Two Goldfields-based projects have been offered grants worth more than $2.6 million in the first round of the McGowan Government’s $19 million Clean Energy Future Fund. The projects will create up to 400 jobs and generate 77,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity each year – enough to power 15,000 houses and save 53,000 tonnes of … Continue reading Clean energy projects to lower emissions and create jobs →

Earlier this month, in a state government press statement, it has been reported taht the Queensland is at the forefront of a new project that could change the way biosecurity emergency responses are managed. Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said the Queensland Government will co-fund an … Continue reading Qld gov funds world’s first biosecurity virtual laboratory →

Twenty-three small and medium businesses will share in more than $2 million from the Morrison Government to test their great ideas on how to improve the natural environment. The latest round of the Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) is supporting the early-stage development of solutions to tackle five specific government policy and service delivery … Continue reading Government grants helping to develop innovative ideas in SMEs →

Minister for Transport and City Services, Chris Steel said the ACT Government is exploring opportunities to partner with providers on this transformation of the ACT’s bus fleet and is keen to hear from all parts of industry to inform the future procurement of the 90 battery electric buses in mid-2021. “Transport is the ACT largest … Continue reading ACT gov announces market sounding for 90 electric buses →

The outlook for Australia’s resource and energy exports has improved over the past three months, as global economic activity rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, with resources and energy exports to remain robust after earning a record $291 billion in 2019–20. The December Resources and Energy Quarterly forecasts resources and energy exports will earn $279 billion for … Continue reading Resources and energy exports remain robust, according to federal government →

The Australian Government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced that it will jointly fund a new technical feasibility study into using an underground coal mine as part of a Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) scheme in New South Wales. On behalf of the Australian Government, ARENA will provide $995,000 in funding … Continue reading A second life for coal mines through pumped hydro and renewable energy →

Vena Energy Australia has achieved financial close for Queensland’s biggest battery energy storage system (BESS), capable of discharging up to 100 megawatts (MW) and storing 150 megawatt hours of energy, equivalent to powering up to 57,000 Australian homes. Construction of the $120 million Wandoan South BESS commenced in October, after awarding the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to Doosan … Continue reading Vena Energy Australia achieves financial close for QLD’s biggest energy storage system →

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The Queensland state government will trial five Hyundai NEXO hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs), with hydrogen manufactured by BOC Australia. Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen and Minister for Public Works and Procurement, Mick de Brenni, said the three-year trial would help underpin the development of the state’s domestic hydrogen industry. “This trial will accelerate … Continue reading Qld government launches three-year trial of hydrogen vehicles →

The Moorabool Wind Farm in central Victoria has begun transmitting energy to the National Electricity Market following the installation of 104 wind turbines last week. Goldwind Australia’s Senior Project Manager, Dusan Hadzi-Nikolov said was a significant milestone for the project that saw a high level of community involvement and local benefits. “Moorabool Wind Farm saw … Continue reading Moorabool Wind Farm complete, sending power to Victorian energy grid →

The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), developed and operated by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, mapped approximately three million galaxies in just 300 hours. The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey is like a Google map of the Universe where most of the millions of star-like points on the map are distant galaxies – about a … Continue reading Australian telescope creates a new atlas of the Universe →

On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $12.9 million in funding to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) for the development of a major Victorian Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Marketplace trial named Project Edge. Based in the Hume region of north east Victoria, the $28 million project … Continue reading Distributed energy marketplace trial giving consumers an edge →

The federal government and Victorian government are announcing the first stage of a part agreement, with the first part supporting a key transmission project that will deliver more affordable and reliable electricity for Victorians. Under this agreement, the Commonwealth and Victorian governments will jointly underwrite early works to progress the Victoria to New South Wales … Continue reading Fed gov and Vic gov agreement for cheap and reliable energy in Victoria →

ARENA announced last week $341,990 in funding to Diffuse Energy Pty Ltd (Diffuse Energy) to demonstrate the effectiveness of its innovative micro wind turbine technology for use on off-grid telecommunications towers and broader remote applications. As part of the $922,307 project, the Newcastle-based startup will install its small wind turbines at 10 off-grid telecommunications towers … Continue reading Small wind turbines offer a big solution for telecommunications →

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has signed an agreement with U.S.-based GTI, a leader in the development and deployment of technology solutions to address energy and environmental challenges, to join a Joint Industry Program on the development of a supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power plant that could assist mining companies to reach large renewable energy targets. When … Continue reading CSIRO signs new agreement with US partners for a transformational power generation technology →

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $2.9 million for AGL Energy Services (AGL) to undertake a large scale electric vehicle (EV) charging trial across New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia. As part of the $8.25 million trial, AGL will recruit 300 EV owners to demonstrate a range of smart and managed … Continue reading $2.9 million for AGL to undertake a large scale EV charging trial across multiple states →

The year’s top engineering people and projects have been named at the Engineers Australia National Pinnacles Awards virtual ceremony. Awards presented included the National Engineer of the Year, Young Engineer of the Year and the Sir William Hudson Award – the highest accolade which an engineering project can receive from Engineers Australia. Engineers Australia CEO Dr … Continue reading Australia’s top engineering award winners announced →

Western Sydney University researchers have been awarded a ‘Global-X’ research grant worth US$45,944 from the United States Office of Naval Research Global to lead an exciting new project utilising world-first event-based underwater sensing technology. Lead researchers, Dr Moritz Milde, and Associate Professor Gregory Cohen from the University’s International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS), have successfully developed event-based sensing … Continue reading Western Sydney Uni research team gets grant to develop world first event-based underwater sensing technology →

The South Australian government has signed a new energy supply contract that will help with the COVID recovery, create 800 construction jobs and make electricity cleaner, cheaper, and more secure. In a decade-long deal with South Australian company ZEN Energy, the contract has also secured construction of South Australia’s largest solar farm and the state’s … Continue reading New contractor to deliver big solar farm and battery in SA →

The federal government and the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) are continuing to ensure that support is provided to Australian households and small businesses experiencing financial hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In recognition of the significant impact the pandemic is having on the lives of all Australians, the Government, through the AER, has set strong … Continue reading Ongoing support for energy users during COVID-19 by federal government →