Industry News
‘Green steel’ inventor wins innovation award
Professor Veena Sahajwalla has won the $30,000 top prize in the Innovation Challenge awards run by The Australian. [ + ]
Water recycling fellowships to build skills and partnerships
A fellowship program aiming to stimulate collaborative research between the water re-use industry and academia has been launched by the Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence. [ + ]
Merger to create big waves in sustainability for Australian organisations
Eco-Buy and Net Balance have merged, combining their sustainable supply chain and sustainable procurement advisory services to create Australia’s largest sustainable supply chain consulting group. [ + ]
Good response to NZ water measuring compliance action
New Zealand’s Environment Canterbury is working with water consent holders with takes of 20 litres per second and more to ensure compliance with the national regulations to install a water measuring system. [ + ]
New CRC to cut carbon in built environment
Minimising Australia’s carbon footprint, while saving Australians millions of dollars a year, is the focus of a new $100 million partnership between the Gillard government, researchers and the construction industry. [ + ]
Iron fertilisation sunk as an ocean carbon storage solution
A University of Sydney engineer has ruled ocean iron fertilisation an uneconomical solution to carbon storage, despite its early promise. [ + ]
Fuel-saving invention takes out national innovation award
An invention that uses waste engine heat to cut car fuel consumption has won Deakin University engineer Frank Will a national innovation award. [ + ]
Government grants $3.6 million for biomass gasification project
The Australian Government, through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), has awarded a grant of $3.6 million to build and operate a demonstration facility for an innovative biomass gasification technology that has been developed at the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute (FETI) at Curtin University. [ + ]
Solar to shine on with $87 million
CSIRO will lead a new solar research initiative worth a total of over $87 million, the Australian Government announced today. [ + ]
Fifth methodology determination for the Carbon Farming Initiative
The fifth methodology determination for the Carbon Farming Initiative has been registered. The ‘Avoided Emissions from Diverting Legacy Waste from Landfill for Process Engineered Fuel Manufacture Methodology Determination 2012’ is now available on the Comlaw website. [ + ]
Extreme floods recharge groundwater reserves
A new study by La Trobe University and the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training has shown that depleted groundwater reserves can be recharged very quickly by extreme floods. [ + ]
Building a device to test wind speed
An $800,000 grant from Commercialisation Australia will help NSW company Fulcrum3D to commercialise a device for remotely measuring wind speeds at altitudes of up to 300 metres. [ + ]
Climate change expert claims predictions on track
A new report co-authored by Professor David Frame, Director of the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute at Victoria University, has confirmed that climate change predictions made 20 years ago are proving reasonably accurate. [ + ]
Data to accelerate development of CCS technology
Geoscience Australia has released new pre-competitive data that will contribute to Australia’s efforts to accelerate the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, which will help reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. [ + ]
Low Carbon project provides efficiency boost to Latrobe electricity network
Low Carbon Australia is financing an $11 million pilot energy-generation project at Traralgon in Victoria that demonstrates the potential for power security across Australia’s eastern seaboard. NovaPower will use high-efficiency Caterpillar gas-fired engines in an innovative solution that provides lower-emissions power and defers network investments, thus reducing costs to electricity users. [ + ]
