This Sunday, 23rd June, we celebrate International Women in Engineering Day and honour the women working in the field of engineering. EDL is proud to embrace this year’s theme, #Enhancedbyengineering, and the contributions of female engineers and women who support engineering departments globally across our business and the customers we power. Meet Suki Zhang, one…
Read moreEDL’s General Manager for Remote Energy, Geoff Hobley, was a guest speaker at the Energy and Mines Australia Summit 2024, held on 7-8 May in Perth, Western Australia. The theme for this year’s 8th Energy and Mines Australia Summit was ‘The Decarbonised Mine’, with energy companies and miners seeking to advance their focus from target…
Read morePamela Johnson was three-and-a-half months pregnant when she applied for her role with EDL. After disclosing her pregnancy during the recruitment process, Pamela was unsure if she would be considered a desirable candidate and concerned about how she could manage maternity leave when her baby was due. But EDL’s General Manager of Technical Services, Jenny…
Read moreOn January 5, 2023 a wind turbine at EDL’s Cullerin Range Wind Farm in regional New South Wales overheated and caught fire. There were no injuries, and the Rural Fire Service were immediately notified. As the operations and maintenance provider of Cullerin Range Wind Farm, Vestas, has been working closely with EDL and regulatory authorities…
Read moreThe team at EDL are mid-way through their most active month of the year – STEPtember – when many employees have significantly increased their daily exercise activity. While STEPtember presents a great opportunity to fine-tune fitness levels before heading into the end-of-year celebration season, there is a much more personal cause driving EDL, and that…
Read moreEDL’s Jabiru Hybrid Renewable Power Station has won Project of the Year at the Engineers Australia Excellence Awards – People & Projects Northern Division, held in Darwin on Thursday, 7 September. EDL CEO James Harman said the award recognised a project that has reliably delivered renewable power to the residents of Jabiru since the power…
Read moreConservation efforts in the environmentally sensitive Jabiru region will be boosted following an announcement today that sustainable energy producer EDL, the Northern Territory Government and Parks Australia have partnered with the Djurrubu Rangers on the ‘Karnabarradj’ Project. The project involves critical work to protect 1000 hectares of endangered black-footed tree-rat habitat through the implementation of…
Read moreDom Dowling, Head of Sustainability & Risk for EDL, was invited to share his thoughts on sustainability trends with Energy Tech Review. With his diverse professional background and significant breadth of knowledge on the sustainability agenda, Dom was able to offer his view that sustainability is about more than just carbon emissions. He discussed the…
Read moreAfter successful commissioning at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Agnew Hybrid Renewable Microgrid was officially opened on 4 November 2021 in a celebration attended by dignitaries including the WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Services Bill Johnston. Constructed, owned and operated by global energy producer EDL, the 56MW microgrid powers Gold…
Read moreLeading global energy producer EDL will build, own and operate a new solar farm and battery storage system to supplement its existing solar farm at Weipa, effectively tripling its supply of clean, reliable energy to Rio Tinto’s bauxite mine operations in Weipa and the remote township. EDL Chief Executive Officer James Harman said that EDL…
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