Energy

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced up to $105.6 million in funding for 20 research and development projects aimed at reducing the cost of designing, building, operating and maintaining large-scale solar farms.

The Queensland Government has declared the Kidston Wind Farm, the final stage of the Kidston Clean Energy Hub, as a prescribed project, ensuring its completion would generate 200 construction jobs.

UNSW Sydney and battery technology company Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop clean energy skills, research and manufacturing capability in Australia, including plans for a proposed training and innovation centre in Western Sydney.

Scientists from RMIT University have developed what they claim is a cheaper and more energy-efficient way to make hydrogen directly from seawater in a push to boost the green hydrogen industry.

NOX Energy has announced a project to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging access for residents of strata-titled buildings across Australia, with the installation of 1,956 load-managed, Intelligent Power Sockets (IPS) at a minimum of 16 sites. 

Australian Energy Producers, an industry body for explorers, developers, and producers of essential energy, has argued that a recent parliamentary inquiry into Western Australia’s Domestic Gas Policy ignored the current cost of living pressures and the need for new gas supply. 

Hitachi Energy, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., has announced more than UISD 1 billion in new manufacturing investments to expand the production of critical electrical grid infrastructure in the United States. 

The NSW Government has officially started construction on the state’s first Hydrogen Centre of Excellence at Glenwood, a move aimed at strengthening the skills of workers in the growing hydrogen and renewable energy sector. 

Solar experts from UNSW Sydney have called for the need for bespoke technology designed to recycle important elements inside solar panels.

The NSW Government announced that four of the State’s top emitting manufacturers would receive support in their transition to low-carbon facilities. The announcement came following...