A $6 million partnership between CSIRO and its Indian equivalent, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), aims to reduce the reliance of both countries on imported fuels. [ + ]

Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt yesterday opened the Australian Sustainability Conference, held in Melbourne, in his first public address to the Australian business community since the election. [ + ]

Professor Ravi Naidu - the CEO and managing director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) - has won this year's Richard Pratt Banksia CEO Award. [ + ]

Research and consulting firm GlobalData claims that technological, economic and business forces are steering Europe’s electricity system toward major transformations, including the decentralisation of its power systems. [ + ]

The edible seafood sector creates thousands of tonnes of waste seashells, but now the University of Bath has found a way to re-use these shells in a wastewater cleaning project. [ + ]

Water treatment specialist Degrémont, a subsidiary of utility company Suez Environnement, has won the contract for the design, construction and commissioning of a 1000 m³ per day wastewater membrane filtration system, SmartRack. [ + ]

The winners of this year's Australian Cleantech Competition were announced at a gala event held this week in Sydney. The competition is a business development initiative of the Australian Government's Supplier Advocate Program and supported by principal sponsor Autodesk. [ + ]

Solar expert Wes Johnston, who will be speaking at All-Energy Australia in Melbourne from 9-10 October, has called on Australia to embrace solar air technology. [ + ]

Gary Crisp, global business leader - desalination at engineering and environmental consulting company GHD, has been re-elected as a director of the International Desalination Association (IDA) for 2013-15. Crisp is the only Australian of the 16 elected members at the IDA. [ + ]

The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, has created an e-learning course which intends to take renewable energy to developing countries across the world. [ + ]

Standards Australia has released a revised version of 'AS/NZS 5033 Installation and safety requirements for photovoltaic (PV) arrays' for public comment. Standards Australia CEO Colin Blair said the revised standard is intended to "improve the safety of photovoltaic (PV) arrays". [ + ]

It has been announced the new Minister for the Environment, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, will be opening this year’s Australian Sustainability Conference. [ + ]

The $200 million, 22-turbine Mumbida Wind Farm, located near Geraldton in Mid-West WA, was officially opened today by the state’s energy minister, Dr Mike Nahan. [ + ]

The National Water Commission is inviting public submissions to inform its 2014 triennial assessment of water reform progress under the National Water Initiative. [ + ]

The Sensing City project will see sensors installed in Christchurch to collect real-time information about how a city actually works. [ + ]