The fourth Emissions Reduction Fund auction is coming
30 August, 2016 by Mike Ritchie, Director, MRA Consulting | Supplied by: MRA Consulting GroupThe fourth Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auction has recently been announced. This matters immensely for the waste and local government sectors.
Verifying power plant emissions
30 August, 2016 | Supplied by: GNS SciencePower plants that underestimate their greenhouse gas emissions could soon be exposed, thanks to New Zealanders who have found a way to verify power plants' self-reported emissions simply by looking at the grass growing nearby.
Get with the energy-efficient program
29 August, 2016A European research project led by Chalmers University of Technology has launched a set of tools that will make computer systems more energy efficient.
Evergen and CSIRO partner on home energy management system
26 August, 2016Evergen has launched what is said to be Australia's first intelligent home energy management system, with the investment and technical backing of AMP Capital and CSIRO.
Research and development — accelerating large-scale solar growth in Australia
24 August, 2016 by Nick Morley, First Solar Project Engineer for Asia Pacific | Supplied by: First Solar (Australia) Pty LtdAs part of an accelerating trend in sustainable development, the world now adds more renewable energy capacity than fossil fuel generation annually. With solar photovoltaics (PV) solutions leading the charge, the primary drivers of this transformation have been positive policy conditions in key markets and dramatic reductions in the installed cost per unit energy of PV technologies.
Propeller Aero AeroPoints ground control points for drone surveying
24 August, 2016 | Supplied by: Propeller AeroPropeller Aero has announced the launch of AeroPoints — smart ground control points that make it easy for anyone to capture survey-accurate mapping using drones.
Solar and storage in regional Queensland
23 August, 2016Conergy will soon begin construction of an Australian solar and storage project, designed to consistently feed renewable energy into the grid and demonstrate the capability for large-scale solar and storage to provide reliable future power quality and supply at a fringe-of-grid location.
Network Technologies IPDU-S2 Series remote power control units
22 August, 2016 | Supplied by: Interworld Electronics and Computer IndustriesThe ENVIROMUX IPDU series remote power control units allow the user to remotely reboot and control up to eight servers or other powered devices from any location via secure web interface, RS232, SSH or Telnet.
Climate Neutral Now gains first Australian signatory
19 August, 2016 | Supplied by: Conversio Pty LtdConversio has become the first Australian company to sign the pledge to join the Climate Neutral Now initiative, led by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat.
Egg producer invests in biogas plant
16 August, 2016Colombian egg producer Incubadora Santander has recruited WELTEC BIOPOWER to build an anaerobic digestion plant which will utilise dry chicken manure and process water for co-digestion, enabling the 800 kW biogas plant to operate without the purchase of any additional substrate.
Fourth Emissions Reduction Fund auction to be held in November
16 August, 2016The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) will hold the fourth Emissions Reduction Fund auction from 16–17 November. The auction format will remain largely unchanged from previous auctions, though the auction guidelines give the CER some additional flexibility to choose the volume of offered abatement it will accept.
Sustainable apartments to be powered by shared solar
03 August, 2016A Western Australian property group is aiming to deliver the most sustainable apartment development in the state while also becoming the first developer in Australia to utilise shared solar technology in a strata setting.
Symposium to discuss changes in biofuels legislation
03 August, 2016 | Supplied by: Biofuels Association of AustraliaThe 2016 National Biofuels Symposium will take place in the midst of several major changes to the industry.
Rowing club goes solar
02 August, 2016 | Supplied by: Redback Technologies AustraliaRedback Technologies' Smart Hybrid Solar Inverter System has been selected to optimise the energy use of Torrens Rowing Club as part of the club's long-term strategy to operate sustainably in the future.
Atlas Copco SmartLink remote monitoring system
01 August, 2016 | Supplied by: Atlas Copco Compressors AustraliaSmartLink is Atlas Copco's flexible solution for data monitoring. The product brings system-relevant data to the user's mobile phone, smartphone and PC.
