Industry News
CBD Energy signs joint venture
CBD Energy has signed a joint venture with Datang Renewable Power and Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electric to provide renewable energy for Australia.
[ + ]US invests in NZ green energy technology
The United States Department of Energy has invested in a wave energy project using technology developed by a company in New Zealand.
[ + ]Radioactive compound recipes are developed
Easy recipes for radioactive compounds have been developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories.
[ + ]Sustainable Energy Association 2011 Award for Excellence shared
BuildingIQ and Perth’s Western Power have received the annual Sustainable Energy Association 2011 Award for Excellence in Innovation for their work on Perth’s historic Council House.
[ + ]carboNZeroCert program becomes stand-alone corporate
The carboNZero program is changing to a stand-alone corporate business with a strong eye on international markets under the leadership of new Chief Executive Graham Carter and a fresh board of directors.
[ + ]Ecoscientists precinct established in Queensland
Solutions to Australia’s biggest environmental problems could be closer following the co-location of Queensland's best and brightest minds to a new ecosciences precinct at Brisbane’s Boggo Road.
[ + ]Rainwater harvesting part of BER program
The Commonwealth Government’s $42 billion commitment to Building the Education Revolution program is funding a diverse range of capital works projects for school facilities around Australia.
[ + ]Black & Veatch expanding solar photovoltaic services
Black & Veatch is expanding its solar photovoltaic (PV) services and will provide independent engineering and due diligence services to manufacturers of solar PV materials.
[ + ]SITA vehicles switch to soy biodiesel
Customers in and around the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are now being provided with a cleaner, green collection service by SITA Environmental Solutions (SITA).
[ + ]Achieving carbon emissions targets: market mechanisms work, other models fail
Grattan Institute today released its latest energy report detailing the failure of past government initiatives to reduce carbon emissions. “A study of 14 years of Australian programs to tackle climate change shows that only a carbon market can reduce emissions quickly and deeply enough for Australia to meet its 2020 emissions target,” the CEO of Grattan Institute, Professor John Daley, said today on the launch of a new Grattan report - Learning the hard way: Australian policies to reduce carbon emissions.
[ + ]ATM Recyclingsystems appoints Koga Recyclingtech as Australasian agent
ATM Recyclingsystems of Pucking, Austria, supplier of heavy recycling machines and specialised scrap processing systems to the global metals recycling industries, has appointed the Koga Group as its Australasian agent.
[ + ]ABB investment sharpens solar focus
The power and automation technology group ABB has agreed to buy a 35% stake in Novatec Solar (formerly Novatec Biosol), an innovative concentrated solar power (CSP) technology company based in Karlsruhe, Germany.
[ + ]Carbon forest sink project developer expands to New Zealand
Australasia’s leading carbon forest sink project developer, Carbon Conscious Limited, has announced an expansion into the New Zealand market through a carbon forest sink deal agreed with a major Australasian energy company.
[ + ]Bendigo Bank and Carbon Down encourage businesses to save energy
With energy prices set to rise, Victorian businesses are being encouraged to reduce their energy consumption and protect their business against price impacts through an energy-saving initiative from Bendigo Bank and Carbon Down.
[ + ]Data shows drop in air pollutants
National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) data has been released that shows emissions of a range of common air pollutants dropped slightly in 2009-10.
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