Infrastructure stories
The following stories relate toTasmania’s Infrastructure sector:
Home buyers spend $3.8b
Tasmania's housing market achieved record sales totalling $3.879 billion in 2017.
8 March 2018, Edition 192
Tasmanians return the Hodgman Liberal Government and a historic female majority parliament
Tasmanians voted for continuity in the 3 March State election, returning Will Hodgman for a second term as Premier.
8 March 2018, Edition 192
Island gets renewables hub
Flinders Island has switched on a $13.38 million wind and solar hub which will supply on average 60 per cent of the island's power. Renewable supply could rise to 100 per cent when the weather is right. The picturesque island at the eastern end of Bass Strait is home to about 800 people who have previously depended on shipped-in diesel for power. The new hub uses sophisticated controls to manage a fluctuating mix of wind, solar and diesel power and is likely to be replicated in other remote Australian communities. The project was predominantly funded by Hydro Tasmania, with a $5.5 million contribution from the Federal Government's independent Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Similar hybrid technology has been installed on Tasmania's King Island, at Coober Pedy in South Australia, on Rottnest Island in Western Australia and at several smaller off-the-grid communities in the Northern Territory, but Flinders Island's system is the only one to have been built in shipping containers which were then taken to the island before being "plugged-in" to one another. There are plans to add tidal power to the Flinders Island mix over coming years and Hydro Tasmania's CEO, Steve Davy, said there was international interest in the project.
8 February 2018, Edition 191
National fillip for marine sector
Tasmania's maritime engineering capability has been given valuable national exposure following a Brand Tasmania-backed visit to the State by magazine editor and specialist writer Simon Enticknap.
8 February 2018, Edition 191
Our brand has 'come of age'
Tasmania's brand has come of age and the future is looking positive, according to the new head of the Tasmanian Maritime Network, Robert Miley.
8 February 2018, Edition 191
PM signs on for Hobart deal
UTAS's proposed STEM project in the CBD and an Antarctic research precinct at Macquarie Point looked more likely after a Federal Government City Deal was signed in Hobart in January.
8 February 2018, Edition 191
Lonnie takes 'smart city' lead
Launceston grabbed national leadership as a smart city, received a Federal funding go-ahead for its Inveresk campus project and successfully hosted its first Mona Foma festival in a hectic first month of 2018.
7 February 2018, Edition 191
20pc rise tipped for Hobart homes
Property prices in Hobart could rise by 20 per cent in the coming 12 months, according to Propertyology researchers.
11 December 2017, Edition 190
$20m for 2nd power cable study
The State and Federal governments will jointly fund a $20 million business case study into a second Bass Strait electricity inter-connector that will be needed if Tasmania is to become the battery of the nation.
5 December 2017, Edition 190
Bigger, cleaner ships for TT-Line
TT-Line is set to order two new, bigger and cleaner ships to boost capacity and heighten customer appeal on its Bass Strait service.
4 December 2017, Edition 190
