Melbourne-based electric motorcycle manufacturer Savic Motorcycles is seeking investment ahead of production of its C-Series, which was awarded Australian Design Rules (ADR) certification in December. On Thursday morning Savic told those on its mailing list that it has “decided to extend our capital raising through Equitise, the renowned crowdfunding platform, so that you, our supporters…
CSIRO releases new renewable storage roadmap Storage of renewable energy will be “essential” to Australia reaching net zero transition and will require significant investment, according to a roadmap released by the national science agency, CSIRO, on Wednesday. The Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap shows that the national electricity market (NEM) could require a 10 to 14-fold…
The federal government has announced approximately $3.2 million in matched funding to six defence industry SMEs. The grants came through two programs, Defence Global Competitiveness and Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority. According to industry minister Pat Conroy, the grants would help provide “the opportunity to deliver cutting-edge manufacturing and maintenance capabilities” to the Australian Defence Force…
Group 6 Metals and Fortescue Future Industries have announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding, enabling the pair to explore using renewable energy, heat energy and hydrogen at the Dolphin Tungsten Mine on King Island, Tasmania. Group 6 is currently redeveloping the mine, which it owns 100 per cent of, and which has been closed since…
Apprentice numbers on the rise The latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) show there were 402,245 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 30 September 2022, 14 per cent higher than at the same time in 2021. The figures, in the report Apprentices and trainees 2022: September quarter, also show apprentice…
By Sam John, The University of Melbourne Since it was founded in 2016, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) company Neuralink has had its moments in biotech news. Whether it was the time Musk promised his “link” would let people communicate telepathically, or when the whole company was under investigation for potentially violating the Animal Welfare…
Precision fermentation company Cauldron has announced $10.5 million in funding, which it says is one of the largest seed rounds by an Australian company with a female founder. Cauldron currently runs a pilot-scale plant at Orange, and says the new capital will support increased production there and plans to operate “Asia-Pacific’s largest network of precision…
By Andre Saraiva Once I heard of the death of Dr Gordon Moore (right), one of the founders of Intel, I immediately went back to read his famous 1965 article written for Electronics. I remembered the first time I read this article and how it felt like it was written by a time traveller. Firstly because…
FYI Resources begins high purity alumina production FYI Resources and its partner Alcoa has begun an extended production run at its pilot plant facility of high purity alumina (HPA) to be tested by potential customers. HPA, which is used in battery manufacture and in synthetic sapphire to manufacture substrates for LED lights and semiconductor wafers,…
A new QBuild Rapid Accommodation and Apprenticeship Centre at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, where an intake of 30 new apprentices across five trade types are being trained, was officially opened on Monday morning. QBuild is a business unit of the state government, delivering construction and maintenance services and training young people. Work is currently underway at…
