Sustainability
“Global benchmark” in energy storage wins top engineering award
A project offering users the chance to store and contribute electricity back to the grid has won Australia’s premier engineering...
Australian electric vehicle tech company selected for ‘game changing’ project
Brisbane-based tech company Tritium is working to change the electric vehicle marketplace by providing high-power fast charging directly from the...
Victoria boosts its renewable energy capacity with new virtual power plant
Origin Energy has recently announced it will connect more than 600 Victorian properties in a 5 MW solar virtual power...
Australians are on the job to make greener and more efficient solar cells
An Australian research team is on a mission to make renewable energy cheaper, greener and more efficient with their innovative...
Coffee grounds find a second life as biodegradable plastics
Australia's coffee habit produces a lot of grounds and a lot of cups that go to landfill. An engineering student...
This concrete block ‘battery’ could be an alternative to pumped hydro
Pumped hydro stores excess energy by pumping water uphill and releasing it to turn a turbine under gravity. A Swiss...
New innovation hub looks to solve renewable energy tech problems
Renewable energy technologies are rapidly being adopted around the world, as countries work toward achieving Paris Agreement targets
100-year-old mining tech used to recycle lithium-ion batteries
As the electric vehicle market grows and batteries reach the end of their 10-year lifespan, the world is set to...
South Australia adds solar thermal power to its energy arsenal
Port Augusta is set to get Australia’s largest solar thermal power station – and the local community couldn’t be happier....
New at-home recycling unit wants to make it easy to reuse plastics
At-home recycling plants might soon be available thanks to a new project developed by a group of Monash University students.
