Australia

The CSIRO has released a Roadmap highlighting the research required to continue Australia’s transition to a more secure and affordable electricity system, showing that innovation can drive the integration of renewables. 

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has opened its funding round for the German-Australian Hydrogen Innovation and Technology Incubator (HyGATE) to support real-world pilot, trial and demonstration projects along the hydrogen supply chain. 

Ai Group, Australia’s national employer association, has released its pre-election policy statement on Energy and Climate policies as part of a series of papers outlining policies that they are encouraging parties to support. 

Australia is exporting the world’s first shipment of liquefied hydrogen from Victoria to Japan, following the arrival of the Suiso Frontier carrier as part of the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) pilot project. 

CSIRO’s annual GenCost report has again found renewables to be the cheapest new-build electricity generation option in Australia. 

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched a new Investment Plan, setting out how ARENA will support technological innovation that will underpin Australia’s shift to net zero emissions. 

RWE Supply & Trading and Australian hydrogen project developer The Hydrogen Utility Pty Ltd (H2U) have joined forces to develop hydrogen trading between Australia and Germany and therefore signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Together, they aim to bring green hydrogen produced in Australia to Europe. This is in line with the objective of HySupply, a 24-month … Continue reading RWE and H2U join forces to develop global hydrogen trading between Australia and Germany →

Queensland company AnteoTech has won a vital European accreditation for its 15-minute COVID-19 rapid test. AnteoTech now has Conformitè Europëenne Mark registration for its innovative point-of-care COVID-19 antigen rapid test platform, EuGeni. This meets crucial health and safety conditions in Europe and the United Kingdom. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Queensland Government was proud to … Continue reading AnteoTech’s rapid Covid-19 test gets European accreditation →

The SA Government and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to study the feasibility of exporting green hydrogen made in SA to Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port. This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) connects some of the world’s most ambitious players in the hydrogen economy and renewable energy. South Australia is a … Continue reading Feasibility study on export of SA green hydrogen to Rotterdam →

The world’s largest hydrogen export demonstration project has reached a major milestone, with hydrogen production successfully commencing at a dedicated facility in the Latrobe Valley. Minister for Economic Development Tim Pallas today joined J-Power and other Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) Pilot Project partners at the coal gasification and hydrogen refining facility at AGL’s Loy … Continue reading Hydrogen production success for world first project →

Queensland’s next generation of science and technology entrepreneurs are being “incubated” at Ipswich Grammar, thanks to a $10.5 million cutting-edge facility officially opened today. Education Minister Grace Grace joined local Member for Ipswich Jen Howard MP and school officials to celebrate the opening of a new science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) centre. “Young Queenslanders … Continue reading IGS tech centre build next gen entrepreneurs →

Gladstone is fast on its way to becoming a renewable hydrogen superpower, with the proposed hydrogen plant project hitting milestones ahead of schedule. Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen Mick de Brenni said the Queensland state government was investing more than $1.7 million into the project to drive the hydrogen industry forward and create highly … Continue reading Hydrogen to power homes, industry and backyard BBQs in Gladstone →

In a press statement by the NSW government, local jobs and manufacturing opportunities in the renewable energy industry are set to boom following the launch of the NSW’s first Renewable Energy Sector Board , unveiled by the state government this week. Energy Minister Matt Kean said the Renewable Energy Sector Board will play a key … Continue reading Renewable Energy Sector Board to boost local manufacturing and jobs →

Elbit Systems of Australia, an innovative technology company with the vision to produce Australian technology to support Australian defence and emergency services, has launched a Melbourne-based Human and Machine Teaming Centre of Excellence in a partnership with the Victorian Government. Elbit Systems of Australia managing director, Major General (ret’d) Paul McLachlan AO, CSC was pleased … Continue reading Elbit launches Victorian research centre for AI, autonomy and robotics →

Woodside Energy’s H2TAS renewable hydrogen project is a strong sign of the interest and potential in the development of a renewable hydrogen industry in Tasmania. The proposal by Woodside, partnering with Countrywide Renewable Energy, is one of just seven projects shortlisted for Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) $70 million Renewable Hydrogen Deployment Funding Round. This … Continue reading Good potential for Tasmanian renewable hydrogen industry →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →