CSIRO releases new renewable storage roadmap Storage of renewable energy will be “essential” to Australia reaching net zero transition and will require significant investment, according to a roadmap released by the national science agency, CSIRO, on Wednesday. The Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap shows that the national electricity market (NEM) could require a 10 to 14-fold…
FLAIM Systems, which makes virtual reality-based technology for training firefighters, has announced a $6.7 million Series A round, led by the Victorian government investment vehicle Breakthrough Victoria. FLAIM was established in 2019 to migrate technology from Deakin University in fields including virtual reality and haptics into a new company, and has since achieved sales to…
Apprentice numbers on the rise The latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) show there were 402,245 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 30 September 2022, 14 per cent higher than at the same time in 2021. The figures, in the report Apprentices and trainees 2022: September quarter, also show apprentice…
Robotics, AI and design for manufacture industry hub ARM Hub CEO Associate Professor Cori Stewart presented at the inaugural RACQ Electric Transport Industry Transformation Forum in Brisbane recently. Dr Stewart was asked what an advanced electric transport ecosystem looks like. Queensland needs deeper manufacturing capability to capture global market electric vehicle opportunities. Can Queensland be…
By Pi-Shen Seet, Edith Cowan University and Janice Jones, Flinders University Australia continues to grapple with acute skills shortages. Businesses are struggling to find workers with the skills they need. Meanwhile, workers struggle to get jobs because of the mismatch between available training and occupations. There is currently a high-profile debate about the university sector’s…
Pure Hydrogen reaps clean energy rewards Pure Hydrogen announced a rise in revenue during the first half from $206,000 to $6.13 million as it reaped rewards from its focus on developing end to end green hydrogen fuel ecosystems, The rise saw NPAT improve from a loss of $808,000 in the previous corresponding period to a…
By Peter Roberts Really. The utter uselessness of the Productivity Commission’s latest report and recommendations on productivity just released, and the utter uselessness of the PC itself, can be seen in what it says about industry extension services. These services are the expression of the idea that small firms, as are common in Australian business,…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) CELEBRATING AUSTRALIAN SOVEREIGN CAPABILITY – INTRODUCTION TO OUR NEW EDITORIAL SERIES We have all heard the phrase – sovereign manufacturing capabilities. But what does it mean for Australia in the 21st century, what are they and how…
Hypersonix Launch Systems has been selected from a field of 63 respondents by the United States’ Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to provide aircraft for hypersonic tests, the company’s first major contract. The DIU selected Hypersonix for the “Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities” (HyCAT1) program, which seeks to test in a “representative environment”, maintaining speeds…
A series of reports released on Thursday outline a roadmap for Australia’s circular economy transition, which is still in its early stages, and highlight the importance of design in this. Enabling Design for Environmental Good was commissioned by the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. RMIT project lead and Associate Professor…