energy

The Canadian Solar manufacturing facility opened in London, Ontario on Thursday. It will employ 200 Canadians in the renewable energy sector.

The Labor Party has promised to introduce programs to ‘transform’ the manufacturing sector in Adelaide, as the South Australian election nears.

General Electric plans to spend big on environmentally friendly energy research, such as fracking technologies and wind turbines.

The applications by two major gas retailers to increase retail prices in NSW and the ACT by about 20 per cent will have a major effect on industry.

Industry 4.0 addresses the challenges faced by manufacturing companies, such as energy and resource efficiency.

A new solution from Siemens takes advantage of hot flue gases from arc furnaces to generate steam which can then be used for other steel mill processes or for generating electricity.

Schneider Electric and economist Jeremy Rifkin discuss the challenges the world faces as it enters the third industrial revolution.

What is the future of Australia’s gas reserves? While it might be good news for the gas industry, increasing international demand could cost manufacturing.

The CEO of building materials maker Boral, Mike Kane, has said that manufacturers are suffering badly from a lack of affordable energy.

A Toyota plant in the north-east of Japan has converted to gas and solar energy following the Fukushima nuclear accident, and producing 100,000 sedan vehicles a year.

The Coalition government’s direct action climate change policy has been rejected not only by environmentalists but also by industry.

The former Kurri Kurri Aluminium Smelter site should be transformed into a hub of renewable energy manufacturing.

Electricity and the carbon price have dominated our national policy debate in the past three years, but in the first 100 days of the next government’s life, there’ll be a new energy problem to tackle: natural gas.

SolarWorld AG, Germany’s largest solar PV maker has secured approvals for financial restructuring at an extraordinary general meeting in Bonn.

LPG Autogas lobby group Gas Energy Australia has commented on the debate on automotive policy, urging that the next government promote the use of LPG-powered cars.

Australia’s ailing car manufacturing industry will receive a A$200m funding boost. And all cars in Commonwealth fleets will have to be Australian-made.

The NSW government has announced that LED lights will be installed in 41 council areas across Sydney, the Hunter and the Central Coast.

Australia’s largest developer of renewable energy projects AGL, says it will build solar power plants worth $450 million with First Solar.

Green energy company Granite Power has said that it was cheaper to commission Archer Enterprises, a maker of components and assemblies, than to source parts from overseas.

US-based company Aurora Algae is building a $300 million plant next year in Karratha, which has what has been called an ideal climate for microalgae production.