Industry News
Vertiv to build Sunshine Coast submarine cable landing station
The $6.6m Sunshine Coast International Broadband Submarine Cable landing station will help deliver Australia's fastest data and telecommunications connection to Asia. [ + ]
Worker electrocuted on Melbourne roof
WorkSafe is investigating the death of a 19-year-old man who was believed to be electrocuted at a home in Melbourne on Tuesday evening. [ + ]
Increasing the security of smart home devices
Swinburne's Cybersecurity Lab has received $360,000 in funding to research and develop technology that can prevent smart devices being hacked. [ + ]
Emerson app captures plant conditions
Operations teams can easily report plant safety and performance issues with Emerson's new application AMS Inspection Rounds for the AMS Trex Device Communicator. [ + ]
Signal Energy Australia powers ahead with NSW solar plant
Signal Energy Australia will be working alongside Canadian Solar to provide EPC services for the 175 MW Finley Solar Plant in New South Wales. [ + ]
Batteries best for cheap energy storage
A model has predicted lithium-ion batteries will be the cheapest technology for storing electricity by 2050. [ + ]
Huge job boost for NT tradies
The Northern Territory Government's $100 million Public Housing Stimulus Program is expected to support up to 550 full-time jobs over the next 18 months. [ + ]
Emergency lights create smart building network
Buildings may soon be able to monitor themselves, report problems autonomously and even talk to smartphones with the rollout of an IoT solution known as EMIoT. [ + ]
New Wiring Rules become mandatory from 1 January 2019
The National Electrical and Contractors Association (NECA) is reminding electrical contractors that AS/NZS 3000:2018 becomes mandatory from 1 January 2019. [ + ]
Electrical workers fail to use independent earth for polarity testing
The Queensland Electrical Safety Office (ESO) is reminding electrical workers to use an independent earth whenever possible, rather than the installation earthing system. [ + ]
'Women in Electrical Trades Roadmap' launched
The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) has launched the 'Women in Electrical Trades Roadmap'. [ + ]
'Sun in a box' could power a small city
Researchers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy and deliver that energy back into an electric grid on demand. [ + ]
Upcoming changes to NCC 2019
With the new year quickly approaching, the Australian Building Codes Board has outlined how the 2019 National Construction Code differs from the 2016 edition. [ + ]
Hydrogen standards to guide Australia's future energy
Standards Australia has been working on developing hydrogen standards as Australia transitions to a low-carbon future. [ + ]
Schneider Electric expands data centre infrastructure offerings
Schneider Electric has continued to roll out EcoStruxure IT Expert, and introduced its expanded power portfolio and TIER-Ready designs for the data centre industry. [ + ]
