Glebe’s Bicentennial Park is the first park in Sydney to have new LED lights installed as part of the City of Sydney’s $7 million three-year rollout of the green technology. [ + ]

The Electrical Trades Union has questioned Endeavour Energy’s policy on asbestos meter boards, claiming that its policy relies on out-of-date workplace safety advice. [ + ]

Mobotix, the world’s largest manufacturer of megapixel network video surveillance systems, has announced the most recent addition to its Australian and New Zealand team. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has announced MIX2012, a power and cooling event for engineers and contractors, scheduled for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane throughout November. [ + ]

Australians are more concerned about the failure of electricity and water services than disruption to transportation or telecommunications, new research from Unisys shows. [ + ]

Scientists at Stanford University have created the world’s first solar cell constructed entirely of carbon, which they say is a promising alternative to the expensive materials currently used in photovoltaic devices. [ + ]

In partnership with ABB, the first KNX certified training centre in Australia opens at RMIT University, allowing electrical technicians and undergraduates to study this open-architecture building control system. [ + ]

The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) is calling on the NSW Government to protect electrical and communications contractors caught up in the alarming amount of insolvencies that have been occurring in the state’s construction industry recently. [ + ]

ABB has secured a $29 million order for integrated power and control for site conveyor systems that will ensure reliable, energy-efficient performance to speed transport of coal to end customers in Asia. [ + ]

24 hours, 51 laps and 800+ kilometres on a mountain bike. It’s all in a day’s work for Albury-based, Clipsal by Schneider Electric representative Mathew Harrington and his group of Bright Sparks. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation and Panduit have expanded their long-standing Encompass product-referencing relationship and have formed a strategic alliance. [ + ]

This year’s EE-Oz Training Standards conference will focus on groundbreaking projects and initiatives involving Indigenous engagement in the electrical trades. The event will take place over 30 and 31 October in Alice Springs. [ + ]

The major city mortgage belts and regional Australia are the biggest investors in solar, according to new research in The Geographical Analysis of Solar Systems under the Renewable Energy Target just released by the REC Agents Association. [ + ]

As part of a $4.3 million City of Sydney project, Sydney Park Pavilion will be the first of 30 sites to have solar photovoltaic panels installed. The project will have a total peak electrical capacity of 1.25 MW. [ + ]

Australia’s 20% Renewable Energy Target has delivered $18.5 billion in investment with the potential for $18.7 billion more, according to an independent report from strategic consultancy SKM MMA. [ + ]