Sustainability
WED22: Exploring concentrated solar thermal power
Why would energy companies choose concentrated solar thermal over the more traditional photovoltaic solar? It’s not that one is better...
AI is playing a role in preserving the world’s natural habitats
Disappearing some three times faster than forests, wetlands are earth’s most threatened ecosystem. A tool from Melbourne Water aims to...
This Australian-developed stationary battery is safer and greener than its competitors
This Australian company has developed a stationary battery that is greener, safer, and potentially even cheaper than its competitors.
What engineers can do to make the next decade count
With the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow recently calling on all nations to strengthen their emissions reduction targets...
Engineers needed in Australia’s energy transition
Australia has the resources to become a renewable energy powerhouse, but transitioning to a clean energy future requires a national...
Rising risk: the danger of doing nothing on climate change
“Climate action failure,” said Emilio Granados Franco, “is an existential threat to humanity that is going to start showing its...
‘We’re short of leaders and trees’: Paul Polman’s sobering speech spurs action from engineers
It was 2.30 am in Dubai when Paul Polman, Co-Founder and Chair of IMAGINE, delivered an alarming wake up call...
How Sydney Water uses partnerships to create a greener future
Sydney Water serves more than five million customers every day using a water and wastewater network of more than 47,000...
Australian students win Elon Musk’s carbon removal competition
Three Australian university teams have been awarded US$250,000 (AU$338,000) in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Student Competition.
This $30 billion project plans to power Singapore with Australian solar
The multi-gigawatt Australia-Asia PowerLink is a high-capacity solar generation, storage and transmission system that will transmit large volumes of renewable...
