Renewable Energy

A feasibility study will be undertaken for a solar panel recycling plant and solar cable manufacturing plant at AGL’s Hunter Energy Hub.

The Global Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) Budget, released today, reveals anthropogenic (human-induced) N₂O emissions have increased by 40 per cent in the past four decades.

Monash University researchers have compiled the first snapshot of annual emissions generated by 140 coal mines across the country.

The December 2023 Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory released last week shows Australia’s emissions are down year-on-year compared to the same period in 2022.

ClearBridge Investments' Nick Langley says the energy transition is going to require a huge outlay of capital to meet some ambitious and hefty targets by 2050.

Net zero summit

Siemens' Beyond 1% Summit will be held in Sydney from 3-4 July to discuss how Australia can accelerate technology and digitalisation to do more than address the 1% of emissions Australia is responsible for.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has awarded $59.1 million in funding across 21 research projects for renewable hydrogen and low emissions iron & steel.

Seize the decade

Hot on the heels of the hottest year on record, the Climate Council has released a report showing how Australia can slash pollution by 75 per cent this decade.

State of the art printed flexible solar cell technology developed by the CSIRO was successfully launched into space.

Just 11% of the ASX 200 listed companies comprehensively disclosed how sustainable their sourcing practices were in 2022, according to a new RMIT index.

Engineers at UNSW have developed a way to produce a synthetic fuel from carbon dioxide using only sunlight.

A tech start-up from the University of Queensland (UQ) is set to make efficiencies in the renewable energy sector by detecting faults in solar farm panels.

Weld Australia is calling on the federal and state governments to legislate local content procurement policies.

In an effort to demystify the language around net zero carbon and environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements in the urban environment, Cundall, has created a user friendly glossary.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed this week with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era.

Hatch managing director of Australia and Asia, Jan Kwak, identifies the roadblocks Australia must overcome for a well-defined and effective renewable energy plan.