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COST OF LIVING PRESSURES DRIVE 23% INCREASE IN CASES TO THE VICTORIAN ENERGY AND WATER OMBUDSMAN 2023/2024

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Increases in wholesale gas and electricity prices, and cost of living pressures in Victoria during the 2023/2024 financial year, drove a significant increase in complaints to the Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria) (EWOV).    EWOV received 18,702 cases in 2023/2024, an increase of 23% compared to the previous financial year. Gas and LPG cases rose … Continued

The Select Committee on Nuclear Energy’s public hearing program kicks off in Canberra

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The newly established House Select Committee on Nuclear Energy will kick start its public hearing program in Canberra today. The parliamentary committee has been established to inquire into and report on the consideration of nuclear power generation in Australia. The Committee will hear from federal government departments including the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and … Continued

AI driving data centres to the edge

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In the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has surged forward like a digital renaissance, echoing the rapid and transformative rise of the Internet in the late 1990s. It has revolutionised industries and redefined our daily lives with extraordinary speed – and its impact is set to grow even more substantially in the coming years. Investments … Continued

Delta Reveals the Future of Hydrogen and Sustainable Tech at All Energy 2024

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Melbourne, 23rd October 2024 – Delta, a global leader in power management and provider of IoT-based smart green solutions, has today provided a glimpse of a more sustainable future; unveiling a slew of new innovations at the All Energy expo, including Delta’s new LFP (lithium ferrous phosphate) battery container, All in One (AiO) Energy Storage System and an … Continued

Engineers unlock lithium from extreme environments

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Demand for lithium – critical to powering sustainable technologies – is rapidly growing but up to 75 percent of the world’s lithium-rich saltwater sources remain untappable using current methods. In the race for solutions to unlock untapped sources, Monash engineers have developed worldfirst technology enabling direct lithium extraction from these difficult-to-process sources. With some predicting global … Continued

Researchers spinning fibres to help the Territory and beyond

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Researchers at Charles Darwin University (CDU) are using a state-of-the-art nanofiber fabrication facility located at the Casuarina Campus to create fibres that are 10 to 100 times thinner than a spider’s silk to solve some of the pressing issues the Northern Territory is facing.  Nanofibers are lightweight and have a diameter about 1/1000th of a … Continued

SLB Announces Third-Quarter 2024 Results

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Revenue of $9.16 billion was steady sequentially and increased 10% year on year GAAP EPS of $0.83 increased 8% sequentially and 6% year on year EPS, excluding charges and credits, of $0.89 increased 5% sequentially and 14% year on year Net income attributable to SLB of $1.19 billion increased 7% sequentially and 6% year on … Continued

Half a million high-rise residents left behind in the race to Net Zero emissions and cheaper energy bills

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With pressure on governments and planners to increase density in our cities and as a growing number of Australians opt for apartment living, Solar Citizens finds not enough is being done to ensure high-rise apartments are energy efficient and electrification-ready. Solar Citizens’ new ‘Electrify Wolli Creek’ report reveals there are multiple barriers to high-rise dwellers accessing … Continued

Peter Dutton hates the reality of renewable energy, but loves the fantasy of nuclear reactors

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18 October 2024 Climate advocacy organisation Solutions for Climate Australia called out Federal Liberal leader Peter Dutton for again attacking renewable energy, this time visiting Western Australia, to object to offshore wind projects in the state, while privately promoting nuclear reactors. “Again we have the ridiculous situation where the Federal Liberal Party is committing to stop … Continued