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MAY 22, 2017

Australia-based Tritium , a developer of infrastructure solutions for the EV market, has started trials of its Veefil-RT 50kW DC charger in China, a market currently experiencing stronger growth in EV sales than the US or Europe. China is currently one of the most dynamic EV markets globally.

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AUGUST 23, 2022

A new study by The University of South Australia (UniSA) has tested and verified the structural integrity of walls constructed from tires packed with earth, with the results potentially providing new opportunities for the reuse of end-of-life tires in the construction industry.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Global investors in the round include BGF, bp ventures, Halma, HostPlus, IP Group,Tencent, Venture Science, and funds advised by Doxa Partners. With financial and strategic investors in Australia, China, UK and the USA, Oxbotica is placed at the center of a global autonomy ecosystem.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Hydrogen—or hydrogen carriers such as ammonia ( earlier post )are potentially ways for Australia to export renewable energy. Hydrogen can potentially be used as a way for Australia to export renewable energy to other countries, particularly in Asia with demand expected to increase. CSIRO Hydrogen to Ammonia – $1,175,000.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Australia’s CSIRO has launched a A$8.3-million million) CSIRO Energy Transformed Cluster on Biofuels to develop new processes using enzyme biotechnology techniques to produce liquid fuels from waste plant feedstocks with the potential to provide 30% of Australia’s future transport needs. million (US$8.2-million)

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JUNE 18, 2021

Australia-based Magnis Energy Technologies Limited announced that Imperium3 New York (iM3NY) has produced its first full-sized prismatic cells ahead of schedule for limited testing and customer sampling in Q3 2021. Magnis aims to become a leading global producer of next-generation green-credentialed Lithium-Ion Battery (LIB) cells.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have conducted a lifecycle analysis and net energy analysis (LCA/NEA) of a hypothetical large-scale solar-electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen. This is higher than the global average of 510 g CO 2 -e kWh -1. Process flow diagram and construction phase boundary.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Researchers at the University of Melbourne (Australia) have demonstrated a method of direct hydrogen production from air— in situ capture of freshwater from the atmosphere using hygroscopic electrolyte and subsequent electrolysis powered by solar or wind with a current density up to 574 mA cm ?2.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Bank of America has joined Stanford University’s Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP), a collaboration of academic and business experts that identifies and supports new avenues of research to make environmentally sustainable, low-cost energy available to everyone. Bank of America can help move GCEP technologies to commercialization.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Scientists from the University of Birmingham launched a major research project to investigate how “clean cold” could help to achieve almost all of the United Nations’ (UN) global Sustainable Development Goals. The University of Birmingham is a world-leader in clean cold’ expertise. It also accounts for 3.3 billion by 2050; and.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Rio Tinto has shown the effectiveness of a low-carbon iron-making process using ores from its mines in Australia in a small-scale pilot plant in Germany, and is now planning the development of a larger-scale pilot plant to further assess its potential to help decarbonize the steel value chain. Earlier post.)

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MAY 11, 2020

While there is global potential to generate renewable energy at costs already competitive with fossil fuels, a means of storing and transporting this energy at a very large scale is a roadblock to large-scale investment, development and deployment. of global greenhouse gas emissions (or about 1.4% Note the logarithmic ordinate scale.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed an electrochemical process for the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia with nearly 100% current-to-ammonia efficiency. These processes, taking up around 1% of global energy consumption, are largely fossil fuel-based. of total global CO 2 emissions. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 22, 2019

The audit was conducted on a pilot line at Deakin University’s Carbon Nexus facility in Geelong, Australia. LeMond and Deakin University are teamed to commercialize this innovative technology which enables reductions of 75% and 70% in capex and energy consumption per kilo of output respectively.

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MAY 23, 2012

The paper, “Seagrass Ecosystems as a Globally Significant Carbon Stock,” is the first global analysis of carbon stored in seagrasses. Using only data from sites for which full inventories exist, we estimate that, globally, seagrass ecosystems could store as much as 19.9?Pg Apostolaki, Gary A.

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APRIL 7, 2020

In an open-acess paper published in Nature Communications , Griffith University (Australia) researchers report having enhanced the catalytic activity of CoSe 2 for oxygen evolution in water splitting by incorporating both Fe dopants and Co vacancies into atomically thin CoSe 2 nanobelts. —Dr Yuhai Dou, lead author.

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MAY 20, 2010

The University of Wyoming (UW) has received a $2 million grant from coal giant Peabody Energy to create the Peabody Energy Clean Coal Technology Laboratory in the UW Energy Resources Center in Laramie. This gift will be doubled by the Wyoming State Legislature matching fund.

