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Standards for solid biofuels under development

28 April, 2014

Solid biofuels are the largest renewable energy source and likely to play an important role in a low-carbon future, but their global production has not yet been traded on an equal and harmonised basis at the international level. ISO is now working on a series of International Standards on solid biofuel specifications and classes.


Biofuel crops on photovoltaic farms

22 April, 2014

Scientists from Stanford University have created a model for solar farms that co-locates crops and solar panels, resulting in a harvest of biofuel plants along with solar energy.


Communities could drive the switch to clean energy

17 April, 2014

A senior researcher at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) has claimed that Australia will continue to lag behind other countries in heeding the UN's call to switch to clean sources of energy - unless the burgeoning community energy sector is allowed to thrive.


Perth Wave Energy Project closer to completion

10 April, 2014

Carnegie Wave Energy has revealed three CETO 5 buoyant actuators to be used in its Perth Wave Energy Project (PWEP) - the first operating wave energy array project in the world and the first to produce both clean energy and fresh water.


Engineers called on to lead the battle against climate change

08 April, 2014

The incoming president of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Professor Geoff Maitland, is calling on engineers to take a leading role in the battle against climate change and the transition to low-carbon, renewable energies.


Burkert sponsors hydrogen electric race car

08 April, 2014

Fluid technology specialist Burkert has provided a fluid control system for the fuel cell stack of the hydrogen electric race car 'Forze VI', built by students of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.


Producing bioethanol without enzymes

03 March, 2014

Researchers from Denmark and Iraq have developed a technique to produce second-generation biofuel without the use of expensive enzymes.


Powering batteries with protons and hydrogen

29 January, 2014

Researchers at RMIT University have developed a concept battery based on storing protons produced by splitting water, thus advancing the potential for hydrogen to replace lithium as an energy source in battery-powered devices.


Atlas Copco helps turn Nottingham's waste into energy

21 January, 2014

UK waste management company FCC Environment is using the latest energy-efficient compressor and filtration solutions from Atlas Copco to help turn waste into energy at its Nottingham waste processing site.


Biogas powers beer brewing in Central America

07 January, 2014

Latin American beer-brewing company Compañía Cervecera de Nicaragua (CCN) is employing technology which can convert food and beverage wastewater to green energy.


EET turbine testing centre established

13 December, 2013

Elemental Energy Technologies (EET), supported by ATSA Defence Services, has been testing a new type of turbine at its Endurance Testing Centre at the Eraring Power Station, Lake Macquarie, NSW.


Dong Energy and Schneider Electric to provide renewable energy to remote islands

10 December, 2013

Northern European energy company Dong Energy has entered into a technological and commercial partnership with energy management specialist Schneider Electric. The aim of the agreement is to enable electric network operators of remote or isolated island grids to increase the share of renewable energy used while maintaining grid stability and reliability.


Driving vehicle emissions standards in Australia

02 December, 2013 by Meg Argyriou*

Currently, there are over 15 million passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Australia, and 1 million new cars are bought every year, making us the 11th largest car market in the world. Unfortunately, new cars, which are manufactured or sold in Australia, are particularly inefficient by world standards, in part due to a lack of strong vehicle emissions standards.


Pig waste powers UK homes

28 November, 2013

Organic waste, produced by pigs on a farm in Leicestershire, UK, is helping to power an estimated 700 homes and reduce landfill waste by 18,000 tonnes each year. The pig waste, combined with other food waste, is being used to produce biogas capable of generating the equivalent of around 1.2 MW of electricity.


On-site nitrogen generation enhances production at winery

23 October, 2013

In 2006, Robert Oatley established Robert Oatley Vineyards to serve as the family's winemaking headquarters. During a support visit to the winery, Matthew Broadbent, the senior sales engineer in NSW for CAPS Australia, noticed that the winery was using bottled nitrogen for some of the company's processes.


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