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AMPC is helping the red meat processor sector transition to clean energy by expanding its bioenergy projects that are building confidence and capability towards adoption. AMPC is piloting a project that will assess a new approach to processing by-product streams to create biogas, with the long-term potential to abate 1.9 million tonnes of greenhouse gases and generate up to $63 million in carbon credits.

More than half of Australian households own an electric water heating system which makes up around 25GWh of daily flexible demand in our electricity network. The majority of these electric water heating systems have been on a controlled load circuit where the electrical circuit of the water heaters is energised and de-energised by the distribution network service providers (DNSPs) based on their demand-side management strategies.

A Curtin University-led national research project to advance decarbonization in Australia, Pathways to Net Zero Precincts, has launched at the All Energy Conference in Melbourne today.

A new initiative aimed at unlocking the full potential of energy upgrades in existing housing stock has been officially launched with the kick-off of the Energy Upgrades for Australian Homes (EUAH) project at the All Energy Conference in Melbourne today.

A new initiative aimed at unlocking the full potential of energy upgrades in existing housing stock has been officially launched with the kick-off of the Energy Upgrades for Australian Homes (EUAH) project at the All Energy Conference in Melbourne today.

A Curtin University-led national research project to advance decarbonisation in Australia, Pathways to Net Zero Precincts has launched at the All Energy Conference in Melbourne today.

In a bid to improve the energy efficiency of Australian homes the federal government has launched the RACE for 2030 Energy Upgrades for Australian Homes (EUAH) project. The three year project will improve the thermal efficiency of eight million Australian homes that were built before energy ratings were introduced.

A new initiative aimed at unlocking the full potential of energy upgrades in existing housing stock has been officially launched with the kick-off of the Energy Upgrades for Australian Homes (EUAH) project at the All Energy Conference in Melbourne today.

A broad coalition of leading industry and professional associations, education institutions, local governments and other non-government organisations is calling for the Commonwealth, state and territory governments to take real action to secure Australia’s emissions reduction and workforce goals.

A Curtin University-led national research project to advance decarbonisation in Australia, Pathways to Net Zero Precincts has launched at the All Energy Conference in Melbourne today. The groundbreaking initiative, led by the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, and delivered through the Cooperative Research Centre, RACE for 2030, is dedicated to decarbonising the built environment in partnership with industry.

A Curtin University-led national research project to advance decarbonisation in Australia, Pathways to Net Zero Precincts has launched at the All Energy Conference in Melbourne today. The groundbreaking initiative, led by the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, and delivered through the Cooperative Research Centre, RACE for 2030, is dedicated to decarbonising the built environment in partnership with industry.

A project designed to dramatically improve the energy efficiency of Australian houses and reduce power bills is aiming to upgrade more than one million homes by the end of the decade. The scheme, backed by more than 74 organisations and delivered through the Race for 2030 co-operative research centre, launched on Wednesday at the All-Energy Conference in Melbourne.

A project designed to dramatically improve the energy efficiency of Australian houses and reduce power bills is aiming to upgrade more than one million homes by the end of the decade.

A project designed to dramatically improve the energy efficiency of Australian houses and reduce power bills is aiming to upgrade more than one million homes by the end of the decade.

A major new project aims to unlock the full potential of energy upgrades in existing housing stock. ISF is part of a new initiative aimed at unlocking the full potential of energy upgrades in existing housing stock has been officially launched with the kick-off of the Energy Upgrades for Australian Homes (EUAH) project at the All Energy Conference in Melbourne today.

The media release was also posted on The National Tribune. Research from Monash University Business School has tested whether monetary or non-monetary incentives can encourage households to shift their daily electricity use to better align with solar energy output.

In the realm of industrial energy efficiency, the prevailing narrative has long centred on energy savings, and rightfully so. After all, reducing energy consumption is a crucial step towards a sustainable future and a key pillar in the roadmap to decarbonisation.

A new $11 million project led by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, will drive the development of new technology to support flexible demand for energy, empowering users to have more control over their electricity usage, save money and ease pressure on the energy grid.

The electrification of transport is a key weapon in the armoury to decarbonise many a country’s economy, and Australia is no different. With around 20 million vehicles on the road and 99.9 per cent of these powered by petrol or diesel, Australia’s carbon emissions from road transport have been on a seemingly unstoppable rise for decades.

Most Australian food waste ends up in landfill. Rotting in the absence of oxygen produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. While some facilities capture this “landfill gas” to produce energy, or burn it off to release carbon dioxide instead, it’s a major contributor to climate change.

The electrification of transport is a key weapon in the armoury to decarbonise many a country’s economy, and Australia is no different. With around 20 million vehicles on the road and 99.9 per cent of these powered by petrol or diesel, Australia’s carbon emissions from road transport have been on a seemingly unstoppable rise for decades.

The process of fully electrifying his own home was difficult, but it helped the CEO of RACE for 2030 identify the challenges we must overcome to scale up Australia's electrification journey.

RMIT University has led a report, commissioned by RACE for 2030, to assess the current challenges related to home thermal efficiency improvements, which are expected to ease cost of living pressures, improve wellbeing and reduce energy consumption and emissions.

Improving the thermal performance in Australian homes is an urgent priority to ease cost of living pressures, improve occupant wellbeing, and reduce energy consumption and emissions. So says H2: Opportunity Assessment Enhancing home thermal efficiency, a new RMIT University-led report, commissioned by RACE for 2030.

