Horizon Power is rolling out technology to unlock access to renewables and reduce carbon emissions in microgrids across regional and remote Western Australia. 

AspiraDAC, an Australian early-scale carbon removal company, has launched with endorsement from global financial infrastructure company, Stripe, via Frontier. 

Blockchain technology researchers at Monash University from Australia and the Pacific region are among ten global winners of the Algorand Centres of Excellence (ACE) Program, sharing $71.79 million to strengthen blockchain technology, education and innovation.  

Global workplace operations company, SafetyCulture, has invested $3 million into the Australian data and IoT software company, Inauro, supporting an emerging technology that enhances frontline processes. 

The Hydrogen Knowledge Centre, part of CSIRO’s Hydrogen Industry Mission, has been designed to foster collaboration between the growing Australian hydrogen industry, government and R&D ecosystems by providing regularly updated information on policies, projects, research and resources.

Charles Darwin University (CDU) will be part of the Northern Territory’s hydrogen-fuelled future with a pilot hydrogen generator, storage and fuel-cell system to be established in Darwin. 

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $495,000 in funding to the Grid Innovation Hub at the Monash Energy Institute to conduct a desktop study exploring the integration of storage into energy markets, with an aim to design efficient incentives for storage operators to enable clearer investment signals for storage. 

Earlier this month, Indo-Pacific ministers and business leaders gathered in Sydney for a two-day forum to help secure clean energy supply chains in the region and support the global energy transformation. 

Over half (52 per cent) of Australian business leaders believe that a sustainability skills shortage is holding back their organisation’s energy transition, according to new research.

In an Australian first, Volvo Group Australia is partnering with the ACT Emergency Service Agency (ESA) to co-design and develop net zero emission operational emergency services vehicles, including a range of heavy operational support vehicles. 

The Victorian government is boosting the number of women working in solar, making the state’s rapidly growing renewables sector more diverse and helping meet skilled worker demand. 

SIMATIC S7-1200 controllers are the ideal choice when it comes to flexibly and efficiently performing automation tasks in the lower to medium performance range. They feature a comprehensive range of technological functions and integrated communication as well as especially compact and space-saving design.  

RS Components have introduced FlexiPay+: a rent to own platform that will be available to selected customers across AUS & NZ. This solution will allow approved businesses to access a huge range of products from leading global suppliers.

Industry has welcomed the upgraded Paris emissions targets, signed in June by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen. 

Cybersecurity company, Trellix, has conducted new research into the talent shortage in the industry that shows 85 per cent believe the workforce shortage is impacting organisations’ abilities to secure increasingly complex information systems and networks. 

The NSW government is funding Asset AI, a $2.9 million trial – currently involving 32 sensors installed on 32 public transport buses across Greater Sydney area – which is being led by Transport for NSW and the Roads and Transport Directorate. 

CSIRO’s annual GenCost report confirms wind and solar are the cheapest source of electricity generation and storage in Australia.

Cairns will soon be home to one of Queensland’s next electricity network-connected batteries, Energy minister Mick de Brenni announced recently. 

The fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is driving continued strong demand for Australian energy and resources used for electric vehicles, batteries and the transition to cleaner energy, as many Western nations move away from Russia to find alternative sources of supply. 

The Queensland government’s landmark Zero Emission Vehicle Strategy is revving up as new rebates and infrastructure fund opens.