Industry News
Three solar projects approved for regional NSW
Solar projects located in Dubbo, Parkes and Griffith are among the first of 12 approved grant applications to reach financial close as part of ARENA's large-scale solar program. [ + ]
Flotation cell for fat recovery featuring at foodpro
CST Wastewater Solutions is coming to foodpro, bringing with it a highly effective flotation cell that enables fats and solids recovery in high-temperature applications. [ + ]
$1 million in Environmental Research grants now available
The NSW Office of Environment & Heritage has announced that its 2017 Environmental Research grants program is now open for expressions of interest (EOIs), with a total of $1 million in funding available for this year. [ + ]
CEFC supports new solar farm and renewable energy fund
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has announced a $20 million investment in the Ross River Solar Farm as well as a $75 million cornerstone commitment to a specialist renewable energy fund. [ + ]
The changing face of the average solar consumer
Researchers from QUT have laid to rest any prevailing stereotypes that solar PV systems are reserved for high-income, inner-city green voters. [ + ]
Broadspectrum and MPower form large-scale solar consortium
Asset management company Broadspectrum has partnered with MPower, a provider of distributed power products, in the formation of a consortium to target large-scale solar projects in Australia. [ + ]
NABERS to review its governance structure
The NABERS program has launched a stakeholder consultation process to seek feedback on proposed changes to its governance framework. [ + ]
Urban Living Lab puts city living under the spotlight
CSIRO has partnered with Celestino to establish the Urban Living Lab at the Sydney Science Park — a place where researchers, industry, government and communities can create, design and test innovative urban development concepts in the real world. [ + ]
Enhanced support for large-scale energy storage
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency will prioritise financial support for flexible capacity and large-scale energy storage demonstration projects already in their pipelines. [ + ]
Guidance document to support healthy and sustainable buildings
The Green Building Council of Australia and the International WELL Building Institute are working collaboratively to promote health and wellbeing in the design, construction and operations of buildings, fitouts and communities in Australia. [ + ]
Smart sensing network enables better environmental monitoring
The $950,000 NSW Smart Sensing Network brings together smart sensing expertise in academia, industry and government to develop a collaborative and innovative network that is expected to deliver economic and social benefits for NSW. [ + ]
Energy efficiency retrofits to help vulnerable Victorians
The Victorian Government has announced a $6 million initiative to improve home energy efficiency and save money for those most in need. [ + ]
Waste Summit opens call for abstracts
A call for abstracts has been circulated for Waste Summit, a free-to-attend industry conference taking place in October this year. [ + ]
Tracking progress to Paris Agreement goals
An international research team has developed a new method for tracking the progress that individual countries are making towards meeting the global climate targets of the Paris Agreement. [ + ]
Global challenge to extract water out of thin air
The Australian Government is partnering with XPRIZE and Tata Group to run the Water Abundance XPRIZE — an open challenge to use technology to improve affordable access to clean water in high-humidity areas where water is currently unavailable or inaccessible. [ + ]
