New Zealand company Ecopoint has won the Top Supplier award from HAILI, one of its Chinese customers. Wellington-based Ecopoint specialises in LED lighting solutions. [ + ]

Royal Philips and Ericsson have partnered to develop a connected LED street lighting model called Zero Site, which offers city officials a way to afford next-generation energy-efficient LED lighting and enables network operators to offer improved mobile broadband and app coverage. [ + ]

The ETU is seeking a wage increase of 18% over three years for Victorian electrical contractors. Master Electricians says the wage claim will “cripple” the electrical contracting industry, leading to job losses. [ + ]

The Australian Solar Council's campaign to save the Renewable Energy Target, the Save Solar Campaign, has received a considerable boost in the form of a $100,000 donation from Greenbank Environmental. [ + ]

Australand has become the first industrial facility in Australia to register for a Green Star - Performance rating. The company's Keyborough Spec 1 development is located in The Key Industrial Park in eastern Melbourne. [ + ]

JinkoSolar has launched a new series of smart modules at the PV Expo in Japan. The smart modules correct mismatch issues towards cells and module strings by using embedded cell optimiser ICs that provide sub-panel level MPPT functions. [ + ]

Brilliant Lighting Australia has announced the appointment of Colin Goldman to the position of chief executive officer. Goldman is the former general manager of retail and FAMCO at HPM Legrand Australia. [ + ]

The National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC's) draft position statement on the alleged health effects of wind farms has been welcomed by the Clean Energy Council. [ + ]

The release of further details of changes to the National Broadband Network (NBN) model has been welcomed by industry. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation and Ampcontrol Group have collaborated to successfully test a solution that detects the impact of earth leakage on mine sites. [ + ]

A new study has busted the myth that ageing wind turbines decrease in efficiency by up to one third after just 10 years of operation. The study showed that turbines can last 25 years before needing to be upgraded. [ + ]

The requirements of the 2013 revision of an energy standard recently published by ASHRAE and IES will result in buildings that could achieve 6-8% more efficiency than buildings built to the 2010 standard. [ + ]

Photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer Yingli Solar, an official sponsor of the 2014 FIFA World CupTM in Brazil, has launched a World Cup finals competition in Australia. [ + ]

The federal government should "move cautiously and consult widely" in its review of the Renewable Energy Target, Master Electricians Australia says. The industry body claims sudden changes are bad for businesses and unfair to consumers. [ + ]

JA Solar has beaten its own record for solar conversion efficiency, surpassing 19% efficiency. In August 2013, JA Solar announced that its multicrystalline silicon (multi-Si) solar cells had achieved 18.3% conversion efficiency - at the time, an industry record. [ + ]