Case Studies
Optimising energy at Hunter Water
Hunter Water is optimising water distribution throughout its network, contracting SUEZ to implement its Aquadvanced Energy solution. [ + ]
$75 million sought to scale renewable power
Vast Solar is looking to raise $75 million to help finance its first utility-scale concentrated solar thermal power plant. [ + ]
Drone technology facilitates precision agriculture
Engineers at Monash University have developed a soil moisture mapping system using autonomous drone technology to improve paddock irrigation practice. [ + ]
Research to save millions of tonnes of glass from landfill
A new process turning waste glass into everyday products could save tens of millions of tonnes of glass from going to landfill every year. [ + ]
Evaporation project manages manure
Livestock waste management is a problem facing the global farming industry. Cost-effective and integrated solutions are needed to address the problem. [ + ]
Skin cells hold key to solar tech revolution
Scientists at ANU have made a series of breakthroughs that could revolutionise solar technology. [ + ]
Problematic waste turned into pellets with extruder
Scientists have developed a cylindrical extruder that they believe will revolutionise the processing of recyclable materials. [ + ]
Solar storage powers microgrid in remote Thai village
A remote village in the mountainous northern region of Thailand now has a reliable power supply thanks to a solar-powered microgrid. [ + ]
Bomen Solar Farm to power corporate renewable PPAs
Business energy retailer Flow Power will contract 69 MW of the output of the ~120 MW Bomen Solar Farm. [ + ]
Constructions costs cut with on-site recycling
Unwanted or excess soil material, demolished concrete and brick material can be engineered to form a mass-engineered soil structure for use and function on construction sites. [ + ]
New facility to divert 90% of mixed waste from landfill
The Resource Recovery Facility will have the ability to sort all the contents of the Shoalhaven City Council's mixed-waste bins, with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year. [ + ]
Massive solar rooftop powers world record breakfast
Primo Smallgoods is now home to a 25,000 m2 solar panel system, believed to be the largest single rooftop solar installation in Australia. [ + ]
Recycling cooking oil to grow more food
Waste frying oil can be recycled and converted into a key component of a slow-release fertiliser, which can be used to grow more food crops. [ + ]
Forestry waste turned into transport fuels and chemicals
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new technique based on gasification, which offers a sustainable way to turn forest industry by-products into transport fuels and chemicals. [ + ]
CO2 recycling and pressure measurement in space
The International Space Station moves around the Earth at some 400 km above its surface. As barely any oxygen is present at this altitude, it must either be supplied from the ground or generated on board. [ + ]
