These eco-machines are badass
Solar striker a.k.a. solar panels
These solar panels are striking cords across the globe, generating energy from Earth’s most powerful energy source.
From gross to grid: How innovation is turning waste into electricity
All over the world, students, researchers, farmers and DIY enthusiasts are looking for creative ways to turn what they have into renewable energy to use, and share back with the rest of the grid.
Powering the Lucky Country
Since its launch in 2005, ecomagination products have generated more than $130 billion in revenue, reduced GE’s GHG emissions by 34 per cent and freshwater use by 47 per cent.
What to expect in 2014. Leading voices reveal the next big things
We’ve asked media, entrepreneurs and thought leaders from Australia and beyond to look into the crystal ball to tell us what’s on their minds.
Here are their predictions for our world in 2014.
Clive Mathieson
Editor, The Australian on the media industry
Australia’s electricity future
Flick the switch for an affordable electricity future
A drink straight from the fridge on a summer’s day, charging our smart phones, and expecting the lights to come on at the simple flick of a switch. The electricity system is central to Australia’s modern lifestyle and day-to-day we rely on it more than we probably realise.
Charles Sturt’s big carbon plan
Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, NSW has contracted Clarke Energy to design and construct a high-efficiency plant that will offset heat loads from existing boilers and reduce energy imported from the grid.
Springfield’s smart thinking on sustainable cities
The Queensland city of Springfield, 35 kilometres south west of Brisbane, has found a solution by combining world-class technologies in its distributed energy and water infrastructure systems.
Springfield Land Corporation is using digitised substations and outage management systems to manage electricity from the point of generation to consumption.
Power comes in waves
Perth’s Bombora Wave Power thinks differently. The ocean is actually a vast, untapped source of renewable energy.
The company is developing a V-shaped device that combines a unique membrane with a pneumatic air pump to spin turbines and generate energy.
Each wave energy convertor is designed to produce 1.5MWe (megawatt electrical) of energy, enough to power 500 homes and cut annual carbon emissions by 3300 tonnes. The device can be configured for low and high wave environments.