CSIRO and corporate advisor RFC Ambrian have co-founded Hadean Energy to commercialise novel technology that is claimed to produce hydrogen with 30 per cent less electricity than traditional methods. CSIRO will trial the technology at BlueScope Steel’s Port Kembla Steelworks to demonstrate the equipment at pilot scale in an industrial environment. CSIRO’s tubular solid oxide…
Western Australia is a step closer to the creation of a large-scale green hydrogen hub with bp completing its concept development phase study into its energy hub H2Kwinana. The hub is supported by the WA government’s $180 million investment in renewable hydrogen, and funding from the federal government’s Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs programme. Hubs have…
A big electric passenger and vehicle ferry needs a big battery – and electric vessels don’t come much bigger than leading Tasmanian ferry builder Incat’s ferry being built for South American customer, Buquebus. The 130 metre long catamaran ‘utility Ro-Pax’ design (pictured) announced in January will be capable of carrying up to 2,100 passengers and…
Eco Detection was a recent Top 10 Gold award winner in this title’s Australia’s 50 most innovative manufacturers campaign. Brent Balinski visited their Melbourne factory to learn about what drives their innovation program, and the role of local suppliers, customers and researchers in this. The story of Eco Detection – which makes “lab in…
International Graphite has received works approval from the Western Australian Government to install new graphite micronising equipment at the company’s downstream research and development facility at Collie in the state’s south-west. The equipment is in transit from North America and is expected to arrive at Fremantle Port next month for installation at the company’s downstream…
Industrial technologies developer Calix has reported strong FY23 results underpinned by its traditional water treatment business and novel technologies that have positioned it as a leader in decarbonisation of the cement sector, lithium processing and advanced battery materials. The company reported revenue up 43 percent to $29.6 million underpinned by its US and Asia Pacific…
The CSIRO has been named a Supplier of the Year by the world’s largest aerospace company, Boeing, for the fifth time since 2010. CSIRO had previously won at the 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2010 iterations of the supplier recognition program. This year it was one of 12 award winners — which were mainly from the…
Satellite communications SME Blacktree Technology has credited “increasing and diverse European demand” for an almost 400 per cent growth in export revenues in the last financial year to approximately $1.2 million. These contracts “represent the largest value of export sales” in the company’s history, it said on Thursday, with new partnerships formed in Italy, France…
Needle-free vaccine delivery company Vaxxas has announced it was awarded $5.4 million from charitable foundation Wellcome for initial studies and a Phase I clinical trial of a potential second-generation typhoid vaccine delivered using Vaxxas’ technology. In a statement on Thursday, the Brisbane-based clinical-stage company said the project is expected to be completed within two years,…
Packaging business Orora Beverages has unveiled a new aluminium can line at its Dandenong site, part of a round of upgrades totalling $110 million, during a visit by Victorian manufacturing minister Ben Carroll and local MP Gabrielle Williams. The line uses aluminium coil, which contains mostly recycled content, which is mechanically and chemically treated, cured…
