Federal government lowers fees for offshore wind developers The federal government said on Tuesday that it’s “cutting financial burdens and red tape for offshore wind development”, and for the next two years will reduce application fees for transmission and infrastructure licences from $300,000 to $150,000. According to a statement from energy minister Chris Bowen, fees…
Turbine Solutions is the third company to get backing via the Western Australian Government’s Wind Energy Manufacturing Co-Investment Program, receiving $453,230 in support. According to a statement on Wednesday from the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC), which administers the program, the co-investment will support the company’s transition into the wind energy sector. It will also…
UNSW researchers have developed a novel, water-based spray coating that makes cotton materials slower to catch fire, though “without altering the fabric’s softness or breathability”. According to a statement from the university on Wednesday, the formula has been developed over two years by a team led by Professor Guan Yeoh, and has been supported through…
The federal government has announced funding budgeted at $1.1 billion “to help unlock the vast economic opportunities” offered by low-carbon liquid fuels, and claiming that the nation “has the ingredients needed to make cleaner liquid alternatives to fossil fuels” made from materials such as agricultural waste. Citing Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) estimates, the government…
A new project aiming to improve how women “are hired, supported at work, and promoted into leadership roles” at manufacturing companies has been launched at the Central Coast. According to a statement from skills minister Andrew Giles (pictured) and others on Tuesday, the ManufactHER: Empowering Women, Transforming Advanced Manufacturing project is being delivered and led…
Manufacturing activity is back in contractionary territory, according to the quarterly ACCI-Westpac Survey of Industrial Trends, reflecting “broad-based softness across output, new orders and [the] labour market”. According to a statement from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday, the Actual Composite result in the survey slipped from 51.5 in Q2 to 48.8…
Haigh’s Chocolates, the 110-year-old, family-owned maker of premium chocolate products, has officially opened its new $120 million, 18,000 square metre facility at Adelaide’s Salisbury South. Construction of the new production, warehouse and online fulfillment facility was announced in late-2023. The now-opened site represents the company’s biggest-ever single investment, is currently producing 1,100 tonnes of chocolate…
Australian researchers have identified “a new kind of carbon-based material” allowing supercapacitors to store as much energy as lead-acid batteries while also performing better than conventional batteries at delivering power quickly. According to a statement from the university on Tuesday, the results are “a major leap forward” for fast, powerful energy storage devices, and are…
Ground has been broken on DHL Supply Chain Australia’s upcoming transport and warehousing facility at Edinburgh Park, South Australia, which is being built by FDC. The site will consolidate three of the company’s existing facilities into one central depot, and serve customers in retail, technology, consumer, life sciences and healthcare. It will act as the…
Advanced Navigation to expand with global centres of excellence Australian autonomy equipment business Advanced Navigation says it will expand to establish PNT (positioning navigation and timing) centres of excellence across the United States and Europe, beginning with a new site in United Kingdom. According to a statement from the company last week, the inaugural centre…