Fortescue has been awarded $10 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to develop a six megawatt (MW) fast charger test unit aimed at the mining industry. The project involves building, testing and validating multiple test unit chargers with the aim to deploy the first production 6MW charger by the end of…
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Iondrive has announced a $6.1 million raise, before costs, which it says will be used for building and running a pilot plant using its novel battery recycling method, progressing industry collaborations in the key European Union and United States markets, and for general working capital. In a statement to the ASX on Tuesday, Iondrive said…
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Perth’s Hazer Group has secured a $6.2 million Western Australian government grant, enabling it to speed up the development of a commercial scale plant to produce hydrogen from biogas utilising its proprietary Hazer process. The company was awarded the grant from the state’s Lower Carbon Grants Program – Gorgon Fund which supports transformational technology platforms…
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The operator of Australia’s B-cycle battery recycling scheme, the Battery Stewardship Council (BSC), has called for government regulation to boost the country’s recycling and materials recovery efforts. The call came with the release of the B-cycle 2024 Positive Charge Report which showed 2,935 tonnes of used batteries were collected in 20241 – a 24 percent…
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Combined NSW and federal funding worth $47 million has been announced to establish the Illawarra Heavy Industry Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at TAFE NSW Wollongong, the third TAFE CoE announced for the state. According to a joint statement from the two governments on Tuesday, the upcoming facility will: Provide targeted training in traditional and emerging…
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On Monday Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic announced that the Chair of Tech Council of Australia and electric car maker Tesla would conduct a year-long Strategic Examination of Research and Development (R&D) in Australia, and why national effort has been falling. Here are Husic’s opening remarks announcing the review. “First, I just want to…
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Grants have been announced for 12 companies under the Western Australian government’s Innovation Booster Grant (IBG) and Commercialisation Bridge Grant (CBG) programs. Funding totalling $736,157 was announced on Monday by state innovation minister Stephen Dawson, made up of $380,157 to 10 IBG recipients and $356,000 to two CBG recipients. IBG funding is aimed at early-stage…
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Sparc Technologies has extended claims of improved anti-corrosive performance from solvent based coatings enhanced with graphene towards more environmentally desirable water based alternatives. The technology development company told investors that initial test work had demonstrated significant corrosion improvement in graphene enhanced water-based acrylic epoxy coatings which are experiencing strong market growth as alternatives to coatings…
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First Graphene has announced it has entered new markets in Vietnam and China for its PureGraph graphene products through distribution agreements, while also revealing maiden sales and recurring orders from a textile company in Brazil. The two new distribution agreements cover the coatings, composites, and construction materials segments across Vietnam and China, and take the…
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Japanese electronics company Omron has announced the opening of its new Oceania regional headquarters at Western Sydney University’s Engineering Innovation Hub, located at the Parramatta City Campus According to a statement from WSU on Monday, the precinct will be a regional base for Omron, which will officially launch its Proof of Concept (PoC) Centre on…
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