BICSI South Pacific will be delivering the DC125 Data Centre Design course in 2014, just before its annual conference in Brisbane. [ + ]

Alcatel-Lucent has been engaged to upgrade the 10,000 km-long EASSy submarine fibre-optic cable system along the eastern and southern coasts of Africa with the latest 100 Gbps technology. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has appointed Philippe Rambach as the new vice president (VP) of industry business. Rambach brings with him over 15 years' experience in senior management positions and has professional experience in manufacturing, research and development, program management and business management across a range of industries. [ + ]

Smart grid early-fault-detection technology that can help reduce the risk of bushfires has recently been commercialised by an RMIT University researcher. [ + ]

A consortium of ABB and Samsung has been awarded a contract to supply a hybrid grid energy storage and diesel generation system (GESS) to SP AusNet for its electricity distribution network in Victoria. [ + ]

The annual lighting event LED China 2014 will be held from 23-26 February in Guangzhou. The event will feature over 1200 exhibitors and brands from South Korea, USA, Russia, India, Taiwan and Hong Kong. [ + ]

AECOM has been awarded contracts to design and supervise construction of the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel (TKO-LT) project in Hong Kong. The contracts are worth approximately US$13 million and US$103 million respectively. [ + ]

UNSW Professor Stuart Wenham has been awarded the £300,000 AF Harvey Engineering Research Prize by the Institution of Engineering and Technology for his work on silicon solar cell efficiency. [ + ]

"Clean energy technologies such as solar power and solar hot water made a big difference in helping the state's electricity system cope with near-record demand," said Clean Energy Council Acting Policy Director Tim Sonnreich. [ + ]

Euro Solar and Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing were ordered by the Federal Court to pay combined penalties of $125,000, following action by the ACCC. The companies' director was fined $20,000 for his role in the affair. [ + ]

Hydro Tasmania and Vestas have officially opened Musselroe Wind Farm, the largest wind farm in Tasmania. The 56-turbine farm is located in north-east Tasmania. [ + ]

US researchers have developed a system that converts solar energy into hydrogen fuel, solving the problem of how to use the sun's energy for power at night (when power is most used). [ + ]

A combination of intense weather, high electricity consumption and unplanned outages on the generation network has triggered the potential for load shedding to occur in parts of South Australia and Victoria, AEMO says. [ + ]

Electricity demand has reached its highest point since the heatwave preceding the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009, the Energy Supply Association of Australia (esaa) has reported. [ + ]

Christian Bindel has been appointed to the newly created role of technical manager for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands for Yingli Solar. [ + ]