Baiada Poultry running on biogas

Poultry manufacturer Baiada Poultry is to apply circular industry principles to both its Tamworth and Newcastle, New South Wales operations with plans to recover Biogas produced from its wastewater recovery systems. This follows in the footsteps of the company’s Griffith facility which reduced its carbon footprint while simultaneously transforming what was once considered waste into…

Townsville vanadium battery electrolyte facility opens

Miner and manufacturer Vecco Group has officially opened its Townsville facilty to manufacture electrolyte for vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (pictured) was on hand for the opening and went on social media to call it a ‘big win for Queensland’. Palaszczuk said: “We officially opened Vecco Group’s Vanadium Battery Manufacturing Facility,…

ARENA backs sustainable aviation fuels industry

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will invest $30 million to support development of a domestic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry based on conversion of agricultural feedstocks. Announcing the programme the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen said that a homegrown SAF industry could help decarbonise the hard-to-abate aviation sector and create thousands…

Scientists build 3D bio-engineered cornea

University scientists have succeeded in producing a prototype 3D bio-engineered cornea (pictured) as a potential surgical replacement for patients suffering diminished vision and even blindness. A research team led by the University of Sydney’s Professor Gerard Sutton, with researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW) has produced a prototype with the structural strength that has…

Boral joins councils in recycled rubber asphalt demonstration project

Building and construction products manufacturer Boral has taken part in the largest crumbed rubber asphalt demonstration project in Australia, providing 2,000 tonnes of pavement material in addition to 1,200 tonnes of controlled asphalt mix to be paved across eight local Sydney council streets. Comprising recycled rubber from end-of-life car and truck tyres, crumbed rubber asphalt…

Modscape to double output of pre-fab buildings

Pre-fabricated home manufacturer Modscape plans to double output with a new factory which began construction this week at Essendon Fields in Melbourne. The project includes a purpose built 20,000 square metre manufacturing facility for Modscape which has designed and constructed over 500 projects in residential, health and aged care, education, infrastructure, retail, hospitality, sports and…