An important step towards developing a relatively cheap, efficient and carbon-neutral means of producing hydrogen has been taken by a team of researchers with the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley.

Dunedin is to be the first city in New Zealand to launch a community biodiesel initiative that will make biodiesel available to anyone who joins the consortium.

North Sydney’s skyline has a new iconic landmark addition following the practical completion of Investa’s Ark development. The development, with an estimated end value of AU$240 million, began on the site of the old North Sydney Telephone Exchange in 2006 and was designed by Rice Daubney Architects.

Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen, Australia’s Victorian state Treasurer John Lenders and University of Melbourne Professor Rod Tucker have announced that Alcatel-Lucent’s research arm, Bell Labs, the University of Melbourne and the Victorian state government are partnering to establish a research centre in Melbourne that will be devoted to innovation in energy-efficient networks and technologies.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd confirmed yesterday that the implementation of the federal government's carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS) will be delayed until the end of 2012 when the current Kyoto commitment period ends. If there had been “sufficient international action” an ETS would have been legislated by 2013.

Alice Springs’ growing reputation as the solar centre of Australia will soon be evident to every person who arrives by air, when the Alice Springs airport becomes the first airport in Australia to be powered by a large-scale solar power station.

CSIRO, together with Australasia’s major aviation players, is leading a world-first study to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from air transport by helping to develop a sustainable aviation fuels industry.

Sydney Water has called for tenders to construct vital infrastructure for one of the largest recycling schemes in Australia.

A new Green Star PVC Credit has been introduced into all Green Star rating tools, following an extensive 18-month review.

Next month, 150 clean energy industry representatives will convene at the Australia-Germany Solar and Wind Energy Industry Conference 2010 at Sydney’s MLC Centre.

'Business Solutions to Climate Change' will be the theme of Eco Expo Asia 2010 International Trade Fair on environmental protection, which will take place 3-6 November at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong.

Organisers of this year’s Enviro Conference and Exhibition have announced they will run a national competition to find Australia’s most notable sustainable innovation and will announce the winner at the event, 21-23 July, in Melbourne.

Australians have identified hybrid cars as the most important global engineering feat of the last decade.

With a power price hike of 64% planned for NSW over the next three years and a 20% instalment due 1 July 2010, now is the time to ensure you don’t pay for what you don’t use! The NSW Business Chamber has provided tips on how to be energy efficient.

Crowne Plaza Melbourne has installed a mySmart enGauge screen to provide its employees and customers with visibility into real-time and historical energy-usage data from across the hotel.