BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0257

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of electrical cabling on a site at the corner of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street.

Power Cable Section

Images, Canterbury Museum

One section of new power cable with black rubber casing and one end cut; manufacturer's mark reads 'General Cable NZ X-90 Electrical Cable 600/1000V'. Example of new power cables that needed to be laid following the 22 February earthquake. High voltage power cables in Christchurch are located underground, meaning that the areas which experience...

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:09:06 17:16:49

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Roger Sutton, of Orion, with a section of electrical cable, during a press conference following Canterbury's earthquake".

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0885

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Workers on Armagh Street repairing a high voltage power cable".

Power Cable Section

Images, Canterbury Museum

One section of power cable with cut ends, covered in rubber and black electrical tape; two smaller cables branching off the main section; damaged and twisted in the 22 February 2011 earthquake. One of the most noticeable effects of the earthquakes in Canterbury was the loss of basic infrastructure such as power, water and sewerage. The earthqu...

Energy - Communication Resilience

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

This is a joint Resilience Framework undertaken by the Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering Department of the University of Auckland in association with West Power and Orion networks and partially funded by the New Zealand National Science Challenge and QuakeCoRE. The Energy- Communication research group nearly accomplished two different researches focusing on both asset resilience and system resilience. Asset resilience research which covers underground cables system in Christchurch region is entitled “2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence Impact on 11KV Underground Cables” and system resilience research which covers electricity distribution and communication system in West Coast region is entitled “NZ Electricity Distribution Network Resilience Assessment and Restoration Models following Major Natural Disturbance“. As the fourth milestone of the aforementioned research project, the latest outcome of both projects has been socialised with the stakeholders during the Cigre NZ 2019 Forum.