Industry News
Vast and Mabanaft advance Port Augusta green methanol project
Located in South Australia at the Port Augusta Green Energy Hub, SM1 will have the capacity to produce 7500 tonnes of green methanol each year. [ + ]
1414 Degrees launches hydrogen development project
Partnership for hydrogen development project signed off with Woodside Energy Technologies. [ + ]
Mitsubishi launches pre-engineered robot work cell
Mitsubishi's Automated Robotic Industrial Assistant is designed to help address labour shortages and productivity challenges. [ + ]
AVEVA updates InTouch Unlimited HMI/SCADA capabilities
AVEVA has announced updated capabilities and commercial models for its InTouch Unlimited HMI/SCADA software. [ + ]
PA-DIM Working Group releases Version 1.1
Standard expands to support analyser device types and data modelling extensions, enhancing interoperability for process applications. [ + ]
Technical and trade skills in short supply: Ai Group
Australian Industry Group has released survey data showing technicians and trades workers are in high demand, and increasingly hard to find. [ + ]
Queensland Budget increases funding for renewable energy
The upcoming Queensland Budget will include $26 billion invested in the renewable energy and jobs plan over the next four years. [ + ]
FieldComm Group joins PACTware Consortium
By adding support for FDI technology, PACTware 6.1 now supports both FDI and FDT/DTM device integration technologies. [ + ]
Government invests $1.7 billion in aviation biofuel
UniSA experts will work with their Chinese counterparts to develop a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in both countries. [ + ]
Nitrous oxide greenhouse emissions increase by 40% in 40 years
The recently released Global Nitrous Oxide Budget shows atmospheric N2O concentrations in recent years have exceeded projected levels. [ + ]
EnviroGold Global achieves finance for Brisbane clean leach plant
Funding follows the acquisition of a CSIRO demonstration plant for processing mine tailings, to be relocated to Brisbane. [ + ]
Manufacturing robotics inspired by nature
Researchers have shared a novel hybrid-driven origami gripper, designed to grasp and manipulate objects with versatility and precision. [ + ]
ENEOS announces AI-based autonomous crude oil processing
Japanese company ENEOS has announced the AI-based autonomous operation of an oil refinery plant that normally requires human operators with years of experience. [ + ]
Siemens offers GenAI tools for planning hydrogen plants
Siemens has announced software tools based on generative AI for companies in the hydrogen industry. [ + ]
CSP-powered solar methanol project to go ahead in Port Augusta
Vast Renewables Limited has announced that it has received planning consent for a reference plant powered by concentrated solar power that will produce green fuels. [ + ]
