Energy

Salt-based battery a leap for green energy

10 October, 2012

Murdoch University researchers have come up with a potential solution to one of sustainable energy’s greatest challenges: power storage for use in non-generation times.


Schneider Electric Australia launches PlantStruxure at 2012 User Conference

10 October, 2012

Schneider Electric today launched PlantStruxure at its User Conference on the Gold Coast. The process automation technology allows industrial and infrastructure companies to transparently connect field, process and enterprise levels within their business.


Partnership boosts research on new-generation biofuels

09 October, 2012

RMIT University has signed a multimillion-dollar partnership with World Wide Carbon Credits Australia to develop an algae-based biofuel at a commercial scale.


Dwyer Series TIC thermal imaging camera

07 October, 2012 | Supplied by: Dwyer Omega (Aust) Pty Ltd

The Dwyer Series TIC thermal imaging camera allows users to see heat contrasts to prevent plant equipment failures, detect air leaks in buildings and many more applications.


GE LED Snowcone A19 lamp

06 October, 2012 | Supplied by: GE Lighting

GE Lighting has launched the LED Snowcone A19, an LED lamp tailored for the consumer market. Customised for home lighting, consumers have a choice of a 7 or 10 W lamp, which will deliver nearly the same light output as the incandescent 40 and 60 W bulbs respectively.


RAA delivers solar data in support of the RET

05 October, 2012

The Australian Solar Council has congratulated the REC Agents Association (RAA) following the release of groundbreaking data on the cost of the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES).


Australia to join international climate coalition

04 October, 2012

Australia has announced that it will join the Climate and Clean Air Coalition - an alliance of over two dozen nations, intergovernmental organisations, the private sector and civil society, committed to rapid action to reduce short-lived but highly potent pollution caused by methane, black carbon (soot), tropospheric ozone (smog) and hydrofluorocarbons.


IKEA to convert all lighting to LED

03 October, 2012

IKEA is supporting the LED light revolution by converting its full lighting range to LED by 2016 - meaning IKEA will be selling only LED bulbs and LED lamps.


IHG establishes Australia’s first electric car network for hotels

03 October, 2012

IHG (InterContinental Hotel Groups) is the first hotel company in Australia to build an electric car charge network, connecting eight properties across the group with cutting-edge technology for a new and growing customer segment.


Most biofuels are not ‘green’, claims Empa

02 October, 2012

A new study led by Empa gives an up-to-date picture of the ecobalance of various biofuels and their production processes. The study claims that only a few biofuels are overall more environmentally friendly than petrol.


Two-thirds of the world’s new solar panels were installed in Europe in 2011

02 October, 2012

The 2012 Photovoltaics Status Report, published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, summarises and evaluates the current activities regarding manufacturing, policies and market implementation worldwide.


Helping Adelaide become Australia’s most ecologically sustainable airport

27 September, 2012

Adelaide Airport Limited (AAL) has entered into a three-year partnership with the Centre for Energy Technology (CET) at the University of Adelaide to provide valuable research support and help develop innovative clean energy solutions.


From agricultural factory to energy producer with biogas

25 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Atlas Copco Compressors Australia

Since 1752, the Wenning family in Germany has run a successful agricultural business and distillery. Thirty years ago, they took the first pioneering steps towards on-site biogas production. Together with the help of Atlas Copco, they now have evolved into an award-winning energy producer, using 50% less power than other, comparable plants.


School installs 60 kW solar PV system

24 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Autonomous Energy

Autonomous Energy has designed, installed and commissioned a 60 kW Solar PV system at Pymble Ladies’ College. The system was installed in two phases, the first phase (16 kW) was commissioned in July 2011 and the second phase (60 kW) went live in February 2012.


Renewable generation soars on high winds

19 September, 2012

Research from carbon analytics firm RepuTex shows power generation from Australia’s renewable energy sector has risen dramatically over recent months, on the back of strong winds across Australia’s eastern seaboard and reduced output from brown coal generators.


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