Biogas energy storage system launches at wastewater plant
A commercial thermal energy storage system that converts biogas from a wastewater treatment plant has begun operating in South Australia.
Hydrogen infographic – a big bang or fuel for the future?
It all started with a bang…the big bang! The explosive power of hydrogen fueled a chain reaction that led to the Universe we have today. Now this power is being deployed on Earth to supply the energy needs of tomorrow. For Australia, solar powered splitting of water into hydrogen, and exporting it to Asia in…
IoT ideas: get them to market while they’re hot
The number of situations where Internet of Things solutions can do something useful is growing fast, as is the market for such solutions.
There’s gold in them there hills of food waste
Wasted food statistics can make for depressing reading. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, a third of all food worldwide – totalling 1.3 gigatonnes – is squandered annually. In Australia it’s estimated we waste $20 billion worth of food a year.
From tyranny of distance to centre of the global economy
For a century Australian businesses bemoaned the tyranny of distance that left us with poor prospects far from the world’s biggest markets. Today’s chart, from Visual Capitalist, brings home with a vengeance the newfound power of our location in the thick of the world’s fastest growing economies. In answers any questions you may have about…
Seed Terminator enters full production
Manufacturing of a machine that pulverises weed seeds as grain crops are harvested is ramping up to a full commercial launch. Adelaide-based company Seed Terminator will produce 100 of its machines ahead of this year’s Australian grain harvest, which begins in October.
What – if anything – can we learn from the US reshoring movement?
Reshoring manufacturing jobs isn’t exactly a hot topic in Australia. Over in the United States, it’s a different story.
Time to rethink your Asian IP strategy?
By Forum member, Adam Hyland, principal of Franke Hyland Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys. There is a tendency for outsiders to think of Asia, and particularly China, as a place where intellectual property goes to die. As a place where it is not worth trying to protect your intellectual property because it is too hard…
Top countries for attracting international workers – inforgraphic
Australia has always relied on immigration to satisfy much of its requirement for highly skilled staff. In recent years in Australia, for example, half of all new engineers joining the workforce have come from overseas – we just don’t train enough. But it is not just companies, but nations that are in a global competition…
Having a crack: the Melbourne startup developing 3D printing machines for glass
Monash University spinout Maple Glass Printing is attempting to be the first company offering a glass 3D printer for industrial use. Brent Balinski spoke to co-founder and CEO Darren Feenstra about their story so far.