Industry News
CEFC takes charge on energy security, sustainability and affordability
UTS and Bloomberg New Energy Finance co-hosted the conference 'Australia's Energy Future: Achieving the goals of energy security, sustainability and affordability'. [ + ]
Ecotech merges with ACOEM
Australian environmental monitoring company Ecotech has announced a merger with France's ACOEM Group, a specialist in measuring, analysing and controlling environmental parameters. [ + ]
Clean energy innovators and investors come together for demo day
The Clean Energy Innovation Fund has held its first Clean Energy Innovators Demo Day, providing innovators and start-ups with a platform to showcase their technologies and business plans to potential investors. [ + ]
Award-winning filtration system removes arsenic from groundwater
A low-cost project to remove arsenic and deliver safe and clean drinking water has won a $500,000 Technology Against Poverty prize. [ + ]
Waste to Energy Infrastructure Fund launches in Victoria
The Victorian Government has launched the Waste to Energy Infrastructure Fund — a $2 million program to support the development of waste-to-energy technologies. [ + ]
Energy storage could meet Australia's electricity demands
The Senate Select Committee into the Resilience of Electricity Infrastructure in a Warming World has discussed the challenges currently being faced by Australia's electricity grid. [ + ]
Alternative models for funding water infrastructure
A new report from the Australian Water Association looks at the current issues surrounding water infrastructure funding and considers ways in which new funding models present serious business opportunities for investors. [ + ]
Wastewater filtration with graphene oxide
Australian SMEs Clean TeQ and Ionic Industries have joined forces with a leading graphene researcher to develop next-gen water and wastewater filtration technology. [ + ]
Increased Green Star ratings at zero net cost
Edge Environment and Sustainable Future Group have announced a joint service offering that guarantees to improve the Green Star rating of a building at zero net cost, according to the companies. [ + ]
The SA blackout: the findings are in
A report into the South Australian blackout on 8 February has been released by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). [ + ]
CSIRO and Ecocentric partner on electrical fingerprinting technology
Ecocentric has finalised a licensing and research agreement with CSIRO, enabling the start-up company to further develop a system that recognises the electrical 'fingerprint' of individual appliances to increase energy efficiency. [ + ]
CEO CookOff to fight hunger and homelessness
Australia's top CEOs and chefs will be joining forces next month as part of OzHarvest's CEO CookOff, to be held in Sydney on 6 March. [ + ]
Operation Clean Sweep to properly manage our plastic pellets
Operation Clean Sweep, originally developed in the US to reduce pellet loss in the plastics industry, has launched in Australia. [ + ]
Further funding support for Ecoult's UltraBattery
Energy storage company Ecoult has secured new funding support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to enhance and fully commercialise its UltraBattery technology. [ + ]
Ecoult brings energy storage to India
Energy storage business Ecoult has been selected by the Institute for Transformative Technologies (ITT) to help bring low-emissions power and energy storage to remote communities in India. [ + ]
