Renewable hydrogen produced at the Tonsley Innovation district was loaded on a truck yesterday for transport to Whyalla, South Australia where it will help to fuel production of high-purity argon supplied to the Whyalla Steelworks. The hydrogen was produced in Australia’s largest electrolyser which is operated by Hydrogen Park South Australia (HyP SA) as part…
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A new Australian Industrial Transformation Institute (Flinders University) report, ‘The Circular Economy: International Lessons and Directions for Australian Reindustrialisation’, considers why and how Circular Economy principles should be applied to the larger project of Australian reindustrialisation, accelerated decarbonisation, value adding and national sovereignty. By Lance Worrall Through a focus on industrial processes and critical metals,…
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The University of Sydney has announced it will invest $478 million in the Sydney Biomedical Accelerator (SBA) biomedical precinct, a partnership between the university, Sydney Local Health District and the NSW Government.
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When Andrew Forrest set his company on a path to become a green energy powerhouse he was met with a lot of cynicism, but 20 months after committing himself to going green in a Boyer lecture Forrest has runs on the board and still has fire in the belly. Today, the Company released its annual…
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Carbon fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution has registered growth in production and is aiming for new heights as its first mega-line mass production line is close to completion. The Geelong, Victoria company, which experienced market dislocation during the Covid-19 crisis as car manufacturing slowed or even shut down, today reported revenue above $40 million…
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A team of apprentices from ASC will help restore the City of Adelaide clipper, built in 1864, working with the City of Adelaide Preservation Trust. According to a statement from ASC – the country’s long-time submarine builder and sustainer – the apprentices would make custom stanchions as one of their first projects. The team would…
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By Peter Roberts The first steel block that goes together with others in modern ship construction to produce a final vessel has emerged after 45,000 work hours at BAE Systems Australia’s Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide. Thirty five trades were involved in the construction including engineering, boilermaking, fabrication, project management and construction. While this first…
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By Peter Roberts I nearly missed this news myself – but the United States has quietly signalled that the one way traffic of sales of military equipment and technology from the US to Australia really has come to an end. This has been going on so long – we buy American equipment and they show…
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VEEM works to develop specialist police vessel Perth marine engineering company VEEM is working closely with Global Marine Design and Fine Entry Marine to deliver an innovative 23.9m aluminium offshore patrol vessel for Tasmania Police (pictured). In a first for policing vessels within Australia, a VEEM Marine VG52SD gyrostabiliser will be installed to provide a…
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Assistant Minister for Manufacturing Tim Ayres has hopes of Australia moving into wind farm manufacturing in the Illawarra region of New South Wales. Visiting BlueScope Steel at Coniston last week Ayres said he was keen to discuss with the company the potential for developing further manufacturing in the light of $55 million in Commonwealth’s support…
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