In a first for an Australian airline, Virgin Australia has launched a trial of environmentally-friendly biodiesel in its ground service equipment. The initial trial involves using a biodiesel blend derived from locally sourced tallow and used cooking ...
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2012-05-15 22:28:27
The Renewable Energy Bonus Scheme (REBS) provided rebates of $1000 for solar hot water system installations and $600 for heat pump hot water system installations. In a Government-issued press release, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release) via Google News
2012-05-15 22:07:19
In a first for an Australian airline, it will use environmentally-friendly biodiesel in its ground service equipment for the next eight weeks. Last month, a Qantas flight between Sydney and Adelaide trialled a 50-50 mix of conventional fuel and refined ...
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2012-05-15 21:59:00
In February, Exigency provided the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission with a submission to their Inquiry into Feed-in Tariffs, providing insight to both the impact of feed-in tariffs and methods for overcoming two major barriers to ...
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2012-05-15 21:27:11
Brian Fleay of the Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO Australia) calculated that if the entire sugarcane and wheat crop in Australia is converted to ethanol, it would only supply 20% of Australian transport fuels.
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2012-05-13 15:42:35
by Paul Willis Australian energy provider Origin Energy has signed its largest ever wind power purchase agreement. The company plans to take all the power generated by a 90-turbine wind farm that will have an installed capacity of 270 megawatts (MW).
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2012-05-11 16:03:33
Strong demand from the European biodiesel industry and lower wheat prices are expected to result in record Australian canola (rapeseed) planting in the current marketing season. The Australian Oilseeds Federation (AOF) predicts national canola planting ...
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2012-05-11 07:29:25
By Stephanie Ginter Solar power system developer and manufacturer, Westinghouse Solar, Inc., announced first quarter revenue of $2.4 million today following yesterday's announcement of its merger agreement with Australian renewable energy company, ...
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2012-05-10 13:11:10
Lyne MP Rob Oakeshott lost a motion to have wood waste classified as a biofuel. Mr Oakeshott said that has contributed to the local industry woes. He said the Greens who voted against the plan should visit Kempsey's Australian Solar Timbers which has ...
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2012-05-10 09:46:45
An environmental evaluation commission in Aysén on Tuesday approved the construction of a central hydroelectric dam to be built on the Río Cuervo. The project, which will be run by Energía Austral, a subsidiary company of Xstrata Copper, and Australian ...
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2012-05-08 17:46:18
But now, an Australian company says it can turn the sticky problem into much-needed biofuel. According to Australian media, CRC Care (CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment) has developed a new device that can turn pig poo ...
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2012-05-06 23:57:07
China's love of pork presents a mountain of a problem for the environment, 1.4 million metric tons (1.5 million tons) of pig poo a year to be precise, but an Australian company believes it has part of the answer.
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2012-05-04 23:07:53
Stakeholders are worried four programs are at risk - solar flagships, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), carbon capture and storage (CCS) flagships and green building tax breaks. Solar flagships supports the construction and demonstration ...
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2012-05-04 00:57:12
The ocean swell off Perth s Garden Island is set to power a world-first grid-connected demonstration of the promising Australian CETO wave energy technology. Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson AM MP, today announced close to $10 million ...
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2012-05-02 22:15:59
