Tag: sustainability
Downer EDI wins $130m wind farm project
Engineering and infrastructure company Downer EDI has announced that it has been awarded a $130 million contract for work on a new wind farm...
Australia’s largest PV power station gets go ahead to feed full capacity into grid
The Nyngan solar PV plant – part of the $440 million AGL solar project, which is supported by $166.7 million from ARENA and $64.9 million from...
Panasonic tests solar battery storage system in Australia – inks deals with 3 Aussie...
Electronics giant Panasonic has struck agreements with three Australian energy utilities to trial its home-based battery storage options.
The company has announced pilot projects with...
Audi and Global Bioenergies develop “e-benzin” without the use of petroleum (VIDEO)
Audi has partnered up with Global Bioenergies to develop a new type of fuel named “e-benzin” from plant sugars.
Global Bioenergies is one of the...
Tesla to use Aussie Reposit Power technology
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) provided $445,000 in funding for Reposit Power (Reposit) to trial an on-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) energy storage and...
Australian solar technology installed in Cyprus
Technology from CSIRO’s Newcastle Energy Centre has been successfully installed at the Cyprus Institute research facility - the premier research institute on the island...
Apple goes green in China
It seems that Apple is truly committed to power all its operations on 100% renewable energy.
A team of Apple execs, including CEO Tim Cook...
New wind farm to power 75,000 homes in Far North Queensland
The Queensland Government has approved the development application for a wind farm on the Atherton Tableland near Mareeba which will contribute to Far North...
Victorian Government announces changes to wind farm planning laws
In a bid to attract new investments in its wind power industry and create jobs, the State of Victoria will change its wind farm...
$5.2m ARENA funding for Curtin’s Renergi to design and construct a pilot biofuel plant
Researchers from Curtin University’s Fuels and Energy Technology Institute have developed a new technology that converts biomass, such as mallee crops, into biofuels and biochar via...














