An eco-friendly, high-performance organic battery is being developed by scientists at UNSW Sydney. A team of scientists at UNSW Chemistry have successfully developed an organic material that is able to store protons, and used it to create a rechargeable proton battery in the lab. By leveraging hydrogen ions – protons – instead of traditional lithium,…
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The South Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and Minister for Energy and Mining Tom Koutsantonis has held an ‘urgent meeting’ with operators of the troubled Whyalla steelworks, emerging confident that the blast furnace would be up and running within a week. However Koutsantonis has ‘grave concerns’ about unpaid bills, according to media reports, with…
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Innovative solar cell manufacturer SunDrive has announced a major milestone, with the company hitting a copper plating production yield of >99 percent at its commercial pilot production facility in Kurnell, Sydney, with those cells being turned into modules. At the same time SunDrive and aluminium manufacturer Capral entered into a MoU to develop a supply…
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The federal government has awarded several contracts under a qualification process that paves the way for the Australian businesses to enter UK and US submarine supply chains as part of the AUKUS pact. The Defence Industry Vendor Qualification (DIVQ) Program aims to enable Australian businesses to supply their products and services into the AUKUS trilateral…
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Electronics manufacturer REDARC has extended its defence businesses with the acquisition of electronic warfare specialist Asension which has been in voluntary administration. REDARC Defence & Space will continue Asension’s work at the forefront of electronic warfare, engineering, operations, and grow partnerships with universities, the Defence Science and Technology Group, and industry partners, according to an…
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The technical advances of cold cathode X-ray manufacturer Micro-X have seen the company secure a US government contract valued at up to $25 million to develop a micro-sized full body CT scanner. A first two year contract worth $12.5 million will produce a prototype with the option of a further $12.5 million contract being awarded…
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A new report prepared by CSIRO has projected the nation’s hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing (HEM) sector could create $1.7 billion in revenue and nearly 4000 jobs by 2050. In a statement on Wednesday, the nation’s scientific agency said the research highlighted “a significant opportunity in manufacturing devices that generate hydrogen from water using electricity” from an…
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Engineering company Marley Flow Control has completed the first project with the NSW government-owned Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility (AMRF.) In a statement on Wednesday, the AMRF – which was until recently named the Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility – said the completed work was a time-study project, which identified operational efficiencies in Marley Flow Control’s manufacturing…
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Building products manufacturer Boral has upgraded carbon emissions reducing technology at its Berrima Cement Works which supplies more than 40 percent of the cement used in NSW and the ACT. The company said the upgraded facility was a significant milestone in the company’s decarbonisation efforts and transition from its reliance on emissions-intensive fuels. A key…
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Western Australian businesses can join the wind energy manufacturing supply chain with the help of a new co-investment programme which could cover up to 50% of eligible project costs. The Wind Energy Manufacturing Co-Investment Program is a co-investment and advice programme co-created by the WA Government and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre with $8 million…
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