Life saving partnership
23 Apr 2018 On the 22 March 2018 we were involved in a life-saving event. Staff from Alpine Energy and subsidiary companies NETcon and Infratec rolled up their sleeves alongside the South Canterbury community and helped save the lives of 159 people. |
Solar panels for Hospice
05 Apr 2018 A reduction of $4200 a year in electricity costs is anticipated by Hospice South Canterbury with the installation of solar panels on its Broadway Avenue facility. The 16.25 kilowatt system comprising 50 photovoltaic panels has been installed over the last week and Hospice general manager Peter O’Neill is delighted with the advantages it will bring. |
Cable vandalism
19 Mar 2018 South Canterbury power lines company Alpine Energy believes it will only be a matter of time before someone is seriously injured or killed trying to remove copper from electrical power cables. In the last three weeks the company has noticed a spike in the number of incidents happening in West Timaru. |
Working safely with irrigators29 Jan 2018 South Canterbury farmers are being reminded to prevent water from their irrigators touching overhead power lines following a series of incidents in January. The reminder follows five occurrences where water from irrigators connected with power lines causing outages and infrastructure damage. |
Time is right for NZ market17 Nov 2017 Following the successful delivery of several overseas renewable energy projects, Infratec is bringing its energy solutions to New Zealand. Infratec is part of the community-owned Alpine Energy Group. The company has appointed David Francis into the role as Business Development Manager for the New Zealand market. |
Alternative power supply for Tekapo09 Nov 2017 Reliance on a single electricity transmission line into the Tekapo township and surrounding areas may be thing of the past if a system being tested by Alpine Energy, Transpower and Genesis is successful. On Tuesday 14 November 2017, Tekapo residents and businesses will be without power for about 30 minutes from 9.30am as Transpower disconnects the township’s main power line to carry out maintenance. Power will be reinstated via Transpower’s mobile substation for the duration of the maintenance work. |