MobileMuster recognised the top local government mobile phone recyclers at the Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly in Canberra. [ + ]

The resource recovery infrastructure projects will share more than $4.2 million from Sustainability Victoria's Resource Recovery Infrastructure Fund. [ + ]

Australia's first Smart Cities Week will be held in Sydney from 29–31 October 2018. [ + ]

Businesses and investors now have access to a data-rich platform that maps out Australia's biomass hotspots. [ + ]

The Stockyard Hill Wind Farm is being developed by Goldwind and will see 149 turbines provide 530 MW of clean energy to power homes across Victoria and beyond. [ + ]

The Emissions Reduction Fund has now purchased 192 million tonnes of abatement through 429 contracts. [ + ]

Professor Martin Green has become the first Australian to win a Global Energy Prize for his research, development and educational activities in the field of photovoltaics. [ + ]

ISO has published the first two parts of a new International Standard for the environmental evaluation of machine tools. [ + ]

The microgrid solution will connect an ABB Ability PowerStore 30 MW battery energy storage solution to South Australia's Electranet transmission system. [ + ]

Students at the Queensland University of Technology have designed a light, modern solar solution that enables mobile devices to be charged under the sun on campus. [ + ]

The University of Queensland is set to become the first major university in the world to offset 100% of its electricity usage through its own renewable energy asset. [ + ]

ARENA has announced $2 million in funding to help an Australian oilseed crushing, refining and packaging company make the switch to bioenergy. [ + ]

The Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies will use topological materials and atomically thin 2D materials to create ultralow-energy electronics. [ + ]

Professor Ken Maher and Jane Montgomery-Hribar, two of Australia's most pre-eminent built environment sustainability champions, have been awarded an Order of Australia. [ + ]

Energy retailer Flow Power has announced the second renewable power purchase agreement to be launched to its wholesale client market, this time adding solar to its offering. [ + ]