Green hydrogen project developer ReNu Energy has has entered into a binding Grant Deed with the Tasmanian Government for the award of up to $8 million for its Tasmanian green hydrogen project, to be paid on delivery of green hydrogen to customers. The funding is being made available through the Tasmanian Government’s Green Hydrogen Price…
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The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen has confirmed the possibility that power from a recently declared wind farm precinct offshore from Victoria could power Alcoa’s Portland Aluminium smelter. Bowen has made a preliminary decision on Alinta Energy and Parkwind’s Spinifex Offshore Wind Farm in the Southern Ocean Offshore Wind Zone, making them…
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Building products manufacturer and investment company Brickworks has posted a Statutory Net Loss After Tax of $119 million for the year ended 31 July 2024. The Underlying Profit After Tax from continuing operations was $61 million, while group Underlying Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (‘EBITDA’) was $157 million. Earnings were adversely impacted by…
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By Jay Rutovitz, University of Technology Sydney; Chris Briggs, University of Technology Sydney, and Elianor Gerrard, University of Technology Sydney The electricity workforce will need to double in five years to achieve Australia’s 2030 renewable energy target, our new report finds. More than 80% of these jobs will be in renewables. Jobs in energy storage…
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First Graphene has announced a two-year agreement with Halocell to supply graphene used in solar cells, ahead of the release of Halocell’s first commercially-available perovskite solar module this month In a statement to the ASX on Thursday, First Graphene said its customer had been able to “expedite its manufacturing process and enhance [the] light absorbing…
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3D printer manufacturer Titomic has sold its first machine to an Australian business for domestic use – a Titomic D623 cold spray system (pictured). The company announced it has made the sale, valued at $174,000, to United Industrial Solutions, a specialist in coatings and corrosion mitigation for the resource sector. United Industrial Solutions will leverage…
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The Manufacturing Industry Skills Alliance (Manufacturing Alliance), one of the federal government’s ten Jobs and Skills Councils (JSCs), has established a new office in Canberra, co-located with the JSC for transport and logistics, Industry Skills Australia (ISA.) The Melbourne-headquartered, industry-owned not-for-profit, said in a statement that the new site at Barton will help foster broader…
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By Peter Roberts Korea’s Hanwha defence group has abandoned its takeover bid for Australia’s most successful indigenous owned defence manufacturer Austal, according to media reports this morning. The takeover was ended in a letter to Austal from Hanwha Ocean CEO Hyek Woong Kwon titled ‘Termination of discussions with Austal’. The company blamed Austal’s ‘insistence’ that…
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Navigation and autonomy developer Advanced Navigation has announced the expansion of its Certus inertial navigation systems range, with a new Mini series. Available in three variants, the Certus Mini series includes a GNSS-aided Certus Mini D and Certus Mini N inertial navigation system (INS), while Certus Mini A functions as an attitude and heading reference…
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@AuManufacturing News and public accounting, tax, consulting and business advisory BDO are pleased to launch the online version of our September 19 webinar – Towards 3% R&D – Where to from here?. Following on from our successful editorial series and e-book, a panel discussion is moderated by Peter Roberts, and features expert manufacturing leaders discussing…
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