CEA Technologies signs $90 million loan to aid expansion
Radar and communications specialist CEA Technologies has signed the first contract under the Defence Export Facility.
New report calculates value added by Australian chemical manufacturing vs LNG
Research released on Tuesday by Chemistry Australia estimates the chemical sector’s annual economic contribution to Australia as $37.7 billion and 212,000 full-time jobs, and found that each petajoule it uses creates 33 times more value than the LNG industry and 68 times more value than if that gas was used to create power.
Solar-powered furniture offers off-grid connection
South Australian outdoor furniture brand Sedi has developed bespoke benches and shelter options for smart cities and regional areas.
Leigh Creek Energy to produce synthetic gas in China
Leigh Creek Energy’s (ASX: LCK) success in in-situ coal gassification (ISG) at its South Australian coal deposit has allowed it to take its processes to China where it will be used to turn coal into hydrogen. The company announced today it had signed a heads of agreement with China New Energy (CNE) to form a…
CRC-P applications open for $20 million in plastic recycling tech grants
Applications for plastic recycling grants worth $20 million, originally announced during the federal election campaign, have been opened today.
ETSI moves to standardise IoT for emergency comms
By Stuart Corner of IoT Australia ETSI has taken its first steps towards developing standards for IoT applications in emergency communications, issuing a report that looks at how IoT can be used in all types of emergency situations, such as emergency calling and mission critical communications. It also envisages a new use case: automated emergency…
Perth vrs Adelaide in submarine maintenance battle
The South Australian Premier, Steven Marshall has gone to war with his Western Australian counterpart, Mark McGowan, over $8 billion worth of submarine maintenance work. McGowan has taken public a battle to take from Adelaide deep maintenance work on the Collins class submarines. But while the Collins submarines were originally built in Adelaide, they are…