Solar Hydro Power Plant
Fifteen million dollars is being invested by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to RayGen for the building of a new solar hydro power plant.
Climate Risk Management Review – Call for Project Team
The Sustainability and Resilience in Asset Management (SRiAM) special interest group is writing a guidance document to support Asset Managers in assessing Climate Risks aligning to the Asset Management Capability Delivery Model and Asset Management System Model.
SRiAM is seeking expressions of interest from its membership to join an enthusiastic team to collect, review and synthesise Climate Risk approaches and methodologies across Australia and internationally. Here is a chance to provide guidance to the AMCouncil members on climate risk assessments to support the decision-making process.
Sustainability for the Future
Most readers will already know of the Paris Climate Agreement, that states by stopping the increase in global average temperatures by 2⁰C, countries can slow the effects of climate change. It’s a goal that many nations around the world are currently working towards.
TasWater wins World’s Best Tasting Water
Drinking water from Rossarden, a small regional town in Tasmania, has won the prestigious international award of Best Municipal Water 2021.
The Berkley Springs International Water Tasting event is held annually in Virginia, USA. It is the first time the award has gone to drinking water from Australia.
New Technologies to Hobart Class
BAE Systems are delivering new technologies that will enable data-driven decision-making for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) three Hobart Class destroyers through the Destroyer Enterprise Charter.
The Charter was launched in late 2019 to support the warships and transition them into service. BAE Systems is the managing contractor of the Destroyer Enterprise, with industry partners including Navantia Australia, Raytheon, Thales, CASG, and RAN1.
Cable Car Crash – Maintenance Matters
On the 23rd May 2021, news broke around the world regarding a tragic cable car incident in Italy. The funicular line transports people from the nearby resort town of Stresa, in the northern region of Piedmont, to the popular Mottarone mountain. Fourteen people on board were killed when the car snapped off the cable, plummeting twenty metres to the ground1.