Sustainability
How to engineer safer, more efficient lithium batteries
With lithium-ion batteries powering personal devices from smartphones to laptops, and a growing presence in renewable energy storage and electric...
Formic acid fuel cell has got the power
A Swiss team has developed what they are claiming is the world’s first integrated power supply unit that can produce...
Divining water from the desert air
Globally, two billion people are without clean, safe drinking water. Could a material that can extract drinking water from desert...
Engineers are key to implementing the National Energy Guarantee
The National Energy Guarantee has been touted as the “game-changer” that will keep the lights on, reduce emissions and reduce...
Innovative renewable energy project takes advantage of Queensland’s natural resources
A century after the heyday of North Queensland’s Kidston gold mine, it is set to yield another precious commodity: a...
Energy security will be a powerful issue in the upcoming SA election
Eighteen months after the blackouts that prompted the Finkel Review of the national grid, energy security is a hot topic...
The surprising effect better pipe design will have on energy bills
You probably don’t give much thought to the water running through your pipes, but it takes a surprisingly high amount...
Remote communities finding success with renewable energy tech
The rise of renewable energy is providing new opportunities for Indigenous businesses and remote communities.
This photosynthesising wallpaper gives new meaning to the term ‘green energy’
A new development by UK researchers could provide wall-to-wall renewable energy for future homes.
WA wages war on plastic waste with its first PET recycling plant
Perth-based mechanical engineer Darren Lomman is working to stop plastic waste ending up in our oceans, one PET bottle at...
