World’s biggest cleantech and green business ideas competition and pre-accelerator comes to Geelong

ClimateLaunchpad is looking for innovative ideas help tackle climate change from the Geelong Region.

8 March 2023, Geelong – Applications are now open for ClimateLaunchpad, the world’s biggest cleantech and green business ideas competition.

Aimed at innovators, founders, researchers …

State of the Corporate PPA Market 2022 report released

3 March 2023, Sydney – The Business Renewables Centre Australia  (BRC-A) released their fourth Annual State of the Market Report today. The State of the Market 2022 report provides an overview of the Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements (Corporate PPAs) …

Heavy industry in Australia could decarbonise, help limit warming to 1.5 degrees and create up to 1.35 million jobs: new report outlines pathways

20 February 2022, Sydney – A new report has, for the first time in Australia, outlined decarbonisation pathways that show it is possible for five of Australia’s most significant heavy industry supply chains to transition to net zero, consistent with …

NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub launched in Sydney

2 February 2023, Sydney – The NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub held its formal launch on 2 February 2023 with 120 people attending the event. The launch at UNSW was opened by Professor Attila Brungs – Vice-Chancellor and President, UNSW Sydney, …

New report provides pathways to unleash the value in distributed energy resources

16 December 2022, Sydney – Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) are a growing component of the Australian electricity network and are influencing decisions made around economic growth, environmental sustainability and social well-being. However, our current energy system cannot handle unchecked increases …

New tool to help companies choose best offsite renewable electricity procurement options

16 December 2022, Sydney – Last week, the Business Renewables Centre Australia (BRC-A) initiative launched a new Buyer’s Diagnostic Tool and refreshed website to facilitate Australian companies to procurement more renewable electricity.

What’s new

BRC-A have developed a Buyers Diagnostic …

Climate-KIC Australia releases 2021-22 Impact Report

30 November 2022, Sydney – It’s been five years since Climate-KIC Australia officially opened our doors, with an ambition to catalyse climate action in Australia through collaborative innovation. Since then, we have been hard at work building more than 20 …

Climate-KIC Australia celebrates fifth birthday

24 November 2022, Sydney – On Wednesday, November 23, Climate-KIC Australia celebrated five years of climate impact together with our network of collaborators.

A lot has happened in the climate ecosystem, nationally and internationally, since Climate-KIC Australia first officially opened …

Local cleantech start-up set to take global stage

• Canberra-based start-up in top-16 of over 1,900 cleantech start-ups in global competition
• Spark3D print functional electronics cheaper, using less materials and producing less waste
• It’s the first time an Australian team has made it to the top-16 of ClimateLaunchpad

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Australian-first study at Fairwater shows power saving benefits of geothermal tech

Residents in flagship Frasers Property community in western Sydney reap rewards

• Three-year study of 750 homes at Fairwater community showed 21 per cent reduction in annual electricity consumption
• Findings will inform government policy and be shared with other developers