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Energy & Utilities
What do developers need to know about VicGrid’s Victorian Transmission Plan? An interview with CEO Alistair Parker
Renewables developers recently celebrated the release of VicGrid’s 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan, which laid out better pathways to transmission infrastructure across the state of Victoria. The plan was logical, in a year where renewables penetration is set to reach 43 percent of the main electricity grid. But were there any surprising takeaways for developers? Ahead…
10 Oct 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Helping communities visualise the social impact of renewable developments
Visit Conference Website From the job scene, to water usage, to peak hour traffic, renewable projects can alter life in communities for better or for worse. But until recently, understanding their full impact has been a task for the imagination, with residents near prospective developments often unclear how their daily lives might be affected. “Any…
7 Oct 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
How Acciona Energia is doing engagement differently
Visit Conference Website This year, sustainable infrastructure manufacturer, Acciona Energia, made headlines when it teamed up with professional surfer Josh Kerr to give retired wind turbine blades a new life as a surfboard. The world-first initiative was part of the company’s longstanding commitment to a circular economy and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
7 Oct 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Why being curious is the best way to engage communities
The clean energy transition is often viewed as a technical and commercial challenge, but – if recent statistics are anything to go by - social factors can carry equal weight in the equation. Between 2019-2023, it is estimated that 23 percent of project failures were the product of poor stakeholder management; and, for projects that…
16 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Uncovering best practices in community engagement
When renewable developers decide what their community engagement approach will be, they often draw upon the IAP2 spectrum – a well-known device for measuring community participation levels in an infrastructure project. The left side of the spectrum – best summarised as ‘inform and consult’ – has traditionally been used for smaller projects, which have less…
26 May 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Inside Tasmania’s bold renewable plan – how the island state is positioning itself as a national clean energy powerhouse
If Australia is the “lucky country” when it comes to natural resources, Tasmania may well be the luckiest state. Blessed with world-class wind conditions from the Roaring Forties, a cool climate for solar efficiency, and an abundance of forested land for carbon sequestration, the island state has achieved net zero emissions, well ahead of most…
21 May 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Hydropower’s role in supporting Tasmania’s changing energy needs
Visit Conference Website Hydropower, which has long been the backbone of Tasmania’s energy system, is adapting its role as the state’s energy needs change. Instead of being an ‘always on’ baseload system, it is adapting to one that can switch on and off at the right time, to work in coordination with wind, solar and…
14 May 2025, by Amy SarcevicBusiness | Energy & Utilities
Meeting APAC demand for AI datacentres – what needs to happen?
Australia is well-positioned to service the APAC data centre market, according to Sabooh Whitelaw of Lumea, but will need to manage network constraints, as power consumption triples to meet AI demand. Ms Whitelaw says Australia’s competitive renewable prices will appeal to APAC customers, with energy prices representing a “significant part of data centre economics”. However,…
14 Apr 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Inside the Energy Security Corporation’s investment approach
The NSW Government’s newly established investment entity, the Energy Security Corporation, is set to finance storage and firming infrastructure projects with $1 billion in seed funding. But in an increasingly dynamic market, how will it prioritise where that capital goes? CEO Paul Peters - a speaker at this year's Australian Renewable Energy Zones Conference -…
14 Apr 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Overcoming ambiguities when connecting renewable assets to the grid
Major rule changes to the grid connection process, which came into effect in 2018, have been keeping Aydin Kizilirmak, from Potentia Energy, on his toes. As Head of Grid Connection and Approvals, Aydin helps design renewable asset projects – a lengthy and complex process involving power system analysis, connection studies, and compliance monitoring. Environmental and…
28 Mar 2025, by Amy SarcevicInforma Connect Australia is the nation's leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.
