NSW cafe installs solar air conditioning
18 September, 2012Specialist bakery and cafe Brioche has installed a solar air conditioner.
Higher power prices driving a “ditch the grid” mentality
13 September, 2012With more than half the cost of rising electricity bills due to network and distribution costs through poles and wires, more Australians are looking to solar energy and an alternative to grid connection.
Suitable algae-to-biofuel locations identified
10 September, 2012Scientists have, for the first time, identified a number of WA sites capable of producing large quantities of commercial biofuel from microalgae.
Solar expertise turns competitors into collaborators
07 September, 2012An advanced processing technology being pioneered at UNSW to improve the efficiency of first-generation silicon solar cells has turned two solar manufacturers into unlikely collaborators. The School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering has signed a collaborative research agreement with Suntech Power and Hanwha Solar, the first such agreement between the school and two competing companies.
CSIRO rejects claims made by APPEA regarding groundwater and coal seam gas
05 September, 2012CSIRO has rejected the claim made in a television commercial aired on 2 September that ‘CSIRO [and government studies] have shown that groundwater is safe with coal seam gas’.
Uniflair Chilled Water room cooling range for data centres
03 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Schneider Electric IT AustraliaUniflair Chilled Water products offer flexible cooling solutions suitable for any density racked and non-racked IT loads. The products meet the diverse requirements of the data centre environment to provide efficient cooling at the room level.
Meridian to build Mt Mercer wind farm
03 September, 2012Meridian Energy Australia will soon start construction on Mt Mercer, a 64-turbine wind farm in Victoria.
Dwyer Instruments Mercoid Series 3200G Smart Pressure Transmitter
01 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Dwyer Instruments (Aust) Pty LtdThe Mercoid Series 3200G Smart Pressure Transmitter is a microprocessor-based, high-performance transmitter which has flexible pressure calibration and push-button configuration, and is programmable using HART Communication.
Where in the world is it cheapest to cut carbon?
30 August, 2012Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) have shed some light on why some countries are more reluctant to agree to an international carbon price than others.
QUT engineer develops electricity-free home cooling system
30 August, 2012A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher is developing a solar cooling and heating system for the home that will run independently of the electricity grid and generate domestic hot water as a by-product.
Silver Spring Networks selected by Unison for NZ smart grid deployment
29 August, 2012Silver Spring Networks has announced that it has been selected by Unison for a smart grid project in New Zealand. The company’s standards-based IPv6 networking solution will be deployed across the entirety of Unison’s service territory (in Hawke’s Bay, Rotorua and Taupo).
Massive new solar system for North Queensland
29 August, 2012The largest solar system in North Queensland was officially opened today at Townsville RSL Stadium, which now boasts 1800 solar photovoltaic panels across its roof, producing two-thirds of its energy requirements.
LED bulb ranges
29 August, 2012 | Supplied by: SignifyThe myAmbiance and myVision range of Philips LED light bulbs are claimed to be able to save up to 80% energy and can be used in existing light sockets.
Brewery opts for cogeneration
29 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Simons Green EnergySimons Green Energy has designed, and is supplying and installing, the 1200 kWe of natural gas fired cogeneration at the soon to be completed Little Creatures Brewery in Geelong. The installation of the cogeneration system will provide a large portion of the brewery’s electricity demands and will use the waste heat generated by the engines to provide hot water for the numerous process heating applications. The units will be configured to run parallel to the grid, meaning that the only energy to be purchased from the grid will be that over and above what the engines can supply, which is expected to be very little.
Research to make NZ national grid smarter
29 August, 2012A major University of Canterbury (UC) research project has begun looking at the national grid to make it ‘smarter’.
