Industry News
Packaging industry sets sights on sustainability at AUSPACK
The packaging industry is poised to move to the sustainability forefront by implementing strategies to meet the 2025 National Packaging Waste Target. [ + ]
Tech travels to rural NSW to transform attitudes to waste
Workshops in rural NSW will showcase waste technology developed at UNSW Sydney in a bid to enhance local manufacturing capability and reduce waste. [ + ]
Funds available to help NSW manufacturers save energy
The NSW Government is offering over $16 million in funding to help manufacturing businesses save energy and money. [ + ]
Data drives energy system of the future
A new research program designed to help deliver a secure, affordable and sustainable energy future for Australia has been established. [ + ]
New solar system to power SA Water
SA Water has contracted South Australian company Enerven to deploy solar power and energy storage across around 70 of its sites. [ + ]
Infrared pocket scanner tests shelf life
A pocket-size food scanner will allow future consumers and supermarket operators to test food freshness. [ + ]
Greens pledge $500 million for recycling infrastructure
Greens' waste and recycling spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said urgent federal action is needed to end Australia's recycling crisis. [ + ]
Vestas and Marand partner for wind turbine manufacture
Vestas has partnered with Geelong-based manufacturing company Marand Precision Engineering to establish a wind turbine manufacturing facility. [ + ]
EnergyLab accelerates clean energy start-ups
Applications have opened for EnergyLab's Incubation Program to support start-ups creating renewable energy products and technologies. [ + ]
Yackandandah celebrates mini-grid power
On 8 February, the Yackandandah community celebrated a milestone of 1 GWh of renewable energy generated from what is claimed to be one of Australia's first community mini-grids. [ + ]
Researchers to test behaviour of stored CO2
Drilling, coring and wireline logging operations have commenced on a new carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. [ + ]
Renewables will help Australia meet Paris target early — or will they?
Australia is installing renewable power faster than any other country, and could meet its Paris Agreement emissions reduction target five years early as a result. [ + ]
$2.2 million project to trial solar-friendly grid
A new trial in Melbourne's north-west will explore how solar energy can better integrate with existing infrastructure via a technical overhaul to the area's energy grid. [ + ]
WA households get three bins under new waste strategy
The WA Government has released its Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 to guide the state in becoming a sustainable, low-waste circular economy. [ + ]
Predicting cloud movement to improve solar generation
Curtin University student Mojtaba Saleh teamed up with Magellan Power on a PhD project that helps mitigate the effect of passing clouds on solar generation. [ + ]
