Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle manufacturer H2X Global is to trial pumping oxygen into truck cabins to keep drivers alert in deal with South Korea’s NF Co Ltd. Pumping concentrated oxygen into the cabins of trucks aims to raise driver alertness, reduce fatigue, and improve road safety according to Sale, Victoria-based H2X Global. Under a Memorandum…
Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Primary Steel has extinguished the coke ovens at the Whyallla steelworks in South Australia after more than five decades in operation. Liberty, part of the GFG Alliance, took the step on the way to decarbonising its Whyalla operations – originally built by BHP and that played a key part in Australia’s war…
The South Australian and federal governments have announced the finalisation of $100 million in funding for the Port Bonython Hydrogen Hub, supporting the development infrastructure for the state’s first hydrogen export terminal. Sixteen kilometres from Whyalla, Port Bonython is currently used to export resources derived from the Cooper Basin oil fields, including crude oil and…
A new collaboration between Deakin University’s Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH) and industry partner Clean Energy Resources (CER) aims to develop novel technologies to convert old tyres into electricity, hydrogen and other important resources. The partnership between Deakin and Geelong-based CER will develop a technology that provides a new way to generate electricity…
Queensland’s publicly owned energy company Stanwell Corporation will build a Future Energy and Innovation Training Hub (FEITH) valued at up to $100 million as step one of the state’s investment in a Stanwell Clean Energy Hub at major regional city, Rockhampton. The size of a shopping centre, the hub will provide the ‘sandbox’ to test…
Western Australia is a step closer to the creation of a large-scale green hydrogen hub with bp completing its concept development phase study into its energy hub H2Kwinana. The hub is supported by the WA government’s $180 million investment in renewable hydrogen, and funding from the federal government’s Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs programme. Hubs have…
CSL opens new HQ and R&D centre Biotechnology giant CSL has opened its new Headquarters and Centre for R&D which will house more than 850 people dedicated to protecting public health and bringing life-saving innovative therapies to patients. The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (pictured) congratulated CSL on the opening. Albanese said: “This world-leading research will…
University of Wollongong spinout business Hysata officially opened its new 8,000 square metre global headquarters and factory in Port Kembla and was awarded over $23 million in government support on Monday as it progresses its high-efficiency electrolyser towards commercialisation. The company, which closed a $42.5 million Series A round in August last year, said it…
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The Western Australian government’s Investment Attraction Fund has committed $148.4 million for 40 new projects, including $5 million for one of the state’s first end-to-end green hydrogen production systems. Infinite Green Energy’s (IGE’s) green hydrogen production system in Northam in the state’s wheatbelt will host the small scale green hydrogen production system to supply the…