Tag: emissions

Clean Energy Regulator tech bill more than doubles

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The private contractor bill for the regulatory technology upgrade to support Australia’s growing market for clean technology and carbon offsets has more than doubled over the last year. Initially...

UTS research underpins low carbon concrete innovation

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Australian clay will be used as the base material for a lower carbon concrete following a successful trial between construction materials giant Boral and CleanTech company Calix. As the...

Govt defends blue hydrogen funding amid green push

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The Albanese government has defended its investment in a controversial coal-to-hydrogen project with the Victorian state government because it honours a Turnbull-era commitment to Japanese partners. Pre-commercialisation support for...

AI boom driving a surge in carbon emissions

Posted on   |  by Gordon Noble and Fiona Berry
Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the world has seen an incredible surge in investment, development and use of artificial intelligence applications. According to one estimate, the...

Govt still searching for its low carbon fuels takeoff

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Local sustainable aviation fuel industry hopefuls will continue waiting for a signal on how the Albanese government will build supply and demand, after a new consultation paper was unresolved...

Curtin Uni to operate fossil fuel funded GreenTech hub

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Curtin University will operate the Western Australian state government’s new GreenTech innovation hub, which is being funded by fossil fuels giants led by Chevron. The hub operator was confirmed...

$22m global green industry program opens

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A new $22 million grant program for Australian and Austrian companies developing technologies that decarbonise hard-to-abate industries has opened to applicants. The Australia – Austria Industrial Decarbonisation Demonstration Partnerships...

AirTrunk overtakes NextDC as biggest data centre emitter

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Airtrunk has marginally overtaken NextDC as the data centre provider with the largest greenhouse gases emissions in Australia, as total emissions from the sector hit record levels. On Wednesday,...