Master Electricians Australia has cautiously welcomed aspects of the changes to Queensland’s Solar Bonus Scheme but said a phase-out period would have benefited the solar industry. [ + ]

Congratulations to Gaven Livermore, comms technician from Riverina Television & Cabling Solutions, who has been randomly selected as the winner of the Electrical Solutions survey. [ + ]

The Queensland Government’s decision to cut solar rebates could jeopardise 4500 jobs, the Clean Energy Council said. [ + ]

BHP Billiton Iron Ore has awarded Downer EDI an electrical and instrumentation contract worth $71 million. [ + ]

Spirent Communications has announced that China Telecommunications Technology Labs (CTTL), a leading wireless test and certification organisation under China Academy of Telecommunications Research (CATR), has selected the Spirent VR5 HD Spatial Channel Emulator to advance their TD-LTE device test environment. [ + ]

Stulz Australia has partnered with SynapSense Corporation for the sales, installation and technical support of the SynapSense solution in the Australia and New Zealand data centre markets. [ + ]

Increasing smart meter deployment and pioneering new technologies will revolutionise the domestic power industry, according to a new report by GlobalData. [ + ]

While prestigious new office buildings are achieving 6 Star energy ratings, landlords of B-, C- and D-grade office buildings should consider greening, said Total Environment Centre (TEC). [ + ]

Businesses that try to price gouge - or improperly inflate prices - following the introduction of the carbon price in July could be opening the door to a new wave of consumer class actions, warns Australian law firm Maddocks. [ + ]

Clare Maree Alexander, director of C.M. Analysis trading as G Warehouse, has been ordered to pay fines and costs of $4662 by the Port Macquarie District Court for selling unapproved and unmarked LED electrical products. [ + ]

Visionstream has won a $102 million contract with NBN Co to design and install fibre-optic cable for new development estates in Victoria and Queensland. [ + ]

TransGrid has been nominated as a finalist for the Best Specific Environmental Initiative Award at the 2012 UNAA World Environment Day Awards for its GreenGrid initiative. [ + ]

Australia’s data centre managers and consultants are near unanimous in believing that deployment of new energy-efficient data centre systems technology is worth the higher price that this new infrastructure commands. [ + ]

Heliatek has announced that its transparent solar films could be applied in between the glass sheets of double-glazed windows, turning windows into solar energy harvesters. [ + ]

Engineers Australia has urged the government to heed the recommendations of the Infrastructure Finance and Funding Reform report. [ + ]