ABB has teamed up with India's national electricity grid operator, Power Grid, in a mega project worth over $640 million for the delivery of a transmission link that will have the capacity to bring reliable electricity to more than 80 million people. [ + ]

Victorian energy provider Powershop has officially launched in South East Queensland. It will be retailing in the area around Gympie, south to Surfers Paradise and west to Gatton. [ + ]

Philips Lighting has appointed David Gardner as country manager and managing director for Philips Lighting, Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

nbn, the company entrusted with building and operating Australia's largest infrastructure project, says it's on target to reach the midway point by 30 June this year. [ + ]

The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) remains hopeful of a brighter year for apprentices in 2017, following declines in the take-up and completion of apprenticeships in the June Quarter of 2016, said CEO Suresh Manickam. [ + ]

Dramatic increases to household electricity bills across Australia — particularly in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia — are behind a German battery group's entry into the fledgling Australian household energy storage market. [ + ]

Telstra is guaranteeing service on two of Asia's busiest undersea cable routes. [ + ]

Melbourne University is developing a connected transport project for the heart of the city's CBD, according to a report on the Australasian Fleet Management Association website. [ + ]

The Victorian Government has announced a review of the state's electricity network safety framework, to be headed by Dr Paul Grimes. [ + ]

It may be well be summer, but much of Australia has seen record extreme heat in recent weeks, with more set to come. The recent spate of hot weather conditions across much of the country has prompted a warning from Unions NSW. [ + ]

The Electrical Trades Union (ETU) says staff cuts are to blame for recent delays in much-needed repairs to the ACT's electricity network. [ + ]

Workplace injury doesn't begin and end with the event itself. [ + ]

Glen Morris (VP of the Energy Storage Council) will be presenting another series of four-day residential Solar + Storage training courses at Moora Moora Community Cooperative near Healesville, Victoria. The next course is 7–10 February 2017, with another four scheduled between now and mid-June. [ + ]

Daniel Saffioti, CIO of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, had been told for years his property in Haywards Bay, NSW (south of Wollongong), was not eligible for NBN access, despite the fact that a fibre (FTTP) pillar was installed directly opposite his home. When his neighbours started getting NBN access via FTTN, he took matters into his own hands. [ + ]

Scientists from Stanford University have developed the thinnest possible electrical wires, a mere three atoms wide, according to a report on ScienceAlert. [ + ]