Sydney to join unique cigarette butt recycling program
Discarded cigarette butts are being turned into something useful in New Orleans, and Sydney may soon join the large-scale recycling effort which was originally...
CEFC to provide $120m in funding for Tindo, Kudos and SunEdison
Tindo Solar, Kudos Energy and SunEdison will receive funding from the Government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) which is set to provide up to...
German and French researchers reach new record in solar CPV efficiency
A team of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany — the largest solar research institute in Europe...
Experts say Australia’s policy on renewable energy stifles investments in the sector
California-based renewable energy company Solar Reserve has abandoned plans to develop electricity plants for the public market in Australia because of the Government’s hostile...
Australia’s $10b clean-energy bank set to announce solar deals
The Australian Government’s A$10 billion clean-energy bank, which operates under the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Act 2012, is set to announce a number...
Burder Industries goes solar to boost competitiveness
To boost competitiveness and protect local jobs, Victoria-based Burder Industries — a regional manufacturer of customised tractor and earthmoving equipment — has installed a new 355kWp...
Downer snags ‘Excellence in Sustainability’ award
The Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) South Australian Division has presented Downer’s Road Infrastructure business in South Australia with the Excellence in...
New grape waste burning plant ‘delivers first fruits’
Australian Tartaric Products' (ATP) innovative $11 million renewable energy plant, that opened earlier this month at its Victorian facility at Colignan, has already delivered reduced energy...
Toyota’s Melbourne plant fitted with the largest roof-mounted solar system in Australia
Autonomous Energy, a leading Australian sustainable energy engineering company, has completed the installation of an enormous 500kW solar photovoltaic (PV) power system at Toyota...
Clean energy target could cost Australia thousands of jobs by 2020
Labor’s rising Renewable Energy Target (RET) have undermined the country’s economic growth and saps exports, putting thousands of jobs across Australia at risk, a...