Tag: sustainability
Rio Tinto turns on Australia’s first commercial diesel displacement solar plant
Weipa Solar, a 1.7MW solar PV plant at Rio Tinto's Weipa bauxite mine and processing facilities in north Queensland, has officially begun operation.
The plant –...
New brewery proposed for Kangaroo Island
Adelaide beverage company Bickford’s has announced plans to build a brewery on Kangaroo Island.
The company has lodged an unsolicited proposal to build a craft distillery and...
Victorian company inks solar manufacturing deal with China
Aussie company RayGen Resources Pty Ltd has signed an agreement with Chinese partner JuYe Solar to expand its manufacturing business in Blackburn in the next five years.
The...
Risen Energy earns its place in the Australian Solar Council’s Positive Quality™ program
China’s Risen Energy has announced that after passing strict production examination and in-depth testing of completed solar panels, it successfully met the requirements of...
ARENA and CEFC announce combined $350m investment in solar power
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will invest $350 million in solar power for the construction of...
PV installation at Australia’s Moree Solar Farm begins
Australia's 70 MW Moree Solar Farm (MSF) – owned by Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FVR) – has begun to install the batches of solar modules provided by...
Keppel Prince Engineering wins Ararat Wind Farm contract
Portland-based Keppel Prince Engineering has won a contract to supply 35 turbines at the $450 million Ararat wind farm in south-west Victoria.
Financed by Canada’s...
Siemens to deliver wind turbines for Hornsdale wind farm in SA
Siemens has announced that it has inked a contract to supply turbines for a new wind farm in Australia. The turnkey agreement with independent power...
One of the largest Aussie solar power projects comes online
Privately-owned Australian renewable energy company Epuron has announced that the newly expanded Uterne Solar Plant in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory – one...
Consumer goods companies target halving food waste by 2025
Up to one-third of food produced globally for human consumption is being wasted and ends up inflicting environmental and social damage, states a 2013...
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