Industry News
Electrical distribution SCADA solution for power efficiency
Schneider Electric has launched its PowerLogic SCADA software, which is a complete monitoring and control solution for electrical distribution networks. Having applied the insights and experience of working with major industry segments, Schneider Electric’s PowerLogic SCADA delivers a reliable, flexible and high-performance solution to reduce outages and increase power efficiency.
[ + ]Lord Stern visits Global CCS Institute
Lord Nicholas Stern visited the Global CCS Institute in August to discuss his role in advancing commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage, ensuring that the technology plays a role in responding to the world’s need for a low carbon energy future.
[ + ]SMBs to be rewarded for recycling old technology
Hewlett-Packard Australia has announced a campaign that delivers cash rebates to small to medium-sized businesses when they replace, and then recycle, their old PCs before 31 October 2010.
[ + ]Grundfos online pump selection tool
A handy new online pump selection tool has recently been released by Grundfos Pumps to assist plumbers and pump installers to select product for domestic water supply applications.
[ + ]Better Place extends Tokyo trial
Better Place has announced that it has extended its switchable-battery electric vehicle taxi pilot in Tokyo to operate through the end of the year.
[ + ]Ecolabelling has appeal
Sellers using ecolabels backed with the right information could make as many as 85% of New Zealanders more likely to buy a product.
[ + ]Chinese desalination plant to use Norit technology
Norit X-Flow has been selected to supply the ultrafiltration pretreatment technology for the Qingdao desalination project facility that will process 100,000 cubic metres of water per day.
[ + ]24/7 support network for wastewater treatment plants
A new Australasian headquarters has been established by the Integrated Support Division of the industrial and municipal water and wastewater treatment specialists EIMCO Water Technologies.
[ + ]Award win for Australia's irrigation farmers
The National Water Commission has congratulated the winners of the Peter Cullen Eureka Prize for Water Research and Innovation on their outstanding contribution to water science.
[ + ]OneSteel receives new sustainability licence
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has presented OneSteel with South Australia's third EPA Sustainability Licence.
[ + ]YHA NZ gains first backpacker network CEMARS certification
YHA New Zealand has become the first backpacker hostel network in the world to achieve CEMARS (Carbon Emissions Measurement And Reduction Scheme) certification.
[ + ]Toyota to plug in tri-generation plant
Work has begun to install energy-saving technology at Toyota Australia’s corporate headquarters in Port Melbourne. The installation of the tri-gen plant is the next stage of Toyota Australia’s plan to reduce energy use at its headquarters by 40% from 2007/08 levels.
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New research in clean energy storage
New research in clean energy storage could light the way to energy from the sun, even after dark.
[ + ]‘Smart’ water-quality sensor network wins iAward
A smart sensor network that is monitoring the quality of drinking water in south-east Queensland has earned CSIRO one of the Australian ICT industry’s highest accolades.
[ + ]Water Industry Operators Association Victorian conference
Grundfos will be exhibiting at the upcoming Water Industry Operators Association (WIOA) Victorian conference, being held at the Bendigo Exhibition Centre from 1-2 September 2010.
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