A novel dew-point CO2 refrigeration system has been deployed at a Coles supermarket in Norwood, South Australia. The project is the culmination of seven years of research activities, trials and product development, including partnerships between the University of South Australia, the RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre, Coles, and Adelaide-based Glaciem Cooling Technologies.

An RMIT University-led report, commissioned by RACE for 2030, assessed current challenges related to home thermal efficiency improvements.

Improving the thermal performance of Australian homes should be an urgent priority to ease cost of living pressures, improve wellbeing and reduce energy consumption and emissions.

In a world-first, Adelaide-based Glaciem Cooling Technologies has deployed its groundbreaking energy-efficient refrigeration solutions to help leading Australian retailer Coles reduce CO2 emissions in line with its sustainability ambitions.

With the increasing uptake of electric vehicles, researchers at the Reliable, Affordable Clean Energy for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (RACE for 2030) are leading a project to demonstrate how strategic integration with Australia’s electricity grid and energy storage is vital for electric vehicle adoption.

With the ncreasing uptake of electric vehicles, researchers at the Reliable Affordable Clean Energy for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (RACE for 2030) are leading a project to demonstarte gow strategic integration

Residential buildings are responsible for 24 per cent of electricity use and 12 per cent of carbon emissions in Australia. Heating and cooling accounts for a major portion of residential energy consumption and emissions.

Australia is in a better position to evaluate its energy-efficiency workforce thanks to a new report that provides definitions of energy efficiency work.

Electrify Everything! says Saul Griffith. The Hydrogen Economy! says Andrew Forrest. What if we didn’t have to choose? What if the answer was, to borrow from the Energy Efficiency Council’s (EEC) CEO Luke Menzel, “everything, everywhere, all at once?”.

The Renewable Gas Alliance welcomes the release of the RACE for 2030 report into the opportunity of anaerobic digestion for electricity, transport and gas.

Australia has long had a love affair with the internal combustion engine. Its first petrol-powered car was developed in 1901. (Admittedly, the engine was imported from Germany.)

UNSW’s new SolarShift project, led by the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) will coordinate and operate about 3,000 domestic electric water heaters as a giant, ‘Megawatt scale’ thermal battery to soak up excess solar generation and support electricity networks.

Late last year RACE for 2030 released The Australian Electricity Workforce for the 2022 Integrated System Plan: Projections to 2050 which models the workforce required to deliver the Australian Energy Market Operator’s 2022 Integrated System Plan.

The Witchcliffe Ecovillage recently celebrated the switching-on of its five newly installed Tritium EV fast-charging stations with the simultaneous launch of the RACE for 2030's Australian Strategic EV Integration project (SEVI). Our project was also shared on Busselton Mail and Margaret River Mail.

RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre has released "The Australian Electricity Workforce for the 2022 Integrated System Plan: Projections to 2050" today. Our project was also shared on The National Tribune. The report presents modelling of the workforce required to deliver the Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) 2022 Integrated System Plan (ISP), the industry-leading 30-year roadmap of investments required in the National Electricity Market.

Australia's electric vehicle (EV) uptake is lagging, but tax experts say they have a "silver bullet solution" that would both drive sales and help increase the supply of cheaper second-hand EVs.

Curtin University has reduced its energy consumption by three per cent every year and introduced a suite of energy reduction initiatives as part of a new national blueprint, which seeks to address the net-zero challenge for universities across Australia.

Australia is set to adopt the United States’ gold standard of measuring energy sector jobs with the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER) announcing iplans to deliver the inaugural Australian Energy Employment Report (AEER).

Yesterday the RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre published the opportunity assessment final report on the RACE for Everyone theme of developing the future energy workforce. The research was led by the University of Technology Sydney, in collaboration with the Australian Power Institute, Climate-KIC Australia, the Energy Efficiency Council, EnergyLab, Monash University, Startupbootcamp and Ultima Capital Partners.

A coalition of leading industry groups and universities today called on governments to support the proposed Australian Energy and Employment Report, to ensure Australia is positioned to capture an energy jobs boom.

Seeley International has become the first air-conditioning manufacturer to join one of Australia’s largest ever clean energy focused collaborative research centres – RACE for 2030 CRC (RACE).

The Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) is calling for industry to take part in a series of surveys to help determine future energy needs in different sectors. A2EP is a partner of the RACE for 2030 Collaborative Research Centre (CRC), which aims to accelerate the transition to reliable, affordable and clean energy for 2030.

Researchers at UniSA’s Future Industries Institute (FII) are prototyping a renewable energy heat system that could reduce industrial gas use by up to 80 per cent in some applications.

The Government is investing $68.5 million in the Reliable Affordable Clean Energy for 2030 (RACE for 2030) Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) to improve energy affordability and reliability, and help Australia play its role in reducing global emissions.

The Federal Government has announced is investing $68.5 million in the Reliable Affordable Clean Energy for 2030 (RACE for 2030) CRC. The RACE for 2030 CRC will lead collaborative research and innovation to grow Australian energy technology businesses, improve clean energy uptake, while at the same time tackling the grid stability challenges facing new energy technologies, with long-term benefits for all Australians.

A super-charged research partnership will power new technologies to reduce emissions, improve reliability and reduce energy bills for Australian households and businesses.

Karen Andrews: It’s a pleasure to be here at Sarah and Aaron Hall’s home at Brookwater, just west of Brisbane. This is a very important announcement.

The Morrison Government is further investing in technology solutions that can reduce the energy bills of Australian families and businesses, and drive down carbon emissions.