Industry News
Opportunities abroad for young electricians
Queensland Overseas Foundation scholarships give selected tradespeople the opportunity to live and work overseas for up to two years, once they have completed their formal apprenticeships or vocational training. [ + ]
Sparkies shine at National Excellence Awards Night
Australia’s best and brightest sparkies were acknowledged at the National Annual Excellence Awards held by Master Electricians Australia (MEA) and the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) on Saturday 22 September. [ + ]
Energy2U project stalled by contractual dispute
Arogen claims Leighton Contractors has failed to pay nearly $6 million for work carried out on Ausgrid’s New South Wales Energy2U project. [ + ]
Call for industry comment on changes to wiring rules
A review of wiring rules has raised a call for public comment from the cabling and telecommunications industries. [ + ]
Sullair goes direct
Sullair Australia will represent its diesel-powered, high-pressure portable air compressor range directly to the marketplace through its national sales force and via specified distribution partners. [ + ]
North Queensland Excellence Awards winners announced
Industry advocate Becky O’Brien of O’Brien Electrical was crowned North Queensland Business Woman of the Year at the National Annual Excellence Awards, held by Master Electricians Australia and the Electrical Contractors Association. [ + ]
esaa publishes power supply reliability discussion paper
The Energy Supply Association of Australia (esaa) has published a discussion paper entitled ‘How reliable do we want our power supplies to be?’ [ + ]
$1.25m grant helps SACGER keep rocking on
One of the geothermal industry’s biggest technical challenges is about to be tackled, thanks to a $1.25 million grant from ARENA, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. [ + ]
Austest Laboratories’ grand opening of EMC emissions chamber a success
Austest Laboratories has opened its doors to showcase its new EMC chamber for radiated emissions and immunity testing of electrical and electronic products and components. [ + ]
Austest Laboratories moves to new Melbourne location
Austest Laboratories has relocated from Brunswick East to new and much larger premises at 53 Latitude Blvd, Thomastown 3074. [ + ]
It’s hip to be square: Brightgreen’s D900 wins Melbourne Design Award
Brightgreen has taken out the Lighting category of the 2012 Melbourne Design Awards with its D900 Cube LED downlight. [ + ]
PM opens $60m high-security data centre
Macquarie Telecom’s $60 million Intellicentre 2 was opened by Julia Gillard last week. It is reported to be a green solution to rising IT and power costs for Australian businesses. [ + ]
RET key to Australian share of US$257 billion renewables market, CEC says
Australia needs to stay focused on its 20% by 2020 Renewable Energy Target, otherwise we risk missing out on our share of the US$257 billion renewable energy industry, according to Christine Lins of REN21. [ + ]
Energy-efficiency minimum standards a win for consumers
The availability of low-quality, energy-intensive appliances imported from overseas will be reduced under new legislation passed through the Federal Senate 13 September, in a move applauded by the Clean Energy Council. [ + ]
Electrical Engineering Safety Seminar 2012
Registration is now open for the 2012 Electrical Engineering Safety Seminar, to be held from 7-8 November at Sydney’s Darling Harbour. The focus of the seminar is identifying and managing risks. [ + ]
