In 2006, MIT’s then-president Susan Hockfield asked university experts to name the biggest challenge for the next decades. “By far, the most common answer she got back was energy,” says Robert Armstrong, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), the school’s hub for energy research, education and outreach.
The clean slate: Summit drives renewable energy ideas
August 05, 2016
It was plug and play for the renewable energy community, at the Australian Clean Energy Summit 2016, held last week in Sydney.
Innovation that Cares
June 29, 2016
Indonesia is a thriving, expanding nation of over 250 million people. Yet it is a nation set over 17,000 islands, with significant challenges to healthcare provision. According to 2013 research, Indonesia has just 1.07 hospital beds per 1,000 citizens[i]. Compare that to neighbour Malaysia with 1.9[ii] beds per 1,000 citizens, and you start to see the challenge. Now consider that challenge in the context of a population estimated to reach 300 million over the next 10 years.
Tapping into the data flow: innovation leaders float big ideas
June 22, 2016
As data billows into the Cloud and innovation leapfrogs the impossible, stakeholders are seeking to shape the future and deliver solutions that make a difference. The 2016 GE/CSIRO Digital Industrial Series brings together the worlds of research and entrepreneurship, of business and industry to create a confluence of ideas that deliver!
Wise words on wind energy
June 22, 2016
Izzie Pope took the stage after the premier, the minister, the deputy mayor and the chief operating officer. No disrespect to the heavy hitters, but it was the Year 12 student who delivered a beautifully considered speech to the hundreds in attendance at the Ararat Wind Farm Bring on the Blades celebration. A sound bite: “When the 46th anniversary of Earth Day was celebrated globally this year, Generation Z looked on in mild confusion, because we don’t need a special day for considering our environmental impact … every day is a day for sustainable living.”
Ararat Wind Farm: bring on the blades!
June 22, 2016
The official ground-breaking for Ararat Wind Farm was only in November 2015, but construction is in full swing at the site, which stretches across prime wind positions atop Victoria’s Great Dividing Range and is set to be Australia’s third-largest wind farm, 180km north-west of Melbourne .
Turbine blade puts fresh spin on renewable energy
June 22, 2016
When Victoria’s Labor Premier Daniel Andrews this week signed his name on the first GE wind-turbine blade to arrive for the Ararat Wind Farm, he also wrote on the gleaming fibreglass surface his government’s brand-new pledge to the Victorian people—to have the state running on 25% renewable energy by the year 2020, and to increase that to 40% renewable energy by the year 2025!
The Lazarus Project: How Software Brought To Life A Decommissioned Power Plant In Italy’s Industrial Heart
Tomas Kellner
June 13, 2016
If you want to see the future of electricity, grab an espresso and head to Northern Italy. There, just outside the industrial city of Turin, the combination of renewable energy, traditional generation and a high-voltage cable from France has created more power supply than the region can absorb. So much so, in fact, the glut took at least one decades-old power plant out of commission in 2013.
The Digital Revolution in Oil & Gas
May 26, 2016
One billion people. A global economy that is 20% larger. Huge growth in energy demand. Challenging production margins. These are the problems. The solution? That is digital.
Survival Of The Fittest: How Renewables Are Driving Energy Evolution
Grayson Brulte Brulte Company
May 26, 2016
The renewables revolution is forcing the energy industry to evolve. Change brings opportunity, and bold players stand to make significant revenue gains by wading into this new world.