New grape waste burning plant ‘delivers first fruits’
Australian Tartaric Products' (ATP) innovative $11 million renewable energy plant, that opened earlier this month at its Victorian facility at Colignan, has already delivered reduced energy...
Toyota’s Melbourne plant fitted with the largest roof-mounted solar system in Australia
Autonomous Energy, a leading Australian sustainable energy engineering company, has completed the installation of an enormous 500kW solar photovoltaic (PV) power system at Toyota...
Clean energy target could cost Australia thousands of jobs by 2020
Labor’s rising Renewable Energy Target (RET) have undermined the country’s economic growth and saps exports, putting thousands of jobs across Australia at risk, a...
Polivac reaps benefits of going solar
The City of Melbourne have showcased the solar installation on the premises of Polivac International Pty Ltd, a local Kensington maker of commercial cleaning equipment, promoting...
BlueScope unveils solar thermal rooftop, capable of heat and solar electricity production
A small terrace house in the suburb of Glebe, Sydney has been fitted with BlueScope’s innovative PV thermal rooftop system — the world’s first...
CSIRO achieves breakthrough for renewable energy
Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has achieved a breakthrough for renewable energy with the creation of “supercritical” steam from solar energy.
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RAA analysis of solar installations shows lower income families are building Australia’s solar future
The REC Agents Association (RAA), a national industry body that represents firms that create and trade in renewable energy certificates, has released a report...
Recovering value from waste could spare Australia billions of dollars
Research has shown that the failure to recycle waste metals has cost the Australian economy more than $2 billion each year.
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Adapting to a rapidly changing climate
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II yesterday released its Fifth Assessment Report, which examines the vulnerability of natural systems to...
First Solar close to signing agreements to supply mines in Australia
First Solar Inc., the biggest U.S. solar-panel manufacturer, is closing in on agreements to supply its technology to mining projects in Australia to help...
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From cost exposure to cost control: Using energy flexibility to protect margins
Electricity price volatility is reshaping the cost base of Australian manufacturing, challenging long-held assumptions that energy can be treated as a stable operational input.
