is increasingly isolated in its continued push to axe the Renewable Energy Target (RET), the Australian Solar Council (ASC) has said in a statement.

Queensland will effectively have a private electricity network if the Liberal National Party wins next year's election.

Australia is the ninth largest energy producer in the world accounting for some 2.5 per cent of the world's energy production, and 5 per cent of world energy exports. We have abundant, ...

The dangers presented by electricity equipment and power supplies should not be underestimated.

Master Electricians Australia (MEA) recently welcomed the recommendations of the home insulation Royal Commission, calling for a national campaign to promote electrical safety switches. ...

The recent review of the Australian Renewable Energy Target has once again raised the issue of the "unreliability" of some renewable power sources such as wind and solar power.

Where would we be without power? It's fair to say that for the majority of industrial sectors, little could be accomplished without relying on electrical supplies powerful enough to ...

The Australian government has now opened applications for the "Manufacturing Transition Programme", a $50 million initiative aimed at continuing the Australian manufacturing industry's ...

The Australian government has introduced a new set of procurement guidelines for the construction and building sector in the aim of protecting householders from faulty materials and ...

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) slipped back into negative territory in August, following a short-lived stabilisation in ...

The Review of the Renewable Energy Target (released 29 August) confirms that the scheme represents a 'massive transfer of wealth' within the electricity market and makes a compelling ...

In a major victory for the Master Electricians Australia (MEA), the ACCC has initiated a national safety recall of two major brands of electrical cabling after they failed electrical ...

The extraordinary outburst from the Environment Minister, Greg Hunt, on ABC Brisbane radio (Thursday 21 August) in responding to the Save Solar campaign shows how out of touch the ...

Renewable energy investment is likely to be cheaper and a lower risk for Australia, since rising and uncertain gas prices make baseload gas-fired electricity high risk and high cost, ...

Uterne solar power plant in Alice Springs will quadruple in size with funding from Epuron and SunPower Corp. The investment will bring clean energy to around 1,000 Alice Springs ...