The federal government will provide a total of $4.6 million in grants to boost education and collaboration in the nation’s quantum sector. As part of the new funding, the Australian Quantum Graduates Program will award $3.6 million to CSIRO to fund up to 20 PhDs in quantum technology. Announcing the grants, Minister for Industry and…
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced $50 million for two funding rounds targeting research and development (R&D) for renewable hydrogen and low emissions iron and steel. Funding for successful research projects will be provided over two phases, with an initial laboratory-based research phase followed by a commercialisation phase aimed at scaling up and…
As manufacturers nationwide cry out for staff the federal government is tackling one of the root causes of the problem – a lack of foundational learning skills in the Australian workforce. Minister for Skills and Training, Brendan O’Connor announced a new foundational skills study by Jobs and Skills Australia into critical skills such as the…
Fast DC electric vehicle charger manufacturer Tritium DCFC has announced that EV charger installer KuroEV has purchased Tritium fast chargers to be deployed across Malaysia. With only 600 charging stations currently available for the over 10,000 EVs registered in the country, Tritium’s entry into the Malaysian market comes at a crucial time. However did not…
Mining group Iron Road has selected Amp Energy as lead green hydrogen developer for its Cape Hardy green hydrogen project located on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The hub, which is expected to attract billions of dollars’ worth of investment and more than 1,000 jobs when fully operational, will accommodate the green field development…
Sharemarket analysts Pitt Street Research have released a positive appraisal of medical imaging company Imagion Biosystems and its MagSense non-radioactive and safe diagnostic imaging technology. Specialised MagSense nanoparticles are coated with tumour targeting antibodies and can be administered by simple intravenous injection. Weak, but highly sensitive magnetic fields are used to locate the nanoparticles which…
The Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBICRC) has announced Australia’s first sodium-sulphur (NAS) battery has been installed at the IGO Nova nickel-copper-cobalt mine site. The 250 kW/1.45 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) demonstration unit will provide long-duration storage, according to FBICRC Chief Executive Officer Shannon O’Rourke. O’Rourke said: “The NAS battery technology is…
Space operations company Saber Astronautics, has won a $6.6 million Defence Innovation Hub contract to transform existing space telescopes into space traffic sensors. Following an initial $2.1 million Defence Innovation Hub contract in 2019, this new contract is for a third phase of development applying advanced algorithms to combine data from multiple different suppliers such…
Technology development company the Hazer Group has announced a partnership that is preparing for the development of a commercial scale, up to 100,000 tonne per annum facility to be built in Japan utilising its Hazer process to produce hydrogen from biogas. The Perth company said the initial capacity of the plant, to be built with…
Defence SMEs are essential to the economic success of the AUKUS partners Australia, the UK and the US according to a just released white paper. The report, by the CEO of defence consulting firm ADROITA Sarah Pavillard, said while defence needs were core to AUKUS, industry in the three countries needed to reach out to…