Industry News
EnergyLab accelerates clean energy start-ups
Applications have opened for EnergyLab's Incubation Program to support start-ups creating renewable energy products and technologies. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
Researchers to test behaviour of stored CO2
Drilling, coring and wireline logging operations have commenced on a new carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. [ + ]
$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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
Compressed air energy storage in an old zinc mine
Hydrostor Australia has been awarded $9 million in funding for what is claimed to be Australia's first energy storage project using compressed air. [ + ]
Port Lincoln hydrogen plant confirms generator supplier
Baker Hughes NovaLT gas turbine generators will be installed at H2U's South Australian Renewable Hydrogen and Ammonia Supply Chain Demonstrator in Port Lincoln. [ + ]
Energy efficiency slashes bills, creates jobs: report
Improving the energy efficiency of Australian homes and businesses would slash $7.7 billion a year off energy bills and create the equivalent of 120,000 full-time jobs. [ + ]
SA Home Battery Scheme to subsidise Redback storage system
Redback Technologies' Smart Hybrid System will soon become available on a subsidised basis under South Australia's Home Battery Scheme. [ + ]
How are companies managing their climate disclosures?
EY has produced a report on global climate risk disclosures that looks across sectors at how businesses are performing in managing their climate-related risks. [ + ]
The Commons coworking spaces now officially carbon neutral
All 11,000 m2 of office space owned by coworking operator The Commons is now powered by 100% renewable energy, and officially carbon neutral as a result. [ + ]
City of Sydney to host women's climate summit in 2020
The City of Sydney has been selected to host the C40 Women4Climate Conference 2020, Lord Mayor Clover Moore has announced. [ + ]
