Industry News
Program manager appointed
Thames Water has appointed CH2M HILL as program manager for the Thames Tideway Tunnel scheme — to help deliver a ‘super-sewer’ that will prevent overflows from London’s sewers entering the River Thames.
[ + ]$30 million call for groundwater proposals
Eligible organisations are invited to submit proposals for funding under the $30 million Centre for Groundwater Research and Training.
[ + ]Australian online software application breakthrough
The Sustainable Packaging Alliance (SPA) has developed an online software application to provide a means for food and beverage packaging designers and manufacturers to identify, review and prioritise actions to reduce the environmental impact of their products.
[ + ]Smart plug to cut power use
Scientists are working on an electric plug design that can monitor the amount of energy being used by the appliance connected to it.
[ + ]Successful integration of stormwater business
Rocla Pipeline Products has completed the full integration of CDS Technologies’ stormwater business which it acquired in March 2007.
[ + ]From sunshine to solar-powered state
BP Solar expects the number of Queensland homes installing solar power to jump from 400 last year to more than 150,000 over the next 20 years, following the announcement by the Queensland government of the Solar Bonus Scheme.
[ + ]Index to track stocks in the cleantech industry
An index to track the performance of more than 75 Australian-listed stocks in the cleantech industry with a combined market capitalisation of more than $13 billion has been launched in Melbourne.
[ + ]Competition challenges students
The worldwide Royal Haskoning DeltaCompetition has started. Students with innovative ideas and creative solutions for adapting the delta regions of the world to climate change impacts have until 1 April 2008 to register their interest in this international competition.
[ + ]Nature lights way to new paints and cosmetics
A plant-like microorganism mostly found in oceans could make the manufacture of products such as iridescent cosmetics, paints and fabrics, and credit-card holograms much cheaper and greener, according to scientists in Britain.
[ + ]Fly-ash a valuable resource
It is time Australia stopped treating fly-ash from coal-fired power generation as a waste — and started to regard it as a valuable resource with many end uses, according to Professor Colin Ward of the CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development and University of NSW.
[ + ]Australian-made solar power to power airport
BP Solar has started working to manufacture and supply Australian-made solar panels to Adelaide Airport so that the state’s commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) system could begin operating by the middle of this year.
[ + ]Australians want climate change solutions at home
A survey of more than 2000 households in Queensland, Victoria, NSW and South Australia has revealed that more than 75% of Australians want to reduce energy consumption in the home and implement a rapid response to climate change.
[ + ]Program to offset carbon emissions
Greening Australia and the Tasmanian government entered into an Australian-first partnership today following Premier Lennon’s announcement in state parliament regarding the government’s commitment to reducing and offsetting carbon emissions.
[ + ]Funding for desalination vessel
Water Standard Company has received up to US$250 million in equity funding to develop its solution to help ease the world’s growing water crisis.
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