Industry News
Tech travels to rural NSW to transform attitudes to waste
Workshops in rural NSW will showcase waste technology developed at UNSW Sydney in a bid to enhance local manufacturing capability and reduce waste. [ + ]
Funds available to help NSW manufacturers save energy
The NSW Government is offering over $16 million in funding to help manufacturing businesses save energy and money. [ + ]
Data drives energy system of the future
A new research program designed to help deliver a secure, affordable and sustainable energy future for Australia has been established. [ + ]
Infrared pocket scanner tests shelf life
A pocket-size food scanner will allow future consumers and supermarket operators to test food freshness. [ + ]
New solar system to power SA Water
SA Water has contracted South Australian company Enerven to deploy solar power and energy storage across around 70 of its sites. [ + ]
Greens pledge $500 million for recycling infrastructure
Greens' waste and recycling spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said urgent federal action is needed to end Australia's recycling crisis. [ + ]
Vestas and Marand partner for wind turbine manufacture
Vestas has partnered with Geelong-based manufacturing company Marand Precision Engineering to establish a wind turbine manufacturing facility. [ + ]
EnergyLab accelerates clean energy start-ups
Applications have opened for EnergyLab's Incubation Program to support start-ups creating renewable energy products and technologies. [ + ]
Yackandandah celebrates mini-grid power
On 8 February, the Yackandandah community celebrated a milestone of 1 GWh of renewable energy generated from what is claimed to be one of Australia's first community mini-grids. [ + ]
Researchers to test behaviour of stored CO2
Drilling, coring and wireline logging operations have commenced on a new carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. [ + ]
Renewables will help Australia meet Paris target early — or will they?
Australia is installing renewable power faster than any other country, and could meet its Paris Agreement emissions reduction target five years early as a result. [ + ]
WA households get three bins under new waste strategy
The WA Government has released its Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 to guide the state in becoming a sustainable, low-waste circular economy. [ + ]
$2.2 million project to trial solar-friendly grid
A new trial in Melbourne's north-west will explore how solar energy can better integrate with existing infrastructure via a technical overhaul to the area's energy grid. [ + ]
Predicting cloud movement to improve solar generation
Curtin University student Mojtaba Saleh teamed up with Magellan Power on a PhD project that helps mitigate the effect of passing clouds on solar generation. [ + ]
Port Lincoln hydrogen plant confirms generator supplier
Baker Hughes NovaLT gas turbine generators will be installed at H2U's South Australian Renewable Hydrogen and Ammonia Supply Chain Demonstrator in Port Lincoln. [ + ]
