By Peter Roberts There is still a degree of nostalgia among some industry observers for the days when coal fired power stations delivered Australia some of the lowest-priced electricity in the world. But just as the days of Australia’s low cost advantage are long gone so too are the odds stacking up against any future…
Industry minister Ed Husic has given the strongest indication yet that the federal government will back with cash new battery manufacturing in Australia. Speaking to the Australian Information Industry Association, Husic indicated funds would come from the government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund. One of the fund’s seven priority areas is in manufacturing renewables and…
Remote control for space incubator applications close on Friday. Applications close on Friday for a national program launched last month to incubate innovative Australian SMEs and “scale-ups” into the global space industry. The Robotics, Automation & Remote Asset Control For Space And Earth Incubator is aimed at companies keen to scale, that have solutions with…
Mining company TNG Ltd is considering using hydrogen rather than coke in the processing stream for its planned vanadium-titanium-iron project at Mount Peake in the Northern Territory. The company has engaged Metso Outotec to study ways of utilising hydrogen as a single reductant as part of TNG’s novel Tivian hydrometallurgical process flowsheet envisaged for the…
BluGlass has joined a collaborative research effort at University of California Santa Barbara dedicated to new semiconductor-based technologies. According to an announcement from the company on Wednesday, membership of the university’s Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center (SSLEEC) is invite-only. The industry-researcher group involves the university’s pre-eminent gallium nitride experts, said BlueGlass, including blue-LED…
Drone engine manufacturer Orbital Corporation is to plan an engine upgrade pathway for one of autonomous technology and drone manufacturer Anduril’s uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). The Perth company has previously been contracted to deliver a test engine to US-based Anduril under a MoU covering joint development of concepts, products and technical solutions in the uncrewed…
A new industry/academic research hub at the University of Queensland is aiming to develop Australia’s radiopharmaceutical manufacturing pipeline. In use since the 1920s, radiopharmaceuticals are an emerging medical technology that deliver radiation therapy directly to cancer cells while sparing the rest of the body from the harsh effects of cancer treatment. UQ’s Australian Institute for…
Australian fast metal additive manufacturing machine manufacturer SPEE3D has successfully printed metal parts at sea during trials aboard a US Navy ship. While SPEE3D has not revealed details of the tests which took place as a part of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Repair Technology Exercise (REPTX), US 3D print media has already covered…
University of NSW Sydney launched its new UNSW AI Institute on Tuesday, which it says will support the activities of over 300 of its academics working in AI across all of its faculties. Interim director Associate Professor Haris Aziz said the newly-launched centre was taking a synergistic approach involving activities across AI, machine learning, and…
Defence industry consultancy Nova Systems will invest an initial $2 million to establish an Australian-first Test and Evaluation Centre of Excellence to support sovereign defence capability assurance and research, digital technologies, training and ideas. CEO Jim McDowell announced the hub which will bring together Defence, industry and academia at the 2022 Systems Engineering Test and…
