The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has agreed to accelerate the payment of support for the development of a plant to produce hydrogen from methane biogas being developed by Hazer Group. In 2020 Hazer and ARENA executed an agreement that will see it develop a $16.5 million commercial demonstration plant to produce low emission hydrogen .…
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Ampcontrol rebrands all its businesses Electrical engineering group Ampcontrol has rebranded its various subsidiaries to ‘meet the growth and response to industry needs for innovative power solutions and service’. Wholly owned and operated by Ampcontrol is Austech, Burn Brite, Captech, CPS National and Verico. From 1 February 2023, these businesses will be rebranded to Ampcontrol…
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Japanese energy giant Eneos has officially opened its green hydrogen production demonstration plant at Bulwer Island in Brisbane. The company will make a modest 20 kilograms of green hydrogen a day at the site, utilising its patented electrolysis technology, Direct MCH, powered by an onsite 250 kW solar PV system. The hydrogen will be produced…
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Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has met with United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo in Washington to further strengthen commercial ties, cooperation and Australia’s economic integration with the US. Husic said in a statement: “This meeting provided an opportunity to reinforce Australia as a safe, secure partner in scientific and technological collaboration.…
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A new Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group, chaired by Professor John Thwaites, will meet for the first time this month.
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One-piece carbon fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution is progressing its plans to merge with a US entity, special purpose acquisition company Twin Ridge Capital Acquisition Corp (TRCA), being recapitalised and listed in the US in the process. Carbon Revolution has said that the combined entity of the company and TRCA would be acquired by…
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By Peter Roberts Adelaide’s AML3D has built on its Australian maritime manufacturing work to sell a large-scale, industrial Arcemy ‘X-Edition 6700’ Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing metal 3D printing system (pictured) to support the US Navy’s submarine industrial base. Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing is an additive process similar to welding that will be used to produce…
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An international team led by University of Adelaide researchers have created green hydrogen from seawater by electrolysis without pre-treatment, using a non-precious and cheap catalyst, and claiming “nearly 100 per cent efficiency”.
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By Jonathan Roberts, Queensland University of Technology With generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT and StableDiffusion being the talk of the town right now, it might feel like we’ve taken a giant leap closer to a sci-fi reality where AIs are physical entities all around us. Indeed, computer-based AI appears to be advancing…
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The former Holden car assembly site at Elizabeth, South Australia has begun its newest chapter cultivating and processing mushrooms, with its operator Epicurean Food Group expecting onsite employee numbers to grow from 37 now to 350 around mid-2024. A $110 million facility is currently producing about 20 tonnes per week of gourmet mushrooms in six…
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