Renewable Energy

The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has announced more than 200 scholarship recipients of the nationally recognised Elevate: Boosting diversity in STEM programme for 2025.

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has opened a $6.8 million facility in Clayton, Victoria, dedicated to taking its printed flexible solar technology out of the lab and into the real world.

Pacifico Mexinol is expected to break ground in early 2025 and begin commercial operations in 2028.

Australia has blown away thousands of job opportunities by importing wind towers that could be made locally.

Monash engineers have developed an electrified reactor for the dry reforming of methane (DRM), a high-temperature process used to make certain chemicals including methanol, ammonia and synthetic fuels.

Engineers Australia has launched a suite of hydrogen energy micro-credentials to upskill the engineering workforce and support Australia’s transition to net zero.

Emerging industries like green metals and low-carbon fuels, such as green hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuels, are at the forefront of Australia’s transition to clean energy.

Start-up hydrogen heating technology company HYTING has announced Flusys GmbH as its first customer.

Yanmar Energy System has entered into an agreement with Jet Investment to acquire cogeneration solutions provider, TEDOM Group.

Councils across Australia have taken climate action into their own hands since the late 1990s, driving grassroots change and community-focused mitigation and adaptation strategies to stem global warming.

NZEA a step closer

The Australian Senate passed the Net Zero Economy Authority (NZEA) Bill last week moving one step closer to the establishment of a standalone statutory authority for the nation’s energy industry.

Engineers from UNSW Sydney have converted a traditional silicon solar panel into a device that produces ammonia in a significantly more environmentally friendly way.

The Federal government will invest $91 million in new projects that focus on cutting the emissions of some of Australia’s largest emitters.

EnergyLab has announced 10 leading clean energy startups selected to collaborate with Australian and New Zealand energy companies to explore partnerships that will help decarbonise the grid.

Australia’s first factory capable of producing both community lithium batteries and EV chargers will be fully operational next month.

Researchers from the Research Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) have developed a thermoelectric generator that can use both radiative cooling and solar heating to produce electricity.