31 News & Press Releases found
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A new leaf turns in carbon science
A new insight into global photosynthesis, the chemical process governing how ocean and land plants absorb and release carbon dioxide, has been revealed in research that will assist scientists to more accurately assess future climate change. In a ...
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Can CSIRO help reduce your power bills?
CSIRO is calling for homeowners in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne to take part in a study looking at how much energy is used to keep their homes warm or cool throughout the seasons. A senior scientist with CSIRO`s Energy Transformed Flagship, Dr ...
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Getting smarter about supplying electricity
This month’s final print edition of Ecos – Australia’s longest running magazine on science and sustainability – features expert commentary on the drivers of rising household electricity bills identified in the recently ...
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New sustainable `bio-derived` jet fuel industry is achievable
The report, Flight Path to Sustainable Aviation, predicts that over the next 20 years a new, sustainable, Australia-New Zealand aviation fuels industry could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent, generate more than 12,000 jobs and reduce ...
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ECOS reviews proposed `Carbon Farming Initiative`
The CFI aims to enable Australian farmers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate tradeable carbon credits. The agricultural sector accounts for over a quarter of the nation’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions. It also offers ...
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Biofuels: Researchers to turn waste into wealth
Being launched today in Canberra, the A$8.3 million CSIRO Energy Transformed Cluster on Biofuels will develop new processes using enzyme biotechnology techniques to produce liquid fuels from waste plant feedstocks with the potential to provide ...
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Mini `doughnut-blimp` leads the way at QCAT
Designed by Queensland University of Technology avionics engineering student Bryan Huang, the blimp could soon guide visitors from reception to their meeting rooms. Mr Huang has spent the last 12 weeks working on the blimp as part of his summer ...
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Byproducts key to charcoal fuel viability
The new technology aims to help the iron and steel industry and other metal extraction industries compete in a carbon-constrained economy. “The easiest way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to replace the fossil carbon with renewable ...
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Funding to help solve solar energy puzzle
The funding will be used to develop a large scale solar air turbine, a thermoelectric generator which is expected to reduce the cost of solar energy by 10 per cent or more, and lastly to conduct Australia’s first investigation of its type of ...
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Volunteer to save power, reduce your ‘footprint’
According to CSIRO lead researcher, Paul Graham, the NSW Energymark program – a CSIRO initiative supported by the Department of Climate Change and Water NSW – uses a proven ‘kitchen table conversation’ approach. ...
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Sunny future for Australia`s solar industry
The heliostats are part of an advanced new solar technology developed by CSIRO and manufactured by Central Coast company, Performance Engineering Group. The new solar-thermal tower is designed to demonstrate that, after the cost of carbon is taken ...
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Natural energy to help power exploration of the universe
The Sustainable Energy for SKA facility will be funded through the Sustainability Round of the Government’s Education Investment Fund (EIF). The funding will support renewable energy infrastructure projects for the Murchison Radio-astronomy ...
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Remote-access meters can cut your energy costs
The aim is to help small scale energy users cut energy use, costs and carbon emissions. CSIRO project leader, Dr Martin de Groot, said the system will give householders the flexibility to cutback their electricity use at times when it’s ...
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Australian elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Founded in 1660, the Royal Society is the world’s oldest scientific academy. Dr Rizzardo’s name is recorded on a roll-call of some of the world’s most distinguished scientists including Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen ...
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Major report released at “Bioenergy Australia 2009”
Australia’s bioenergy industry – which uses biomass for heat, power (bioelectricity) and liquid fuels (biofuels) – is relatively small. However, in the future it has very significant growth potential, driven by the need to reduce greenhouse gas ...
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New centre makes geothermal cities a hot prospect
The Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence (WAGCOE) is a joint venture between CSIRO and The University of Western Australia, in conjunction with Curtin University of Technology, and supported by the WA State Government. The Centre ...
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Castlemaine shows business how to cut emissions
CSIRO’s finding that smallgoods manufacturer, Don KRC, could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions while doubling production capacity, is a key finding to be detailed today at a public event being held at the Mount Alexander Hospital, Castlemaine, to ...
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Carbon sinks losing the battle with rising emissions
“Forests, grasslands and oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere faster than ever but they are not keeping pace with rapidly rising emissions,” says CSIRO scientist and co-Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Dr Mike Raupach. ...
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Keeping cool in Australia using the summer heat
The leader of the Flagship’s solar cooling research project, Dr Stephen White, says significant greenhouse gas savings can be achieved in air conditioning by using energy from the sun. “Solar cooling utilises heat from solar thermal collectors to ...
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‘Smart’ fridges stay cool by talking to each other
CSIRO’s Intelligent Energy team have developed a fridge capable of maintaining its average temperature while regulating its power consumption from renewable-energy generators, such as solar panels (photovoltaics) or wind turbines. CSIRO Engineer, ...