Second life for EV batteries; Protests over diesel data centre; Deakin recycles textiles; ARENA backs Canberra trial

Second life for EV batteries; Protests over diesel data centre; Deakin recycles textiles; ARENA backs Canberra trial

Old EV batteries on the way to power everything Australia is one step closer to repurposing old, inefficient EV batteries into home batteries, with researchers now looking into pathways to make it commercially viable. Sign up for our free newsletter. Flinders University researchers are now working with Mitsubishi Motors ...
The carbon beneath our feet: a Hobart case study on green concrete and foundation

The carbon beneath our feet: a Hobart case study on green concrete and foundation

Sustainable infrastructure often discusses energy, water, materials and operational performance. But decisions that shape an asset’s long term environmental performance should be made when engineers are working out how the asset will physically stand up. For example, Hobart’s Selfs Point Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) questioned what’s below ground. The ...
Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 681

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 681

Growing up in Perth, escaping the mining industry was almost impossible. Every second person seemed to work in mining, provide services to mining companies, or had a family member whose fortunes rose and fell with the iron ore price. After moving away, I assumed I'd left most of that behind. Yet, here I am writing about BHP. Perhaps that's no surprise. ...

Second life for EV batteries; Protests over diesel data centre; Deakin recycles textiles; ARENA backs Canberra trial

Second life for EV batteries; Protests over diesel data centre; Deakin recycles textiles; ARENA backs Canberra trial
Old EV batteries on the way to power everything Australia is one step closer to repurposing old, inefficient EV batteries into home batteries, with researchers now looking into pathways to make it commercially viable. Sign up for our free newsletter. Flinders University researchers are now working with Mitsubishi Motors ...

The carbon beneath our feet: a Hobart case study on green concrete and foundation

The carbon beneath our feet: a Hobart case study on green concrete and foundation
Sustainable infrastructure often discusses energy, water, materials and operational performance. But decisions that shape an asset’s long term environmental performance should be made when engineers are working out how the asset will physically stand up. For example, Hobart’s Selfs Point Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) questioned what’s below ground. The ...

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 681

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 681
Growing up in Perth, escaping the mining industry was almost impossible. Every second person seemed to work in mining, provide services to mining companies, or had a family member whose fortunes rose and fell with the iron ore price. After moving away, I assumed I'd left most of that behind. Yet, here I am writing about BHP. Perhaps that's no surprise. ...