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Use carbon tax to clean up coal pollution, researchers urge 9/16/2012

Two of Australian's leading clean-up scientists have urged governments and policymakers to earmark a portion of the carbon tax to cleaning up the mess that may be left by the nation's ...

Salt-based battery a giant leap for renewable energy 9/10/2012

Murdoch University researchers have come up with a potential solution to one of sustainable energy's greatest challenges: power storage for use in non-generation times.

Fast-charge stations powering zero-emission vehicles 9/10/2012

Perth has gained Australia's first electric car fast recharge network with 23 new fast-charge stations installed across the metro area, in a project led by researchers from The ...

Comfort laboratory tackles indoor climate change 9/3/2012

University of Sydney researchers will be looking for ways to slash one of the world's biggest single sources of energy consumption — the heating and cooling of buildings — at a ...

Carbon capture breakthrough: turning emissions into stockfeed 9/2/2012

The political football that is carbon pricing could be deflated thanks to a scientist who has discovered a way to turn carbon dioxide emissions into stockfeed.

Could Chinese investment really hurt Australia? 8/26/2012

While debate about Chinese investment in Australia is on the boil, we still don't know what will be cooked up.

Nanoparticles could store 'fuel of the future' 8/19/2012

For the first time, engineers at the University of New South Wales have demonstrated hydrogen can be released and reabsorbed from a promising storage material, overcoming a major ...

Sound-powered stove is music to the ears of rural villages 8/12/2012

A revolutionary sound-powered stove and electrical generator is currently being tested in the conditions it was designed for — rural villages in Nepal and Bangladesh.

Blacker photovoltaic panels boost power generation efficiency 7/26/2012

Simple production process for lowering the reflectance of solar panels lends itself to commercialisation.

US researchers closer to new thermoelectric 'heat engine' 7/19/2012

Researchers who are studying a new magnetic effect that converts heat to electricity have discovered how to amplify it a thousand times over - a first step in making the technology ...

Storing renewable energy: cheap, green solution a step closer 7/19/2012

Developing rechargeable batteries capable of storing the huge amounts of energy generated by renewable sources, such as wind power, is consuming many hundreds of research hours at ...

Study explores apprenticeship, homeless link 7/19/2012

Claims of a growing homelessness risk among apprentices will be the focus of a new study by Flinders University researchers.

Funding boost for super microchip 7/15/2012

Griffith University's Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre has been awarded $1 million in research funding by the state government to develop production processes for a silicon ...

Emission reduction technology gets funding boost 7/15/2012

Curtin University researchers will develop new technology for reducing carbon dioxide emissions after receiving $1 million of State Government funding.

No more cloudy days for solar? 7/3/2012

For a country with so much sunlight, some might think Australia has been slow to adapt its electricity generation mix to include solar power.

How the carbon tax works 6/29/2012

Carbon pricing is essentially about ensuring the economy can grow without emissions growing at the same time.

Coal boom vulnerable to China slowdown 6/25/2012

On the face of it, the outlook is upbeat. An employment graph heading in the right direction. GDP profit up. The Australian dollar reaching for parity with its US counterpart - that ...

Carbon scheme in danger of going up in smoke 6/25/2012

Political squabbling runs the risk of turning the world’s best carbon pricing scheme into the world's shortest-lived.

The hunt is on for Australia's brightest sparks 6/19/2012

The search is on again for the nation’s greatest ideas – in fields from environmental science to education – through the $70,000 The Australian Innovation Challenge awards.

Climate change expert: Australia will go nuclear by 2030 6/12/2012

A University of Adelaide scientist believes it is inevitable that Australia will become a user of the world's most advanced nuclear power technology, if the country is serious about ...

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