Annual Report
Key Achievements For 2010
The last 12 months have seen significant progress made in establishing API as the nationally recognised representative of the power industry in Australia on power engineering skills and education.
The API now has over 35 industry members from all sectors and States following the successful amalgamation with the Australian Power Academy (APA) which occurred in 2010
The promotion of power engineering to young people has expanded from the continuation of the successful Power Engineering Bursary Program and the website specifically targeted at 15-18 year olds (visit www.powerengineering.org.au to see for yourself) to also include support for the ATSE STELR Project which is using renewable energy to demonstrate the relevance of science and technology to everyday life in over 200 schools across Australia.
The engagement between API and over 14 universities across Australia has allowed industry to become more closely aligned with the power engineering academics has seen API invest over $800,000 in 2010 for laboratory upgrade projects and sponsorship of early career academics. This is all specifically targeted to improve the teaching and learning experiences of students at universities studying power engineering subjects/electives.
The API also initiated an industry lead Cooperative Research Centre Bid Project for submission in 2011.
The Board of API has developed a comprehensive Strategic Plan with corresponding Actions (both immediate and medium/longer term) which it gives me great pleasure to report progress against.
Annual Report for 2009
Annual Report for 2008
Annual Report for 2007