Bondi wastewater plant powered by 100% renewable energy
06 July, 2016 | Supplied by: Sydney Water CorporationThe Bondi Wastewater Treatment Plant is now producing enough renewable energy from waste to power 100% of the plant.
Consent secured for Townsville solar farm
06 July, 2016 | Supplied by: ESCO AustraliaESCO Pacific has secured planning consent for the development of a 135 MW solar farm near Townsville — an area which receives high solar irradiance and an average 320 days of sunshine annually.
Poland's largest waste-to-power plant completed
05 July, 2016POSCO E&C has successfully completed construction and trial operations of a waste-to-power plant in the Polish city of Krakow, valued at $250 million.
The environmental impact of Australian pork production
05 July, 2016The Pork CRC has conducted what is claimed to be the first comprehensive study using life-cycle assessment (LCA) to benchmark greenhouse gas emissions from pork across the full production system.
DeGrussa off-grid solar project now fully operational
30 June, 2016The end of May marked a major milestone in off-grid renewables, with a pioneering solar and battery storage project in remote Western Australia becoming fully operational.
HYDAC Optimicron filter element range
27 June, 2016 | Supplied by: HYDAC InternationalHYDAC has launched the Optimicron filter element range, enabling considerable energy savings for fluid oil systems. The design emphasis on the filter media pack is on minimal energy consumption combined with a high level of fluid cleanliness and extended service life.
Solar aircraft crosses the Atlantic
24 June, 2016 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty LtdSolar Impulse, the solar aircraft created by Swiss explorers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, has completed a 71-hour transatlantic flight from New York to Seville.
Call for Australian standards for battery storage
24 June, 2016The Energy Networks Association has made a submission to Standards Australia urging the authority to develop comprehensive standards that ensure the safety and interoperability of residential and small commercial battery storage systems.
Untapped opportunity with solar PV recycling
22 June, 2016The potential of materials recovered from end-of-life solar PV panels could exceed US$15 billion (78 million tonnes) globally by 2050, according to a report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency and the International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme.
Phoenix Contact Solarcheck RSD photovoltaic panel shutdown
22 June, 2016 | Supplied by: Phoenix Contact Pty LtdThe Solarcheck RSD photovoltaic panel shutdown from Phoenix Contact independently puts photovoltaic rooftop systems into a safe state, protecting personnel from electric shock during installation and maintenance or in dangerous situations.
Lighting technologies in the spotlight of government's energy-efficient program
21 June, 2016The Lighting Council Australia has welcomed the government’s announcement today to focus on lighting as a priority area under the Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Program.
High-voltage batteries now compatible with solar inverter solution
17 June, 2016 | Supplied by: SolarEdge Technologies (Australia) Pty LtdSolarEdge Technologies and LG Chem Ltd have announced the compatibility of SolarEdge's StorEdge inverter solutions and LG Chem's high-voltage RESU10H and RESU7H batteries.
Could renewables be the next job boom for Australia?
17 June, 2016New research by EY and the Climate Council has found building 50% renewables by 2030 would create more than 28,000 jobs nationally.
Schneider Electric hits top 10 in Newsweek Global Green Ranking 2016
16 June, 2016 | Supplied by: Clipsal - by Schneider ElectricSchneider Electric has announced its presence in the Newsweek Global Green Ranking 2016, the global listing of the world's most environmentally friendly corporations.
Councils are missing out on lower-cost clean energy solutions
16 June, 2016 | Supplied by: Clean Energy Finance CorporationAustralian councils are missing out on lower-cost clean energy solutions, leading to unnecessarily high operating costs, as well as higher carbon emissions — according to a newly released Market Report by the CEFC.
