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Sydney’s wind-powered desal plant up and running

January 29, 2010 - by Lisa Sibley - The city’s metropolitan water plan includes the $1.9B plant, deep water storage from Sydney’s dams, and recycled water projects. Full Story »

New agriculture tech from BiOWiSH aims to replace crop burning

December 14, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Australian company raises first outside funds for enzyme technology to triple crop yields while reducing the need for chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Full Story »

Construction recycling facility opens its doors in Australia

November 18, 2009 - Best of the web - The $45 million Western Metropolitan Recycling Facility in Melbourne is expected to recycle 1 million tons of construction and demolition material annually. Full Story »

The upside of upconversion

November 17, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - University of Sydney researchers are looking to boost solar cell efficiencies by harvesting an unused part of the solar spectrum. Full Story »

Dow’s reverse osmosis tech picked for Australian desal plant

November 6, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Southern Seawater Desalination Plant is expected to use a two-pass reverse osmosis system for sea and brackish water. Full Story »

Israeli engineer’s biofilter offers Australian urban water potential

October 23, 2009 - Best of the web - New technology that breaks down pollution in runoff water has applications for irrigation, household uses and even drinking. Full Story »

Energy Recovery tech slated for new Australian desal plant

October 6, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - California-based company says this will be the fourth desal plant in Australia to use its energy efficient devices. Full Story »

Tyco scores $120M contract at Australia's largest desal plant

September 22, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Desalination plant is expected to provide 40 billion gallons of drinking water per year for drought-sticken Melbourne area. Full Story »

Details emerge of Australian aquifer geothermal project

September 21, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Greenearth Energy seeks government funding to move forward with demonstration stage of 140 MW project. Full Story »

Cougar Energy scores A$8M for underground coal gasification

September 15, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Australian firm plans to use the money to complete construction of its UCG demonstration project in Queensland. Full Story »
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