World-first Australian project repurposing mine pits for pumped hydro
Construction is underway on an innovative engineering project that will turn two retired mining pits in Queensland into a pumped ...
Tag: renewable energy
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 ...
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 ...
‘Solar sponge’ aims to transform home battery market
Australian engineers have designed the world’s first integrated hybrid hydrogen battery that combines with rooftop solar to deliver sustainable, reliable ...
Novel approaches needed to bring renewables to regional communities
Ahead of her presentation at the Climate Smart Engineering conference, Aurecon Mechanical Engineer Theresa Tian Qin shares a novel approach ...
This engineer wants to upcycle old PV solar panels
As Australia’s uptake of photovoltaic solar panel technology has grown over the past few decades, a new problem has come ...
Aussie startup creates world’s most efficient solar cell
The team behind Wollongong-based SunDrive has created a commercial-sized silicon solar cell with 25.54 per cent efficiency using copper instead ...
How Australian engineer Martin Green transformed the world’s renewable power
A world struggling to meet the challenges of climate change is more in need than ever of smart thinking about ...
Why engineers are key in the transition to a sustainable future
A new engineering discipline developed by a renewable energy expert aims to make transitioning to a sustainable future as routine ...
How renewable energy industrial precincts could help power the future
“In the past, people have been stuck on the argument that we need to choose between fossil fuels and green ...
