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Sugarcane biomass offers hope for embattled Nkomazi farmers

Sugarcane biomass offers hope for embattled Nkomazi farmers

Jean Bouwer, Aurecon Project Manager says that the successful biomass to energy scheme hinges on two essential elements.

Markets: Energy, Renewable energy
Expertise: Renewable energy

Successful smart grids: A fusion of technical and social aspects

Smart grids

To help consumers understand the benefits of smart grids it is essential to integrate energy engineering expertise with a community engagement strategy.

Markets: Energy
Expertise: Power transmission and distribution

Lowering carbon emissions with gas turbine power generation

P40 Gas Turbine Plant, New Zealand

Australia is steadily moving towards a lower carbon economy driven by social and corporate response to climate change and the reorientation of the legislative environment.

Markets: Energy
Expertise: Power generation

Keeping supplies flowing to meet growing demand in the oil and gas industry

Oil and gas

Aurecon’s Ruben Nielsen navigates the complexities of successful marine supply base development.

Markets: Energy, Oil and gas, Resources , Freight, logistics and infrastructure, Transport
Expertise: Ports and coastal, Bulk material facilities

Is Smart Metering smart enough for Africa?

Smart metering

Kobus van den Berg, an Electrical Engineer at Aurecon, discusses the importantance of understanding the additional functionality of a Smart Metering system and if it meets the specific requirements of Africa.

Markets: Energy, Transmission and distribution
Expertise: Power transmission and distribution

Wind farm developments: Getting energy prediction right

Collgar Wind Farm, Australia

Blair Walter, Renewable Energy Leader for Aurecon spoke with Australia’s Energy Generation magazine about wind farm developments and getting energy prediction right.

Markets: Energy, Renewable energy
Expertise: Renewable energy

Creating solar and natural gas synergies

Dr Amir Tadros, Aurecon Senior Mechanical Engineer Energy Services spoke with Australia’s Gas Today magazine about creating solar and natural gas synergies.

Markets: Energy
Expertise: Renewable energy

Embracing urban sustainability

Community garden

Developing a systems thinking approach to sustainable cities.

Markets: Energy, Renewable energy, Water
Expertise: Building sciences

A new era of crucial focus on achieving increased sustainability

A new era of crucial focus on achieving increased sustainability

In this article, Jeff Robinson highlights a few of the emerging trends he believes have the potential to driver greener ways of going about our everyday lives.

Markets: Property, Transport, Energy, Water
Expertise: Building sciences, Transport systems and logistics, Rail

Keeping supplies flowing to meet growing demand in the oil and gas industry

Oil and gas

Aurecon’s Ruben Nielsen navigates the complexities of successful marine supply base development.

Markets: Energy, Oil and gas, Resources , Freight, logistics and infrastructure, Transport
Expertise: Ports and coastal, Bulk material facilities

Project drivers

Abbot Point Coal Terminal, Australia

Every major project is unique, encompassing different sponsor and stakeholder environments, different objectives and external influences.

Markets: Construction, Data & telecommunications, Defence, Energy, Government, Manufacturing, International development assistance, Resources , Property, Transport, Water
Expertise: Programme and project delivery

Jobs and water security

Mokolo Crocodile Water Augmentation Project, South Africa

In order to meet South Africa’s future energy needs, utilisation of the Waterberg coal fields in the Limpopo province, South Africa, is expected to increase tenfold over the next 20 years.

Markets: Energy, Water
Expertise: Power generation, Bulk water and dams

Building resilience in crucial NZ energy infrastructure

NZ Inter Island High Voltage Direct Current HVDC POLE 3 Converter Station Project, Benmore, NZ. Image courtesy of Transpower New Zealand

Mitigating the impact of natural disasters is key to reducing the vulnerability of communities.

Markets: Energy
Expertise: Power transmission and distribution

The smart grid solution

The smart grid solution

A 'smart grid' is more than just a physical asset. Instead, it is a new way of augmenting existing resources and managing the flow of energy within the system.

Markets: Energy, Power generation
Expertise: Power generation