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MAY 13, 2013

A DOE-sponsored study by researchers at the University of Utah evaluated life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from several oil sands and shale processes and compared these to conventional liquid-fuel production processes. Lifecycle GHG for oil shale. Earlier post.). Initial oil shale projects for the collaboration include GOS’ 2.18

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JULY 21, 2011

The Alcoa Foundation recently awarded a $400,000 grant to the Ohio State University (OSU) Institute for Materials Research in support of innovative design and manufacturing technologies that will enable the creation of lighter, more environmentally friendly vehicle structures.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

It would be many decades before it would slow down global warming at all, and even then it would just be making a difference around the edges. The reliance on natural gas could then gradually reduce the rate of global warming, but temperatures would drop by only a small amount compared to the 5.4 —Tom Wigley. degree Celsius).

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JULY 9, 2011

Ltd) to establish a global joint venture to capitalize on the world-wide railroad tie market through the manufacture and sale of Recycled Structural Composite (RSC) ties/sleepers utilizing their respective geographic licenses from Rutgers University. The joint venture will be 65% owned by Axion and 35% owned by Sicut.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Australia’s first carbon fiber was produced using polyacrylonitrile fiber, spun on the joint CSIRO/Deakin University wet spinning line, then carbonized at Deakin’s “Carbon Nexus” facility. —CSIRO’s Chief Executive Dr. Larry Marshall. It’s a major leap forward in turning the region into an international carbon fiber hub.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, according to the first major study of evapotranspiration on a global basis. This is the first time we’ve ever been able to compile observations such as this for a global analysis.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Variations in atmosphere carbon dioxide around 40 million years ago were tightly coupled to changes in global temperature, according to new findings published in the journal Science. Steven Bohaty, University of Southampton. —Peter Bijl of Utrecht University.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In addition to coal mining, other major sources of methane emissions globally include wetlands, agriculture, and oil and gas facilities. Globally, coal mining is decreasing in the United States and Europe but increasing rapidly in other parts of the world, such as southeast Asia and India.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” Kumar Texas A&M University College Station “For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks.”

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FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, Monash University (Australia) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia have recently discovered a new, efficient way to extract lithium and other metals and minerals from water. —Anita Hill, CSIRO’s chief scientist.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In February, 2020, Rio Tinto announced a $100-million investment in a new solar plant at the Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, Australia, as well as a lithium-ion battery energy storage system to help power its entire Pilbara power network. Partner to reduce the carbon footprint across the value chain.

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MAY 10, 2010

The University of Queensland, Australia will host and lead a international research consortium focused on developing renewable aviation fuel from algae. Tags: Algae Algal Fuels Australia Aviation. International partners include Boeing, Virgin Blue and Amyris. The Queensland Government has injected A$2 million (US$1.8

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MAY 22, 2013

This Australian research is an important part of Boeing’s global commitment to supporting research into sustainable aviation biofuels. —Michael Edwards, general manager of Boeing Research & Technology-Australia. Algae Algal Fuels Australia Aviation Bio-hydrocarbons' We’ve proven that aircraft can fly on biofuels.

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MAY 15, 2017

in collaboration with scientists at the University of York’s Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI); University of Colorado; and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, assessed 30 studies of vehicle emissions under real-world driving conditions in 11 major vehicle markets representing 80% of new diesel vehicle sales in 2015.

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APRIL 22, 2022

The global carbon removal competition was launched last year, and it’s expected to last four years. California-based Global Algae, on the other hand, seeks to cultivate algae to help restore rainforests. . This Earth Day we're rewarding some of the most promising carbon removal solutions so far. Quotes courtesy of ABC News.

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APRIL 26, 2022

The IEEE senior member established an innovation lab for budding entrepreneurs at La Trobe University , in Melbourne, Australia, where he is an engineering professor. For his “leadership in the empowerment and development of technology professionals globally,” Custovic is the recipient of this year’s IEEE Theodore W.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

million kilometers in Europe, the US, China, Australia and South Africa, and more than 1.2 The Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Center in Beijing has therefore been an integral and crucial component of the global R&D network of Daimler AG for more than a decade. China is the largest automobile market in the world.

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JUNE 1, 2023

The world saw the need for universal broadband connectivity for remote work, online education, telemedicine, entertainment, and social networking. The pandemic also exposed weaknesses in the global infrastructure that supports the citizens of the world. In Australia, the figure is 13 percent. More than six percent of the U.S.

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JULY 31, 2019

Australia-based biotechnology company Circa Group, which produces its bio-based solvent Cyrene from waste cellulose, is participating in a project to develop the first UK industrial scale capability to reclaim and reuse the most valuable components of end-of-life electrical vehicle (EV) batteries.

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JULY 5, 2022

A study by researchers in Australia and China has determined that global food-miles account for nearly 20% of total food-systems emissions; moving fruit and vegetables in refrigerated vehicles is particularly emissions-intensive. Food trade plays a key role in achieving global food security. GtCO 2 e (3.5–7.5 GtCO 2 e (3.5–7.5

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