Grid-scale battery energy storage business Pacific Green has received a planning permit from the state government to build the planned gigawatt-scale Portland Energy Park, Victoria. According to a statement from the company on Monday, the project will be its second battery energy park in Australia, and located on Madeira Packet Road, near both the Portland…
Researchers have developed a new catalyst that Monash University says could bring zinc-air batteries “closer to real-world, grid-scale and transport uses”. According to a statement from the university on Monday, the catalyst is able to make the batteries oxygen reactions “much faster and more efficient”, and “[offer] more power, longer life and lower costs.” The…
A capital raise of $0.84 million (before costs) demonstrates growing confidence in the Felix sperm separation device, according to ASX-listed reproductive biotechnology company Memphasys. According to a statement from the company on Monday, it has successfully completed a share placement for that amount, with an additional non-renounceable rights issue to eligible shareholders potentially raising up…
An RMIT University team has developed a new building material made of just cardboard, water and soil, which they say is reusable and recyclable and combines “the durability of rammed earth with the versatility of cardboard”. According to a statement from RMIT on Monday, the team was inspired by temporary and disaster shelters, such as…
By Andrea Morello, UNSW Sydney Quantum entanglement — once dismissed by Albert Einstein as “spooky action at a distance” — has long captured the public imagination and puzzled even seasoned scientists. But for today’s quantum practitioners, the reality is rather more mundane: entanglement is a kind of connection between particles that is the quintessential feature…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Green Gravity says former Wollongong Resources coal mine to host world’s first demo deployment of “breakthrough technology” Green Gravity and Wollongong Resources have announced execution of a binding agreement for gravitational energy storage trials at the Russell Vale mine. The pair…