Thermal energy storage company 1414 Degrees has launched a three-year R&D project on a new methane pyrolysis technology, signing a partnership agreement with the companies and institutions involved. The technology team includes experts from University of Adelaide (UofA), oil and gas company Woodside, Vulcan Steel, and RMIT University, and is supported by a $2.5 million…
Rio Tinto boosts stake in Australia’s second-largest smelter Rio Tinto has acquired Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation’s interest in the Boyne Island aluminium smelter. It bought the 11.65 per cent interest in Boyne Smelters, which owns and operates the Gladstone, QLD based smelter, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition follows Rio Tinto’s agreement to purchase shares in…
A further round of speakers has been announced for Siemens’ Beyond 1% Summit, to run on July 3 and 4, including NSW premier Chris Minns, MD of Microsoft ANZ Steven Worrall, and Chief Sustainability Officer of Solar Recovery Corporation Rob Gell. Beyond 1% will take place at the Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park, with the…
Fortescue Metals’ hydrogen-powered haul truck prototype, dubbed ‘Europa’, has operated off hydrogen for the first time. This development marks a major step in Fortescue’s mission to decarbonise heavy industry as well as the company’s partnership with Liebherr Mining. Delivered in collaboration with Liebherr, Europa is a T 264 Liebherr haul truck and contains a 1.6MWh…
Turquoise Group has successfully produced hydrogen and graphene powder from methane or natural gas at its commercial demonstration plant (pictured) at Darra, Brisbane. The announcement, from Pure Hydrogen Corporation which owns 40 percent of Turquoise, said that the company’s CDP has used its proprietary methane plasma pyrolysis technology to break down methane (CH4) into its…
By Kylie Turner, Climateworks Centre and Luke Brown, Climateworks Centre In the budget last week, the government was keen to talk about its efforts to turn Australia into a renewable superpower under the umbrella of the Future Made in Australia policies. Future Made is a framework that sets out how to target green subsidies to…
A welcome focus on growing Australian capability Industry-research collaboration advocate Cooperative Research Australia (CRA) has praised the focus on growing Australia’s science and technological performance, continued support for Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) funding, and plans to transform Australian R&D. Budget 2024 “has put education, research, manufacturing and industrial transformation at its core” said CRA CEO…
ReNu Energy subsidiary Countrywide Hydrogen will become “Tasmania’s first major green hydrogen producer”, the state government announced on Monday, after an $8 million funding agreement. In a joint statement with energy minister Nick Duigan, Premier Jeremy Rockliff said that Countrywide “will produce hydrogen at multiple locations around the state,” and supply it to various users. …
DXN in biggest data centre sale Modular data centre manufacturer DXN has signed a contract to supply four cable landing stations for the East Micronesia Cable System. The contracts, worth $5.7 million, is DXN’s largest contract to date. The contracts are for telecommunications operators in the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru and Kiribati and are…
Electrolyser manufacturer Hysata has completed a record-setting Series B funding round worth $US 111.3 million (approximately $172 million) and led by bp Ventures and Templewater. Hysata announced an oversubscribed $42.5 million Series A round in August 2022, with the Series B seeing investors such as Bluescope’s venture business, BluescopeX, Virescent Ventures, the IP Group and…