Archived News for Energy Sector Professionals - August, 2014
New analysis shows renewable energy is becoming the cheap and reliable option, while the uncertainty of gas requires a roll of the dice.
Murdoch makes bold claim to do nothing
Media owner Rupert Murdoch says Australians should be greatly sceptical of climate change and its impacts.
Students stamp rice into shape of salvation
Small bricks of compressed rice husk could save Nepalese women and children hours of hard labour and improve their health.
Water body wants well worries quelled
Irrigation industry group Namoi Water says the NSW Government’s permission for AGL to fracture CSG wells in Gloucester is a dark sign of things to come.
Clough gets $55 million worth of gaseous growth
Australian engineering firm Clough has bought US LNG engineering group CH-IV International.
New loo to lower the lid on illness
A life-saving solar-powered toilet has been developed for a UN-backed project to improve global sanitation.
Over-powered nation blamed on all sources
South-eastern Australia won’t need any more generators for at least 10 years, according to new analysis.
People power could get corporate face
Studies have been undertaken to look at Australia's first community owned electricity retailer.
Strike for new time in QLD
UPDATE 12/08: The Fair Work Commission has released an interim decision ordering the CFMEU to stop strike action at Curtis Island.
Super sponge soaks up old energy issues
A spongy plastic that soaks up carbon dioxide could ease the transition away from polluting fossil fuels and toward new energy sources, researchers say.
Uranium could be slowed by global moves
Australian authorities have warned that they may ban the export of local uranium to Russia.
Garbage-loving techno-shell takes a bite of waste
A large shell-shaped structure is sucking tonnes of rubbish out of a river for free.
BHP could fight to avoid cancer bill
Mining giant BHP Billiton has been ordered to pay the biggest asbestos exposure settlement in Australian history, but it may not play ball.
Breeze of uncertainty holds back green tide
With the results of a review still looming, insiders say Australian renewable energy is “dead”.
Nuclear nods for good source of green
Australian nuclear is being boosted this week with the re-animation of Queensland’s uranium industry, and some encouraging words from a former Prime Minister.
Well worries given weight in gas study
Research says leaks from Australian coal seam gas (CSG) wells are much less severe than leaks in the US, but they are still a major source of carbon emissions.