Fortescue Zero and engineering company Downer have announced a collaboration to jointly design and develop a Battery Electric Locomotive (BEL), marking an important step forward to the commercialisation of zero emissions power system technologies in heavy industry applications. The agreement sets forward a path to deliver an innovative zero emissions solution for heavy haul rail…
New large-scale renewable energy sources are strengthening at an accelerating rate, according to the latest Quarterly Carbon Market Report from the Clean Energy Regulator. The regulator’s Q2 2024 report found that total added renewable energy capacity could exceed 7 gigawatts (GW) this year — a combination of an upgraded estimate of 3-4 GW large-scale wind…
The global steel market is cyclical and currently battling Chinese over-supply, and so too is cynicism about GFG Alliance’s ability to transition the Whyalla steelworks to a green steel future. With renewed scepticism facing GFG, and part way through a green transition, GFG Alliance Executive Chairman Sanjeev Gupta remains confident of Whyalla’s future – this…
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has made its first investment into greening Australia’s ports through electrification. A $70 million CEFC investment in Flinders Port Holdings (FPH) is the first-ever green financing of container stevedoring operations in Australia and will reduce emissions and help cut costs. The shipping industry is traditionally a hard to abate…
BlueScope Steel’s venture subsidiary BlueScopeX has signed a MoU with low emissions steel production technology developer Helios Project to demonstrate the use of its Helios Green Iron (HGI) technology in parts of BlueScope’s steelmaking operations. Helios has developed the Helios Cycle process to produce iron and other metals using sodium as a reducing agent with…
Australian Vanadium (AVL) has completed factory acceptance testing (FAT) of a vanadium flow battery (VFB) – the first to be manufactured using Australian manufactured vanadium electrolyte. The 220kWh VFB, to be installed at a Horizon Power site in Kununurra, Western Australia, can deliver up to 78kW of power for long duration energy storage. The battery…
On Friday Germany and Australia pledged $660 million to help create a green hydrogen export supply chain to Europe. At the same time UNSW Sydney researchers have released a first report exploring the feasibility of collaboration on exporting hydrogen and green metals – here is the executive summary of their study. The global steel industry…
By Anna Malos, Monash University; Josh Solomonsz, Climateworks Centre, and Matthew Benetti, Climateworks Centre Australia’s push for net-zero emissions received a welcome boost on Thursday, with the release of an official report showing how Australia can seek to cut domestic emissions across each sector of the economy. The Climate Change Authority prepared the report, which…
Ahead of @AuManufacturing and BDO’s webinar Towards 3% R&D – Where to from here? on 19 September (information and sign up here) Stephanie Moscovis looks at Australia’s Trailblazer programme that is derisking research into decarbonising the economy. Research and development (R&D) is not just a process; it is the secret sauce of innovation, the driving…
Fleet Space’s Centauri-6 satellite takes off flight at space discovery centre A new piece of next-generation Australian space technology is on display at the Australian Space Discovery Centre in Adelaide. It is a full size model of Centauri-6, the eighth satellite launched by Adelaide-based company Fleet Space Technologies successfully reached orbit on April 8, 2024…