ClearVue to build WA solar PV and nanoparticle manufacturing facility

Building-integrated photovoltaics company ClearVue Technologies has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Western Australian government to bring manufacturing of its core components onshore. The company will establish a WA-based photovoltaic (PV) and nanoparticle components manufacturing facility. Onshoring will mitigate supply chain risks in line with the company’s global strategy, while benefitting the economy,…

Eleven Tasmanian businesses awarded grants

Eleven businesses have been awarded approximately $870,000 under the final round of the Tasmanian government’s Advanced Manufacturing Accelerating Growth Program. Grants are worth up to $100,000 each on a co-contribution basis and assist manufacturers “to purchase capital equipment, linked to an off island market driven expansion opportunity with resulting increased employment.” Round four recipients (a…

Ampcontrol and Steber launch hybrid boat

A 43-foot hybrid boat being developed by a collaboration between electrical and electronics company Ampcontrol, boat builder Steber International and the University of Newcastle, has been launched on the Manning River, Taree, in regional NSW. Ampcontrol Engineering Manager Steve Mitchell said the successful deployment was a result of a partnership between industry, government and the…

Produce rare earth metals, don’t just export ore – Iluka Resources MD

The head of the company developing Australia’s first rare earths metals refinery has urged companies to produce high value rare earth metals locally rather than exporting ores overseas. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Iluka Resources Tom O’Leary told the company’s annual general meeting that the key Australian rare earth resources – neodymium, praseodymium,…

Celebrating Australian Made – towards green Australian supply chains by John Noonan

Today in our editorial series Celebrating Australian Made, coinciding with Australian Made Week, we look at how steel producers are moving to embrace green steel production technologies which will flow through to the entire steel value chain, including numerous Australian Made licensees. By John Noonan Europe introduces a carbon border tax in 2026, but will…

There’s a buzz about ‘sustainable’ fuels – but they cannot solve aviation’s colossal climate woes

By Susanne Becken, Griffith University; Brendan Mackey, Griffith University, and David Simon Lee, Manchester Metropolitan University The global airline industry is fast recovering from the unprecedented pause to flying imposed by COVID-19. In some parts of the world, such as the Middle East, airlines are even expanding rapidly – well beyond pre-pandemic levels. But how…