By Jonathan Raymond EcoNews.com.au Australia’s clean energy transition has entered a new phase. As rooftop solar becomes mainstream and home battery storage moves rapidly from early adoption towards the mass market, one of the industry’s biggest challenges is no longer technology—it’s helping consumers understand how increasingly sophisticated energy systems actually work. Sungrow Australia believes the […]
Strathalbyn BESS Lunio 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 20MWh BESS in Strathalbyn, South Australia is now participating in the NEM using OptiGrid’s […]
Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) has made a huge number of wildlife records available to the public through the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), Australia’s national biodiversity data infrastructure. The data deposit represents a major contribution to the Atlas, including valuable records of threatened species and information from remote and under-represented parts of Australia. With the help of a […]
Australia Post accelerates electric fleet $40.5 million Federal Government investment supports trucks, vans and charging infrastructure rollout Australia Post will expand the country’s largest electric delivery fleet, adding electric trucks and vans to its network and reducing future reliance on diesel fuel. Supported by a one-off $40.5 million investment from the Federal Government, the rollout […]
The earliest eared seals, such as the 10 million-year-old Pithanotaria starii, improved their amphibious hearing abilities. Their in-air hearing was especially acute. Image creadit: Jamie Bran Monash University New research from an international team of scientists has identified how a specialised tissue in the ears of seals enables them to hear both underwater and on […]
O-cell load testing on-site in Tasmania. Fugro supports McConnell Dowell and project partners on the New Bridgewater Bridge Project in Tasmania, Australia’s largest transport infrastructure development. The 1.28‑kilometre bridge will replace the existing lift‑span bridge over the River Derwent, providing a modern and reliable crossing that connects key freight and passenger routes. Fugro is proud […]
Global packaging supplier Detpak has opened a new manufacturing facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina, strengthening its ability to support major Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) customers with locally produced, paper-based packaging solutions. Detpak is a trusted packaging partner to some of the world’s largest and most recognizable QSR, foodservice, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and retail […]
Heron Island Photo: Richard Freeman, UNSW Sydney UNSW Sydney The Great Barrier Reef has again avoided being placed on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage in Danger, five years after Australia successfully opposed an earlier recommendation it be placed on the list. The draft decision, now before this week’s World Heritage Committee meeting in Busan, South Korea, recognises Australia’s investment in reef management […]
Industrias data shows what proactive maintenance delivers, and how many systems are missing it. Industrias, Australia’s leading commercial solar and battery maintenance specialist, has released inspection data showing that almost one in four solar systems inspected contains at least one fault serious enough to affect performance or safety. The finding comes as millions of distributed […]
