Nasdaq listed Vast Renewables and energy company Mabanaft have announced the first engineering contracts for the development of its SM1 green methanol plant at Port Augusta in South Australia. International engineering group Fichtner and German e-fuels leader bse Methanol have been awarded contracts for pre-front-end engineering and design (FEED), with Dr. Amy Philbrook, Arup’s Australasia…
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Baking supplies manufacturer Allied Pinnacle has held a ceremonial cherry blossom planting and ribbon cutting with parent company Nisshin Seifun Group at its Ravenhall Distribution Centre in Victoria, ahead of the site’s official opening next month. According to a statement from the company, the event on Friday celebrates the new facility’s opening – which will…
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The federal government has approved the 450-megawatt Goulburn River Solar Farm, a project budgeted at $880 million and which will include a million solar panels, a battery storage system, and upgrades to the surrounding road. According to a statement from federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek on Monday, the Upper Hunter region project – located between…
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Fortescue Zero has announced its plans to begin operations at its U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Center in Detroit, by producing a HV Marine Battery Pack, made using its Scalable Battery Module technology. The standardised subpack has been designed, engineered and will be used by EVOA, a leader in the field of advanced marine propulsion, to power…
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Dairy trading house and manufacturer Pure Dairy has confirmed that its new cheese factory in Dandenong South (pictured) is on schedule for a production launch in 2025. Structural work has been finished, and most internal fitouts are also nearing completion – including the installation of specialised automated processing equipment. The 13,000 square metre facility will…
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Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has joined executives from GeelongPort in Victoria to view preparations for GeelongPort’s Renewables Terminal. GeelongPort plans to develop up to 25 hectares of land at its Oyster Cove site to build a new offshore wind farm terminal to support renewables industry in the Gippsland and Southern Ocean zones. New designs…
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Australia and New Zealand forestry and timber company OneFortyOne has announced a $30 million investment in a renewable biomass power generation project at its Jubilee Sawmill in Mt Gambier, South Australia. One of the largest timber mills in Australia, the company is investing a total of $90 million at Jubilee which includes the installation of…
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Australian clothing brand Country Road has announced grant recipients in the second year of its annual Climate Fund, backing four projects aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the fashion industry supply chain. According to a statement from the company on Friday, the three-year, $1.5 million fund announced in 2022 supports projects across four pillars:…
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Long servicing CEO and Managing Director and board member Mark Burgess is to leave composites manufacturer Quickstep to pursue other opportunities, according to the Sydney company. The company’s Chief Operating Officer Demi Stefanova will assume the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The Chair of Quickstep Patrick Largier said: “The evolving aerospace market…
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Electricity and gas supplier Origin Energy is to abandon its involvement in the Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub in a blow for green hydrogen hopes in Australia. The company said it was exiting the proposed 55MW HVHH project and halting hydrogen plans because of uncertainty over the pace and timing of hydrogen market development, and the…
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