Forty-one million dollars in grants has been awarded to approximately 1,700 businesses under Round 2 of the federal Energy Efficiency Grants for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Program. Grants through the program are valued from $10,000 to $25,000 and are aimed at assisting companies lower energy use and improve energy efficiency. “Breweries, manufacturers and commercial…
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Engineering firm Civmec and shipbuilder Austal have executed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a Joint Venture (JV) to submit a proposal to the government to support the project LAND8710 Phase 2, Landing Craft Heavy (LC-H) project. LAND8710 Phase 2 (LC-H) will deliver enhanced transport and littoral manoeuvre capability to the Australian Army. Earlier…
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CSIRO has released what it says is a world-first assessment providing “a comprehensive overview” of innovation opportunities for value-adding to critical minerals in the global energy transition. Released on Wednesday, From Minerals to Materials focusses on the local “mid-stream processing industry” opportunities across lithium, cobalt, silicon, rare earth elements and graphite. According to a summary,…
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By Ian Lowe, Griffith University and Kylie Walker, Australian National University Australia’s clean energy transition is already underway, driven by solar, wind, batteries and new transmission lines. But what about nuclear? Opposition leader Peter Dutton last month committed to building nuclear reactors on the site of retired coal plants – triggering intense debate over whether…
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Low emission industrial technology developer Calix has been awarded a $15 million grant from the Australian Government’s Carbon Capture Technologies Program. The grant will support the construction of a world-first, renewably powered carbon capture and use (CCU) demonstration plant in South Australia. The plant will produce near-zero emissions lime and supply captured industrial CO2 emissions…
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Shares in drone detection and countermeasure company DroneShield have continued their downward slide despite the release of the company’s latest quarterly report to shareholders. The company’s shares have been under pressure since earlier this month when a negative media report questioned the valuation of the company, which has been riding high on rapid growth and…
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Composites manufacturer Quickstep has completed the streamlining of operations of its Structures Business Unit which manufactures parts for F-35 fighter jets and C-130J Hercules transport aircraft. The changes involved a move from a three shift/six-days a week operation to a two shift/five-days a week pattern at its Bankstown, Sydney facility and the implementation of leaner…
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Brain imaging company EMVision Medical Devices has completed fabrication of the company’s First Responder (Gen 2) Proof of Concept device (pictured). The First Responder device represents an opportunity to fundamentally transform stroke and traumatic brain injury outcomes for patients by delivering neurodiagnostic technology directly to the point of care, including in ambulances, according to the…
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Arafura Rare Earths will conduct a pre-feasibility study (PFS) of a potential Phase 2 expansion of rare earths processing capacity at its giant Nolans project in the Northern Territory. The decision to embark on the $15 million study follows an in-house preliminary study which looked at the potential of the rare earths deposit to support…
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The federal government will accelerate the build of 18 medium landing craft for the Army’s new littoral fleet at the Henderson shipyard in Perth. The $2 billion project is expected to create 1,100 direct jobs and more than 2,000 indirect jobs, and is part of a programme that will also deliver heavy landing craft as…
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