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Energy & Utilities | Infrastructure | Mining & Resources
The Priorities and Potentials for INPEX in Northern Australia
SEAAOC, Northern Australia’s largest and longest established petroleum conference returns next week for it’s 24th year. No other programme attracts such a high calibre of speaker and delegate attendance from across the entire oil and gas world, and 2019 will be no different. Speaking this year we have Roland Houareau,General Manager, Northern Territory at INPEX and…
26 Aug 2019, by Informa InsightsEnergy & Utilities
Solving Australia’s gas crisis – policy initiatives versus supply side response
Amid an escalating gas crisis, Australia is not short of ideas on how to elevate domestic supply. From gas reservation policies, to tougher export controls, prospective energy import terminals, and pipeline proposals and reforms, the gamut of policy initiatives and supply side responses is impressive. But to what extent do each have merit? “In short,…
25 Jul 2019, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities | Mining & Resources
Central Petroleum accelerating its penetration of the East Coast Gas Market
It has been an eventful half-year for Central Petroluem who have been kicking their developmental goals and setting lofty exploration targets for the quarter ahead. Most notably, the firm sold gas to the East Coast for the first time, a milestone which marks the pinnacle of a five-year effort to penetrate the market. The firm…
17 Jul 2019, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Tackling Australia’s war on waste – an interview with Matt Genever of Sustainability Victoria
Australia’s “war on waste” took a sinister turn earlier this year when India confirmed that it will follow in China’s footsteps and place a ban on waste imports. Meanwhile, the Australian public’s concern over its own high garbage volumes, low resource recovery rates and linear (make-use-dispose) economy is growing. All of this overlaid by a…
8 Apr 2019, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
The role of hydrogen in a decarbonised future – an interview with Woodside’s Shannon O’Rourke
Hydrogen is increasingly being looked at as a means of helping Australia navigate its decarbonised future and meet the prescribed targets of the 2016 Paris Agreement. On the surface, it seems like a panacea. Hydrogen is the universe’s most abundant element and can power an electric vehicle 236 times more efficiently than a lithium-ion battery.…
21 Feb 2019, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities | Uncategorised
The Kidston Energy Hub | dispatchable renewable energy on tap
Australia has reached a significant milestone in its bid to ensure dispatchable renewable energy - what Head of the Australian Energy Council has described as "the main game in the electricity market" - thanks to the work of Genex Power. Just last month, the company announced its new partnership with EnergyAustralia, which will see the…
9 Jan 2019, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
An update on Australia’s largest wind solar storage hybrid project
CWP Renewables is taking hybrid renewable generation to new heights with two giant ‘wind-solar-storage’ hybrid projects, both currently in developmental stages. Once complete, the Asia Renewable Energy Hub (AREH), located in Pilbara in northwest Australia, will generate more renewable energy than Australia’s entire wind and solar contribution towards the Renewable Energy Target. Its smaller sibling,…
19 Dec 2018, by Amy SarcevicBanking & Finance | Energy & Utilities
International energy developments and their implications for Australian solar
Capital investment into energy assets is increasingly vulnerable to policy and technology change and is at risk of being stranded due to the rate of renewable energy deflation. The Paris Agreement, UN IPCC Report, increased frequency of climate-induced extreme weather events and a growing public contempt for pollutants all point to the likelihood of…
12 Nov 2018, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities | Infrastructure
Continuing Snowy’s legacy
“Every time you sip your coffee in the morning, you must be thankful for Snowy. After all, Australia’s first ever coffee arrived in Cooma”, said Dean Lynch, Snowy 2.0 Relations Manager, ahead of the Snowy Region Construction & Development Conference. He is referring to the legacy of the Snowy Mountains Scheme – the 25-year, “nation…
29 Oct 2018, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Managing uncertainty factors with gas turbine machine train shaft alignment
Shaft alignment is integral to rotor dynamic health within a gas turbine. Shaft misalignment leaves turbines exposed to reaction forces in the shaft couplings, plus bearing and seal damage, with down time costing millions of dollars each day. Despite this, details as ‘fine’ as shaft realignment are rarely incorporated into turnkey contracts. Ahead of the…
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