Emerson provides free licences to enhance real-time control using WirelessHART
21 October, 2014 | Supplied by: EmersonEmerson Process Management has licensed royalty-free patent rights for its PIDPlus wireless PID controller technology to improve real-time control performance, simplify tuning and inherently protect against system failures across all control systems.
Lime supplier commissions biogas plant
20 October, 2014UK lime supplier Singleton Birch this year commissioned a 1.5 MW anaerobic digestion (AD) facility at its lime works in Melton Ross, Barnetby, North Lincolnshire.
Intelligent LED upgrade for Swire Cold Storage
20 October, 2014 | Supplied by: Maser Technology GroupWith a network of temperature-controlled facilities across Australia, Swire Cold Storage provides logistics services and supply chain solutions to a range of businesses. The company has made energy efficiency a high priority, with a focus on intelligent LED lighting.
Yingli Solar passes Positive Quality Program
14 October, 2014Yingli Solar has been announced as the first solar PV module manufacturer to successfully pass the Australian Solar Council's Positive Quality inspection program. The program was announced in May this year in order to help distinguish between high- and low-quality solar panels.
Rethinking grid-connected PV economics: cost parity period
13 October, 2014 by Dr Glen Johnston, Director, LAROS Technologies | Supplied by: Laros TechnologiesTypical analysis of PV system economic viability usually assesses net present value of the PV plant capital expense and running costs in comparison with an alternative investment offering a specified rate of return, or 'discount rate'. Grid-connected PV plants should be assessed against a different type of competing 'investment' - the grid electricity tariff.
Solar power project for off-grid NT communities
13 October, 2014The Australian and Northern Territory governments have announced Solar SETuP - a $55 million project to bring solar power to remote communities in the Northern Territory. The project was launched on Sunday by Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane, NT Chief Minister Adam Giles and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) CEO Ivor Frischknecht.
Improving the efficiency of plastic-based solar cells
08 October, 2014Researchers from Victoria University of Wellington are helping to improve the efficiency of next-generation solar cells made from materials like plastics. Their work has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Biogas cogeneration: the path towards climate-smart farming and agriculture
08 October, 2014 by Athena Dennis | Supplied by: Evo Energy TechnologiesClimate-smart agriculture means providing an integrated and broad approach to food that factors in areas like sustainability, carbon emissions, climate change and nutrition. The answer to this can be a three-fold win for the natural environment, consumers and business: biogas cogeneration for agribusiness.
CETA appoints Control Logic as its Australian distributor
08 October, 2014CETA, a distributor of energy-related hardware and software products, has appointed Control Logic as its Australian distributor. The company's product portfolio includes meters, communication devices and an energy-management software platform.
Time ripe to capitalise on energy-efficiency initiatives
07 October, 2014 | Supplied by: pitt&sherryThe repeal of the carbon tax has left many businesses pondering what impact its removal will have on energy markets in Australia. As Phil Harrington, Carbon & Energy Business Unit Manager at pitt&sherry explains, businesses should focus on energy-efficiency initiatives and fuel choices in their control.
Solar battery runs on light and air
07 October, 2014Scientists from The Ohio State University (OSU) have succeeded in combining a battery and a solar cell into one hybrid device, described as the world's first solar battery.
Floods release greenhouse gases from wetlands
02 October, 2014Scientists from Southern Cross University have discovered that flood events dramatically increase the release of greenhouse gases from coastal floodplains into the atmosphere where the landscape's hydrology has been modified by human activity.
New polymer improves solar cell efficiency
29 September, 2014A US research collaboration has developed a new polymer which, when used added to a solar cell, improves the efficiency of that cell.
Hebel PowerFloor subflooring
26 September, 2014 | Supplied by: Empower ConstructionHebel PowerFloor is high-performance, solid, non-load-bearing subflooring that looks and feels like a concrete floor. The product has several benefits over traditional flooring materials, including reduced costs and faster construction (up to 50%); insulation; high fire resistance; and reduced foot fall noise and sound transfer between floors.
New Zealanders turning to solar power
25 September, 2014New Zealand research has found that more and more of the country's citizens are shifting their power to solar energy. The study was led by Dr Rebecca Ford, a lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington's School of Engineering and Computer Science.
