Industry News
Stimulus package for clean energy future
Australia could create millions of new jobs by embracing a Global Green New Deal fast-tracking, energy-efficiency and renewable energy infrastructure, according to Environment Business Australia.
[ + ]Scientists share sustainable research
Scientists will share reasearch on onboard hydrogen storage systems and materials that can generate electricity from heat energy at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
[ + ]Calls for entries into the International Next Big Thing Award 2009
Innovic’s International Next Big Thing Award 2009 has opened and for the first time is going global due to demand from Asia–Pacific innovators and small businesses.
[ + ]Governor-General talks emission reduction at energy summit
Governor-General Quentin Bryce spoke about the "huge challenge facing humanity" — balancing our right to energy with our responsibility to the planet — in her address at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.
[ + ]European Parliament bans 22 toxic substances
The European Parliament (EU) has adopted legislation that bans the use of 22 toxic substances, including carcinogenic, reprotoxic, genotoxic, endocrine-disrupting and immunotoxic chemicals.
[ + ]Spray-on material to lead to cheaper solar panels
A spray-on material that could make solar panels cheaper is to be developed in a joint research effort.
[ + ]Cleansing leaks from toxic tips
Across Australia, tens of thousands of garbage tips are leaking a toxic brew of old, and sometimes deadly, chemicals into the water ingested or used about the home by up to 4 million people.
[ + ]Insurance policies to support greenhouse gas mitigation technologies
Zurich has created two new insurance policies to support greenhouse gas mitigation technologies and address the unique needs of carbon capture and sequestration.
[ + ]Australian gas transmission industry call for focus on natural gas
The Australian gas transmission industry has called on the Rudd government to increase its focus on natural gas and introduce a 'gas target' for power generation to encourage lower-cost means of reducing carbon emissions.
[ + ]Television and computer monitor recycling plant for Australia
Australia is set to increase its recycling capacity with the introduction of the television and computer monitor recycling company, CRT Recycling Australia.
[ + ]1100 homes to use recycled water in washing machines
Recycled water will be used in washing machines in a South Australian regional coastal development.
[ + ]‘Smart’ fridges stay cool by talking to each other
'Smart’ fridges that run on renewable electricity and are capable of negotiating the most energy-efficient way to keep food cold have been developed by researchers from CSIRO’s Energy Transformed Flagship.
[ + ]Standardising greywater treatment technologies
A new protocol for testing greywater treatment technologies in Australia could boost efforts to conserve the nation’s water resources.
[ + ]Councils' water-saving measures pay off
NSW councils are on their way to saving 10,000 megalitres of water by July 2010, thanks to a $22m joint initiative of the Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW (LGSA) and the NSW Water Directorate.
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