Solar technologies that have never before been used in Australia were unveiled this month by Peter Garrett, the Federal Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, as part of the new $3.1 million Desert Knowledge Australia Solar Centre in the desert town of Alice Springs.
 

Close to 2000 tonnes of greenhouse gases and a whopping $2.36 million have been saved in the last financial year by Riverina businesses participating in an environmental program aimed at addressing climate change.

Company representatives from the solar and bio energy industry are invited to the Solar and Bio Energy Industry Conference at Sydney’s MLC Centre on 24 November 2008. The event is supported by the NSW Department of State and Regional Development and the German Ministry of Economics and Technology. The German-Australian Chamber of Industry & Commerce, the German Energy Agency and renac AG organise this free admission event for key players and representatives from the renewable energy industry.

A waste education and communications Roadmap project launched at the Metropolitan Local Governments Waste Forum heralds the beginning of a new era for waste education and communications across metropolitan Melbourne.

Origin Energy and Acciona are planning to deliver green energy to Victoria from a wind farm being built north-west of Ballarat.

A pioneering business that uses technology to harness renewable energy from the earth for heating and cooling has won RMIT University’s 2008 Business Plan Competition.

Energy Recovery will supply energy recovery devices for a seawater reverse osmosis desalination project in Australia.

UNSW graduate and solar cell entrepreneur Dr Zhengrong Shi has painted a bright picture for the future of solar power during a visit to the university to speak to engineering graduates.

The ACCC has proposed to allow the Inner Sydney Waste Management Group of Councils to tender and contract for services to transfer, process and dispose of food and garden organic waste and to market and sell any end products in the relevant local government areas.

A building-mounted solar panel system will be established at the Crowne Plaza Alice Springs following approval of a $3 million photovoltaic installation.

International aid agency Oxfam is inviting Australians to create a piece of art that tells a story about the effect climate change is having on the developing world.

Sydney residents have dropped off 10,000 mattresses at recycling sites throughout Sydney.

The ACCC has issued its position paper seeking submissions on the development of water charge rules for irrigation infrastructure operators and bulk water operators.

Tritech and Xipower have announced a partnership agreement to develop a range of lithium polymer subsea battery packs for a wide range of applications including very deep water power supplies.

The latest figures on the global carbon budget to be released in Washington and Paris indicate a four-fold increase in the growth rate of human-generated carbon dioxide emissions since 2000.