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Opening up renewable hydrogen export opportunities with Japan
ARENA announced up to $2.17 million in funding to Stanwell Corporation Limited (Stanwell) to complete a feasibility study for a proposed hydrogen export project located in Gladstone, Queensland. The study, delivered in partnership with Japan’s largest hydrogen...
Incorporating used water into hydrogen production to develop a more sustainable energy source
Monash University researchers, together with national water utility companies, are looking at ways to produce hydrogen energy more sustainably through repurposing wastewater. The production of hydrogen requires abundant renewable energy and consistent water supply to...
ARENA to lead Australia-Germany’s HyGATE initiative
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced that it will play a key role in the development and delivery of the German-Australian Hydrogen Innovation and Technology Incubator known as HyGATE. ARENA will team up with Germany’s Federal Ministry of...
IMCRC activate project set to deliver game-changing dispatchable hydrogen gas (H2) tanks
The Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC), advanced materials startup Rux Energy and the University of Sydney have joined forces on a collaborative research project that will deliver game-changing dispatchable hydrogen gas...
Advanced recycling turning plastic waste into resources
Advanced recycling technologies could turn problematic plastic waste destined for landfill into valuable resources, according to a new report by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. The report, Advanced recycling technologies to address Australia’s plastic...
Recycling face masks into roads to tackle COVID-generated waste
Researchers have shown how disposable face masks could be recycled to make roads, in a circular economy solution to pandemic-generated waste. Their study shows that using the recycled face mask material to make just one kilometre of a two-lane road would use up about...
CSIRO to lead $5m international engagement program to boost hydrogen capabilities
A new $5 million program to be led by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, will strengthen development of Australia’s hydrogen industry by supporting research, development and demonstration (RD&D) collaborations with international research organisations....
NATIONAL: Supply Chain Resilience Initiative national survey
On 1 October 2020 the Australian Government announced a new $107.2 million Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) to help position Australia to better respond to future crises such as COVID-19. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic government and industry have worked...
NSW: Grants now available for circular economy innovative material reuse and recycling projects
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has just launched new intakes for its Circulate industrial ecology grants and Civil Construction Market Program. For Circulate, grants of up to $150,000 are available for innovative,...
From the Chair
We hope all of our members and their families, in particular those in Victoria, have fared well this year and that 2021 will be a much better year for us all. Over the last eight months, during the difficult COVID period, a subcommittee of the AIEN Board with support...