Release of Report into Broken Hill blackout in October 2024
On Thursday 5th June 2025, the NSW Government released its 158-page report into ‘The electricity outages affecting Far West NSW in October 2024’.
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Broken Hill power supplies might be reconnected to the wide grid on Saturday 2nd November 2024
Some good news I saw (on Wednesday morning 30th Oct 2024) was that Broken Hill might be reconnected to the wider grid (albeit on the temporary towers for now) as early as this Saturday...
Update from the NSW government (on Sat 19th Oct 2024), on power supply restoration in in western NSW
Via an update on LinkedIn from NSW Energy Minister, we’ve become aware of this update on the NSW Government website ‘Update on NSW Government response to power outage in Far West NSW’.
ElectraNet provide update that 29 transmission structures went down in SA, during last night’s weather event
ElectraNet are reporting that at least twenty-three transmission towers and six 132kV stobie poles fell down or were damaged during last night's wild weather.
How is the stockpile of temporary transmission towers around Australia looking?
Given recent events, we're asking a rhetorical question about how many temporary transmission towers there are currently in Australia?
Destructive Winds disrupt (and damage) transmission network in South Australia on Thursday (evening) 17th October 2024
On Thursday evening 17th October 2024, a significant weather event in South Australia has damaged the high-voltage network in SA Far North (and power supply has been impacted).
Seven transmission towers collapse near Broken Hill overnight
ABC Broken Hill has reported that seven transmission towers collapsed south of the town overnight due to strong winds and hail.
How severe thunderstorms impact energy infrastructure
Ashleigh Madden of WeatherZone explores how thunderstorms damage transmission and whether a trend of these related weather events exists.
Temporary replacement towers up, for the Moorabool Sydenham No2 500 kV line (from 12:10 on Wed 6th March 2024)
That same reader has helped point out that temporary towers brought the Moorabool Sydenham No2 500 kV line back into service on Wed 6th March 2024 (following No1 line RTS on Sun 25th Feb...
Temporary replacement towers up, for the Moorabool Sydenham No1 500 kV line (on Sun 25th Feb 2024)
A reader has helped point out that temporary towers brought the Moorabool Sydenham No1 500 kV line back into service on Sun 25th Feb 2024 (with No2 line still out).
Convective downdrafts and high-voltage transmission lines
In light of another transmission tower collapse caused by convective wind gusts, we've invited wind loading expert Dr John Holmes to explain this phenomena.
Another tower collapse poses more questions about transmission
The sixth transmission tower failure within the NEM in almost four years, has prompted further questions about the physical network and its resilience to severe convective winds.
Victoria’s Department of Energy reports *six* transmission towers down in Victoria
The Department of Energy* in Victoria confirms that six towers have been downed, on Tuesday 13th February 2024