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Life cycle of a dam – Phase 6: Decommissioning – Ending well
By Joey Scicluna This article completes our ‘Life cycle of a dam’ series, which has explored inception, development, first filling, operation and upgrades and now turns to decommissioning. An asset...
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Life cycle of a dam – Phase 5: Upgrades – Renewing dams for a safe future
By Sally Fracalossi and Dr Shao Ng A dam’s lifecycle moves through inception, design and construction, first filling and ongoing operation, surveillance and maintenance before, in most cases as...
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Life cycle of a dam – Phase 4: Operation – maintaining safety and value for...
By Christopher Flack and Paul Southcott The fourth phase in a dam’s life cycle is usually (and is intended to be) a very long period of operation, but it can never be ‘set and forget’. A dam may have...
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Life cycle of a dam – Phase 3: First filling – When a dam is tested for the...
By Richard Herweynen A dam’s life cycle moves through inception, design and construction through to operation and maintenance, and potentially to upgrades, decommissioning or repurposing. In this...
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Life cycle of a dam – phase 2: development – turning a preferred option into...
By Tim Griggs As we’ve discussed previously, a dam’s life cycle moves through inception, development, first filling, operation, upgrade/improvement and eventually decommissioning or repurposing. The...
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Life cycle of a dam – Phase 1: Inception – Setting a dam project up for success
By Jaretha Lombaard A dam’s life cycle moves through inception, design and construction through to operation and maintenance, and potentially to upgrades, decommissioning or repurposing. In this first...
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Making more of your monitoring
Monitoring dams is a key aspect of dam safety, but what do we mean by monitoring, why is it necessary, and how can dam owners make the most of their monitoring investment? Senior Principal Paul...
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Navigating the shifting landscape of energy storage
Developers of renewable energy and storage projects are facing some big dilemmas: what type and size/duration of energy storage to invest in, and how to futureproof investments in a changing market....
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Australia’s wind fleet is entering a new phase. A growing share of assets are moving beyond the challenges of optimising output into the tough question of whether continued operation stacks up...
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Three principles for planning better dams
Dams are critical infrastructure in a world shaped by climate uncertainty, growing populations and rising pressure on water, food and energy systems. Storage is central to water security, climate...
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Making defensible dam engineering decisions in an ever-changing world
New technology, evolving climate science, aging infrastructure and workforce turnover are reshaping what it takes to design, assess and manage dams responsibly. In this article, two of Entura’s dam...
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Becoming better: tackling the major challenges facing the Australian wind sector
The Wind Operations and Maintenance Australia 2026 conference, held recently in Melbourne, reflected a confident industry. The Australian wind sector has matured. Technology has improved. Knowledge is...
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What do dams and bathtubs have in common?
The obvious answer is that both hold water, but there’s something more, which keynote speaker Andrew Watson of BC Hydro referred to at the recent NZSOLD/ANCOLD conference. He described the risk...
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Poutès Dam – a model of sustainable dam redevelopment
Having been named as the Planning Institute of Australia’s Young Planner of the Year for 2023 and awarded a bursary, Entura’s Bunfu Yu travelled through Switzerland and France to study hydropower and...
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How the BESS general arrangement drives safety, certainty, speed and value
Despite the deceptively simple appearance of plug-and-play modularity, there’s a lot of crucial detail involved in achieving an efficient, safe and resilient BESS layout. The layout or ‘general...
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Dam decommissioning: old dams, new opportunities
While many dams have very long lives, and could in theory operate for centuries, some dams reach a point at which decommissioning becomes a realistic final phase of the dam life cycle. Decommissioning...
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Risk is the word – reflections on the NZSOLD/ANCOLD 2025 conference
From 19 to 21 November 2025, industry experts from consultants to asset owners gathered in Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand, to exchange insights, challenge thinking and strengthen connections...
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Reflections from MYCOLD 2025: Innovation, resilient dams and the evolving...
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of joining colleagues from across Malaysia and the region at the 3rd International Conference on Dam Safety Management and Engineering (ICDSME2025), organised...
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Can you trust advanced tools without qualified professionals behind them?
To make confident decisions about renewable energy assets – from building a wind farm to monitoring dam performance or optimising asset management – owners and operators need precision data they can...
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Unlocking repowering for Australia’s older wind farms
Europe and the US are already upgrading older wind farms with powerful new turbines. Repowering could potentially offer significant opportunities in Australia’s energy transition, but there are...
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