Industry News
Sydney Water to educate businesses about greasy waste
Sydney Water is partnering with the Restaurant and Catering Association of Australia (R&CA) to tackle the problem of fats, oils and greases (FOGS) and reduce fatbergs. [ + ]
Envirosuite deploys new automation technology for scalable growth
Envirosuite is deploying a new automation solution to improve its support processes and better manage its help desk ticketing process. [ + ]
Reseller agreement brings AI leak-locating software to Australia
Water savings company WaterGroup has become the official Australian reseller for the BuntBrain software platform, including AI-based leak-locating software. [ + ]
Cleaning up cities with machine learning, AI
UNSW Sydney researchers are developing a new suite of design applications that aim to help architects and urban planners optimise their designs for greater sustainability. [ + ]
EV boom: sales triple to 24K; market share jumps to 2.39%
Sales of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) more than tripled from 6900 in 2020 to 24,078 in 2021, according to the figures released by the Electric Vehicle Council. [ + ]
Fluence, ReNew announce JV to boost energy storage in India
Global energy storage technology and services provider Fluence and renewable energy company ReNew have announced an agreement to form a new company to meet the needs of local customers across India. [ + ]
2022 Victorian Water Industry Operations Conference & Exhibition
This WIOA water industry event is being held from 22–23 June at the Bendigo Exhibition Centre. [ + ]
AUSPACK 2022 — registrations open
Registrations for processing and packaging trade event AUSPACK 2022, to be held from 17–20 May in Melbourne, are now open. [ + ]
BOC and Foton Mobility partner to speed up hydrogen bus development
Gas and engineering company BOC, a subsidiary of Linde plc, and Foton Mobility have partnered to develop the hydrogen bus sector in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]
Australian telco to help Montevideo cut emissions by 80%
National Narrowband Network Company (NNNCo) has signed a contract to provide IoT network coverage to 70,000 smart streetlights in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. [ + ]
Smart Energy Council announces new board member
The CEO of Greenbank, Ria O'Hehir, has been appointed to the board of the Smart Energy Council in recognition of her contribution to the industry. [ + ]
Siemens expands access to its smart building products
Siemens expands its APS Industrial master distributor relationship to include building technology products. [ + ]
Modern Manufacturing Expo being held in Sydney in 2022
Australia's first Modern Manufacturing Expo will be held at the Sydney Showground from 20–21 September 2022. [ + ]
Research collaboration to develop green hydrogen storage solution
The Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC), Rux Energy and the University of Sydney have teamed up to develop dispatchable hydrogen gas (H2) tanks. [ + ]
Monash licenses breakthrough ammonia tech to new startup
Jupiter Ionics, a new start-up aligned with Monash University's Technology Precinct, has secured an exclusive licence to develop patented green ammonia technology invented by Doug Macfarlane and Dr Alexandr Simonov from Monash University's School of Chemistry. [ + ]