Industry News
New focus for Renewable Cities Australia 2019
Renewable Cities Australia has announced 'renewable' as the focus for this year's event, revealing exciting key changes to its program. [ + ]
Commercial deal to take Mackay smart water app to next level
A multimillion-dollar deal between Mackay Regional Council and tech company Taggle Systems has transferred rights to the council's locally developed smart water application, MiWater. [ + ]
Budget 2019 — focus on emission reduction
The Morrison Government has delivered a pre-election 2019–20 federal Budget designed to put money in the hands of many voters but how do the sustainability initiatives stack up? [ + ]
Kaeser Compressors celebrates 100 years
First established in Coburg, Germany in 1919, the company is now active all over the world including both Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]
Research traces water contaminants back to the source
Multimillion-dollar research is underway at UNSW's Water Research Centre to determine how to treat and neutralise emerging contaminants in our water supplies. [ + ]
New national conference for cleantech sector
The National Clean Technologies Conference & Exhibition is a new event encompassing clean technology growth areas including energy, waste, water, the built environment and transport. [ + ]
Climate bond opens solar and storage market to investors
A climate bond, claimed to be an Australian first, is giving investors access to Australia's burgeoning rooftop solar and small-scale energy storage market. [ + ]
Young researcher awarded to propel methane-reduction study
A young South Australian will investigate how to improve the operation of wastewater sludge-drying lagoons by reducing their methane emissions. [ + ]
Investigation underway to reduce steel manufacture emissions
CO2CRC has been awarded funding to conduct important research into reducing greenhouse gas emissions in steel production. [ + ]
Businesses unlock $14m windfall from corporate renewable PPAs
Analysis from Flow Power reveals that companies signed onto corporate renewable PPAs saved up to $14 million. [ + ]
Study reveals 94% of Australians are messing up recycling
New research highlights a staggering 94% of Australians are making recycling mistakes despite 60% being extremely confident in their recycling habits. [ + ]
Watch your water footprint, says WaterAid
Food and clothing imports are preventing many poor and marginalised communities from getting a daily clean water supply, according to a new report from WaterAid. [ + ]
Innovation celebration at Total Facilities 2019
PropTech, digital twins, 'emotional technology' trackers and the latest energy-saving initiatives in the built environment will be taking centre stage at this year's event. [ + ]
Solar and wind farms get funding for forecasting
Solar and wind farms will trial providing their own short-term generation forecasts under a new funding initiative. [ + ]
Next step to understanding stored carbon dioxide
Construction of two shallow observation wells has been successfully completed as part of a new carbon capture and storage project. [ + ]
