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Australia’s first major thermal waste-to-energy plant to be housed in Kwinana

Gas_flameLOCAL councils are being asked to consider sending household waste to what would be Australia’s first major thermal waste-to-energy (W2E) plant in Kwinana.

 

Mallee industry ready for take-off

plane_takeoffWA FARMERS are getting a boost with a plan to turn mallees into sustainable aviation fuel.

   

Curtin shows multiple benefits for mallee biomass

mallee_bushIN a two-pronged approach, a Curtin-based energy and fuel science expert has shown plantation mallee trees are an economically competitive feedstock for electricity generation.

 

Sunny side up on Wheatbelt solar power

heatMORE than 50 per cent of the Wheatbelt could be used to generate concentrated solar power (CSP), which can be stored to provide electricity after dark, a new UWA report reveals.

   

Is mallee WA's energy of the future?

WA may be looking at a future surrounded with mallee trees, providing energy for thousands of homes. mallee_cropped_istock

 

Algae plant brings biofuelled future one step closer

AUSTRALIAN scientists are one step closer to creating commercial quantities of clean biofuel with the recent opening of a new algae pilot plant in WA’s North-West.algae

   

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