Tag: emissions

AI boom driving a surge in carbon emissions

Posted on   |  by Gordon Noble and Fiona Berry
Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the world has seen an incredible surge in investment, development and use of artificial intelligence applications. According to one estimate, the...

Govt still searching for its low carbon fuels takeoff

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Local sustainable aviation fuel industry hopefuls will continue waiting for a signal on how the Albanese government will build supply and demand, after a new consultation paper was unresolved...

Curtin Uni to operate fossil fuel funded GreenTech hub

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Curtin University will operate the Western Australian state government’s new GreenTech innovation hub, which is being funded by fossil fuels giants led by Chevron. The hub operator was confirmed...

$22m global green industry program opens

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new $22 million grant program for Australian and Austrian companies developing technologies that decarbonise hard-to-abate industries has opened to applicants. The Australia – Austria Industrial Decarbonisation Demonstration Partnerships...

AirTrunk overtakes NextDC as biggest data centre emitter

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Airtrunk has marginally overtaken NextDC as the data centre provider with the largest greenhouse gases emissions in Australia, as total emissions from the sector hit record levels. On Wednesday,...

New CRCs share $127m for waste reduction tech

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Agricultural methane and plastic waste reduction technologies are the focus of the newest cooperative research centres following the completion of Round 24 of the popular federal government research grant...