Political sentiment surrounding sustainable energy could soon become be highly changeable, especially as heavyweight investors continue to pursue real commercial returns on major projects in regional areas.
Category: Sustainability
Newcastle light rail run finalised
The New South Wales government has selected the route for the Newcastle light rail, which will connect the city centre with the waterfront.
Sydney wants to start distilling its rubbish into renewable fuels
The City of Sydney is digging into its mammoth pile of garbage with a new clean energy technology that aims to transform stinking gasses into an upcycled energy resource pumped back into the power grid.
Solar panel ‘trust mark’ powered-up for government buyers and consumers
The real quality and performance of increasingly popular photovoltaic products is being exposed to sunlight to put under-performers in the shade.
Engineers claim $200bn in risky coastal assets urgently need climate change plan
Design standards and asset management plans will have to change with the weather say works experts.
Campbelltown Council and SITA deploy soy sipping trucks
Sydney’s Campbelltown City Council has taken on more clean and green biofuel garbage trucks as it tries to drive down both costs and carbon emissions.
Queensland takes American advice on natural disasters
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has flown to the United States to see first hand how a collaboration between the Queensland University of Technology and the California Institute of Technology can help mitigate and better manage natural disasters.
Councils offered $85m to reduce waste
The NSW government has put money on the table to help overhaul waste management infrastructure and divert rubbish going to landfill.
South Australia goes full tilt for massive new $1.5bn wind farm
The South Australian government has blown off critics of wind power after it approved the second largest turbine generation facility in Australia in a bid to boost Adelaide’s power supply and spin the city out of a manufacturing downturn.
Australian councils share disaster smarts with United States
By Professor Edward Blakely* The United States has dealt with more disasters in the last four years than any period in nearly a century. This path of destruction has been…