Ethical Investing

Park your car to power your home: study probes EV tech

10 October

Powering Australian homes with electric cars could be possible as part of a two-year research project also designed to convince motorists and governments to adopt the technology. Motoring group NRMA announced the bi-directional vehicle charging...[Read More]

Wanted: $100m investment fund seeks green Aussie tech

9 October

A $100 million investment fund is on the lookout for Australian start-ups developing climate-friendly energy, transport and farming innovations after securing support from more than 50 companies. Virescent Ventures announced the launch of its second...[Read More]

Australia may miss billions in green Chinese investment

3 October

Australia has the potential to tap into billions of dollars of renewable energy investments from China but only if it changes foreign investment policies and its approach to the superpower nation. Think-tank Climate Energy Finance issued the...[Read More]

Unisuper members call for divestment in NT gas

3 October

More than 1000 scientists and academics are calling on UniSuper to live up to its climate commitments and publicly denounce support for APA Group building fracking projects in the Northern Territory. Market Forces, an organisation that campaigns to...[Read More]

Hydrogen could do the heavy lifting on Aussie roads

26 September

Heavy-duty hydrogen trucks will be key to overhauling Australia’s carbon emissions, according to a leading transport firm, as they are the only vehicles suited to travelling the nation’s long distances. Executives from Foton Mobility made the...[Read More]

Australia’s first solar garden prepares for its harvest

25 September

By the side of the highway in Grong Grong, in the NSW Riverina region, Australia’s first solar garden is almost ready to harvest. The development is expected to deliver a bounty to 175 solar gardeners within weeks in the form of credits on their...[Read More]

First battery use of vanadium electrolyte made locally

18 September

Factory acceptance testing of a long-duration energy storage battery has been successfully completed in a potential breakthrough for a local supply chain. Already being ramped up in China, vanadium flow batteries (VFBs) could play a key role in...[Read More]

Steel giant’s venture fund inks tech pact on green iron

18 September

A “wild idea” about making oxygen on the moon is the source of green iron technology taken up by a big emitter to keep steelworks running. BlueScope Steel’s venture fund BlueScopeX on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with...[Read More]

Call to ‘science’ our way out of the climate conundrum

11 September

Australia has been urged to stop flogging itself as a top source of iron ore, coal and gas, but must also prepare for emissions to initially rise as the economy is overhauled. Assistant Climate Change and Energy Minister Josh Wilson says...[Read More]

Two regional cities may unlock Aussie renewable future

29 August

Two regional Queensland cities have been hailed as the “solution” to Australia’s renewable energy ambitions, with investors saying Townsville and Gladstone have a unique combination of assets that could unlock clean export...[Read More]

Sweet side of waste: sugarcane turned into packaging

28 August

Australian researchers have worked out how to turn sugarcane waste into a new form of bio packaging with the added sweetener of extending the shelf life of the produce. The novel technology has been developed by Queensland University’s Nasim...[Read More]

Opportunity knocks for winner of women in country award

21 August

Circularity, community and connection to country are more than just buzzwords for Tanya Egerton. They are the guiding principles that have led to her being crowned the national winner of the 2024 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award, for her work...[Read More]

‘Clock is ticking’: regions need a say in clean energy

14 August

There is growing discontent on the plains of western Victoria as renewable energy companies chase the region’s abundance of sun and wind. The Wimmera Southern Mallee region, home to prosperous cropping and cattle farms, is in a Renewable Energy...[Read More]

Hybrids speed past petrol, electric cars in sales race

7 August

Australians have bought more than double the number of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles this year, while the popularity of petrol cars continues to slow down. But it is unclear whether motorists are motivated by fuel savings as sales of electric...[Read More]

Aussie firms urged to deploy AI but limit its emissions