Laminex to conduct feasibility study for co-generation plant at Toolara
Laminex Australia has been awarded a $559,000 grant from the Queensland government to investigate waste-powered onsite energy at its Toolara site, near Gympie.
Old tyres given new life in blast-resistant walls
Tests of a spray-on product using recycled tyres are being conducted on Tuesday morning at the country’s only blast simulation facility. The National Facility for Physical Blast Simulation at the University of Wollongong is hosting trials of a sprayable version of Protectiflex, a cementitious composite material using recycled tyre rubber and fibres. The product…
Crane tech company gets $5 million venture backing, will hire three new staff
Blackbird Ventures has made a $5 million investment in West Australian crane innovator Roborigger.
Go local: how to keep the power on when disaster hits
To make the system more resilient, we need to ensure a local area can maintain power even when power is cut off elsewhere. This is feasible with microgrids.
Electric car sales tripled last year. Here’s what we can do to keep them growing
By Gail Broadbent, PhD candidate Faculty of Science UNSW, and Graciela Metternicht, Professor of Environmental Geography, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW A total of 6718 electric vehicles were sold in Australia in 2019. That’s three times as many as in 2018, but it’s still small beer. More than a million fossil-fueled light vehicles…
First fuselage for Loyal Wingman program completed
Boeing has announced completion of a fuselage structural assembly for the first of three prototypes for the Loyal Wingman program with the Royal Australian Air Force. “The partnership with Boeing is key to building our understanding of not just the operational implications for these sorts of vehicles, but also making us a smart customer…
Profiles of success: waste whisperer to begin machine manufacturing
Natural Evolution’s expertise in turning green bananas and other produce into nutritious powders has seen it move into consulting and, soon, machinery exports. Brent Balinski spoke to founder Rob Watkins.
Austal launches first of two 118 metre ferries
Austal Australia, the Australian operation of Perth international ship builder Austal Ltd, had launched the first of two 118 metre high-speed trimaran ferries under construction. Th vessel, to be known as #BajamarExpress (pictured). is being built for Fred Olsen.SA of the Canary Islands at the company’s Henderson yard south of Perth. It is the 394th…
Canberra backs coal power station study
The federal government has backed a study into the feasibility of a new coal fired power station at Collinsville in north Queensland that will very likely not get built. The $4 million study funded by the $10 million Supporting Reliable Energy Infrastructure program will support Shine Energy Pty Ltd’s feasibility study for a proposed 1GW…
Business alive to climate action opportunities
Comment by Peter Roberts While the federal government continues to thumb its nose at public and scientific opinion on climate change, there is no shortage of innovative businesses looking to help stem the global warming trend.. As Canberra was dying in a ditch protecting the failing technology of coal power, a group of entrepreneurs has…