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REWIND Demonstrates the Potential of Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades as New Industrial Resources

What until recently was considered one of the most challenging waste streams of the energy transition could become a valuable source of raw materials for new industrial products.

1 Jul 2026

Prominent Australians Join Millions Calling for an End to Queensland Museum’s Fossil Fuel Deal with Shell

More than 50 organizations with millions of members, and prominent Australians, including Tim Winton and Natalie Kyriacou, have demanded the Queensland Museum end a controversial sponsorship deal with fossil fuel giant, Shell.

1 Jul 2026

Scientists Turn Urine and Wood Ash into Green Ammonia and High-Value Fertilizer

The urinash process offers a novel approach to fertilizer production, converting waste into green ammonia and calcium phosphate, fostering environmental health.

By Akshatha Chandrashekar 30 Jun 2026

Australia’s Farmland at Risk of ‘Ecological Collapse’

Australia may need to fundamentally redraw its rural landscape — retiring farms, restoring vast tracts of vegetation and reshaping regional economies — if it is to avoid accelerating species loss and meet global biodiversity targets.

30 Jun 2026

Eku Energy Acquires First Battery Energy Storage System in Germany

Eku Energy, a global energy storage specialist, announced today its entry into the German market with its first project: a 400 megawatt / 1,600 megawatt-hours battery energy storage system (BESS) in the municipality of Lamspringe in Lower Saxony, northwest Germany.

From Eku Energy 30 Jun 2026

Study Shows How Modern Tech Pinpoints Historical Ozone Damage Over the Tropics

The Antarctic ozone hole was discovered in 1985, when scientists observed a severe depletion in the Earth's protective layer of stratospheric ozone.

30 Jun 2026

EcoBOT Automates Complex Plant Research to Speed up Bioenergy Breakthroughs

To harness biological systems (plants and microbes) for next-generation energy production and advanced materials, researchers are looking to beneficial plant-microbe interactions. Because these are complex systems, it has proven difficult to reproducibly control exactly which microbes are present.

30 Jun 2026

Sasol and Topsoe to Refocus SAF Partnership as Zaffra JV Prepares for Wind-Down

Sasol and Topsoe today announced that they intend to refocus the organizational structure of their Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) partnership for the next phase of market development.

From Topsoe 29 Jun 2026

Flexible Data Centers Could Lower Energy Costs but Increase Emissions

The number of U.S. data centers is growing, largely to power artificial intelligence programs. That has led to concern about the environmental consequences of data centers — and their impact on the energy grid itself. What will happen if scores of new data centers come online?

27 Jun 2026

New Murakkab System Slashes Energy Costs for Complex AI Workflows

Agentic workflows are artificial intelligence-powered software systems that chain together multiple models and external tools to tackle complicated tasks, like analyzing a video and answering questions about it.

27 Jun 2026

Innovative Lightweight Solar Panels Installed at East Sussex’s Grade I Listed De La Warr Pavilion to Generate 20% of Annual Electricity Needs

Commercial Solar Specialist, Absolar has installed 144 lightweight solar panels (specifically chosen for the site considering its structural features) across the Auditorium roof of Bexhill-on-Sea’s Grade I listed De La Warr Pavilion on England’s south coast as part of its major transformation project, An Icon For Everyone in partnership with Rother District Council.

27 Jun 2026

UNSW Technology to Help Bring Solar and Battery Storage to Apartments

Researchers at UNSW Canberra have joined with industry partners Voltval and JT Solar Technology to pilot a groundbreaking AI-powered energy system to bring rooftop solar and battery storage to millions of Australians living in apartments.

27 Jun 2026

Solar Panel Soiling is Becoming a Growing O&M Challenge for Long-Term Solar Assets

As solar energy continues to expand across commercial, industrial and utility-scale projects, long-term asset performance is becoming a key focus for asset owners and O&M teams.

27 Jun 2026

Expert Warns: Kidults Sending Parents Broke on Power and Other Costs

Australians are being urged to review their solar battery systems as changing household circumstances quietly drive electricity consumption far beyond what many systems were originally designed to handle.

27 Jun 2026

Alliance to End Plastic Waste Report Demonstrates Feasibility of Producing High-Quality Film From Household Flexible Plastic Waste

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste today published The Quest for Quality: Scaling Advanced Mechanical Recycling to Meet Recycled Content Targets for Flexibles, which provides a comprehensive technical and economic assessment of a 50,000-ton-per-year advanced mechanical recycling plant for flexible plastics.

26 Jun 2026