Tag: energy

Local lessons from USA’s ARPA-E

Posted on   |  by Don Scott-Kemmis
Australia has developed a reasonably strong research system but a weak innovation system – and as there has not been a good diagnosis of the problem, much innovation policy does...

Labor unveils EV policy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor has unveiled “Australia’s first” national electric vehicles policy package, just days after the federal government confirmed its own strategy won’t be released for another year. The policies include...

No govt EV strategy before mid-2020

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government not releasing its electric vehicles strategy until mid-2020 is “woefully inadequate and downright irresponsible”, independent senator Tim Storer said. Prime Minister Scott Morrison committed to developing...

Fitzpatrick joins energy startup

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Rob Fitzpatrick has officially wrapped up his exit from his role as CEO of the Australian Information Industry Association, announcing he is now the CEO of energy startup Gelion....

Powering a smart city agenda

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A national roll out of smart meters could be the start of a working solution for Australia’s growing energy crisis. And the effort would have spill-over benefits for industry...

Finkel falls short for local startups

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The highly anticipated and controversial Finkel Report “falls short” for local clean energy startups and does them a disservice by skewing in favour of the big incumbents, local innovators...