Billion-dollar bank for green iron projects
One billion dollars has been earmarked to support green iron manufacturing in Australia.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the new Green Iron Investment Fund would
Read more21 February 2025Energy & Resources
$30 million support for new battery process
A Queensland manufacturing company has been awarded a $30 million grant to improve the quality of lithium-ion batteries.
Brisbane-based VSPC will use the funding to
Read more21 February 2025
New solar-powered reactor converts CO2 into fuel
A reactor has been developed that pulls carbon dioxide from the air and converts it into fuel, using sunlight.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge believe their
Read more19 February 2025
Two-way charging set to boost energy storage
More than a third of Australia’s energy storage needs could by found on our roads within the next five years.
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) CEO Darren
Read more12 February 2025
Critical tax incentives for net zero transition
New production tax incentives have been passed in Federal Parliament in an attempt to boost the local green energy economy.
Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King
Read more11 February 2025
Turnover heats up with summer temperatures
A scorching December led to a more than 10 percent jump in business turnover in the energy sector that month.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows
Read more11 February 2025
Can the PM win an exemption from Trump’s steel tariffs?
By Michelle Grattan
The Albanese Government is set to mount a major effort to win an exemption from a proposed 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminium imports to the
Read more10 February 2025
New proton battery safer and greener than lithium-ion
Australian scientists have developed a new rechargeable battery which uses protons, making it safer and more environmentally friendly than lithium-ion
Read more6 February 2025
New employment laws drive spike in collective bargaining
A report on the impact of new Federal employment laws has shown an increase in collective bargaining and real wages since the legislation was passed, but has been
Read more5 February 2025
Critical minerals recycling key to sustainable batteries
Recycling lithium-ion batteries to recover their critical metals has lower environmental impacts than mining for the metals.
New research from Stanford University, in
Read more4 February 2025