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- $32 million investment to create jet fuel from forest waste July 22, 2026A $32 million federal government investment into Australian-made jet fuel produced from forest waste is bringing it a step closer to powering flights. The government hopes the investment will make the country’s fuel supply more resilient and less vulnerable to overseas shocks. Through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), the investment will help develop HAMR […]
- Australia's data centre future will be built on concrete — so make it more sustainable July 22, 2026Australia is moving quickly to position itself as a serious player in the global AI economy. Data centres are being announced at pace. According to a report by Data Centres Australia, 90 are currently sitting in the country’s data centre capacity pipeline, with its operational capacity projected to more than double by 2030. As a […]
- Ampd launches next-gen battery storage for heavy industries July 21, 2026Ampd Energy, a developer of energy storage systems (ESS) for heavy industries, has launched its next generation of ESS. Following the success of the Ampd Enertainer ESS, the company’s NextGen product range — the Ampd 200 and Ampd 400 — is targeted at heavy industrial sites, such as construction, infrastructure, concrete batching, oil & gas, […]
- WA wind farm to generate power for 100,000 homes July 21, 2026French renewable energy company Neoen has commenced construction of its 179 MW Narrogin Wind Farm after signing a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Synergy for 100% of its generation at the point of connection (168 MW). Located 200 km south-east of Perth, WA, the wind farm will consist of 23 EN182-7.8 MW turbines and […]
- SA utility-scale battery begins trading with OptiGrid July 20, 2026Lunio Energy, a utility-scale battery developer, has successfully commissioned its first Australian battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia with OptiGrid, an Australian battery optimisation and trading intelligence platform that is built for the National Electricity Market (NEM). The 20 MWh BESS in Strathalbyn, South Australia is now participating in the NEM using OptiGrid’s […]
- Climate reporting is exposing a problem bigger than emissions July 20, 2026Many Australian businesses are entering the next phase of climate reporting in survival mode. Inflation remains above target; energy and transport costs are still putting pressure on operating budgets; and economic growth has been modest. Annual inflation was 4% in May 2026 and GDP grew by 0.3% in the March quarter. For business leaders, those […]
- Metal replacement creates low-cost tandem solar cells July 20, 2026An international team of researchers has built a tandem solar cell that doesn’t rely on the scarce and expensive metal indium. The research breakthrough replaces indium-based oxide with abundant tin oxide, a material that costs 1% of the cost of indium, without sacrificing performance. The researchers said the study will bring next-generation tandem solar cells […]
- Green hydrogen production receives boost using low-cost materials July 20, 2026RMIT researchers and international collaborators have found a way to increase green hydrogen production using low‑cost materials, providing a potential pathway to cheaper clean fuel. By improving a widely used compound, titanium dioxide, the team reported hydrogen production more than 80 times higher than the commercial untreated version under the same test conditions. Lead researcher […]
- Digitising sustainability using AI on water infrastructure project July 16, 2026The challenge of managing sustainability at scale Infrastructure projects pursuing formal sustainability ratings face a common problem: the evidence is everywhere and the system to manage it rarely exists. Evidence sits across spreadsheets, shared drives, emails and consultant reports, while one or two people carry the burden of tracking dozens of interlocking requirements across a multi-year […]
- Concerns rise over AI data centre adoption in Australia July 15, 2026Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that data centres built in Australia will need to provide their own energy and minimise water use as part of the government’s new Australian Standards for AI. The national framework — which will be overseen the newly appointed Office of AI — has been put in place to […]
- SiteHive Weather monitoring device July 14, 2026Australian environmental technology company SiteHive has launched SiteHive Weather, a system that integrates hyper-local weather monitoring directly into its environmental monitoring platform. The system combines onsite weather monitoring with the SiteHive Enviro platform, creating a single source that brings together weather, dust, noise, vibration and water data in one cloud-based system. Key capabilities of the […]
- 'Passive house' study reveals key energy savings July 14, 2026A comparative ‘passive house’ study has been used to underpin design decisions at Frasers Property Australia’s Bradmill community at Yarraville. Frasers Property undertook the study at its Life, Point Cook community, constructing two identical houses, one a 6-Star ‘business as usual’ (BAU) home and the other adhering to international gold standard ‘Passivhaus’ standards. The pilot […]