Better storage might give hydrogen the edge as renewable car fuel
In the race for greener fuel, a major roadblock for hydrogen is the need for safer, more economical storage. Researchers ...
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Could cars and air conditioners harvest fuel from thin air?
Researchers and startups are working out how petrol-fuelled vehicles and air conditioners can suck carbon dioxide out of the air ...
Australia makes moves to become a major battery technology exporter
Expanding Australia’s battery manufacturing industry could deliver $2.5 billion in benefits to the Australian economy over the next 15 years.
Researchers find new way of extracting green hydrogen from seawater
US researchers have developed a prototype system that uses solar power to convert water from the ocean into hydrogen and ...
How a tiny device could help the LNG industry avoid costly shutdowns
Western Australian engineers have produced an innovative technology for the oil and gas industry that has relevance around the world.
Graphene: Engineering the ‘wonder material’ to live up to the hype
Electronics engineer Francesca Iacopi is intent on taking innovative 2D materials like graphene out of the lab and into the ...
Victoria pursues a clean energy future with its first grid-scale battery
The Victorian Government has launched the state’s first large-scale lithium-ion battery, which has the capacity to power more than 20,000 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
Investment in hydrogen could make it a major clean energy export
With multiple projects in the pipeline and an Australian-Japanese energy pact that includes hydrogen production, the gas has promising export ...
