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3D printing can help make batteries fit any shape and size

Lithium-ion batteries power a range of devices, but limitations on shapes and sizes restrict how they can be used. That can change with 3D printing.…

Victoria's first grid-scale battery at Ballarat

Victoria pursues a clean energy future with its first grid-scale battery

The Victorian Government has launched the state’s first large-scale lithium-ion battery, which has the capacity to power more than 20,000 homes for an hour during peak demand.…

Meet the winners of the 2018 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards

The best of Australian engineering was on display at this year’s Australian Engineering Excellence Awards.…

A house for life: Can we build homes that age as we do?

Automation, energy efficiency, customisation and aged-care best practice combine in a house that allows elderly occupants to get the most out of life.…

Canberra Virtual Power Plant energy storage

“Global benchmark” in energy storage wins top engineering award

A project offering users the chance to store and contribute electricity back to the grid has won Australia’s premier engineering award for 2018.…

drones powered by hydrogen and fuel cells

This world-first drone is a fuel triple threat

Australian researchers are claiming a world first with the successful test flight of a drone powered by a triple hybrid propulsion system – hydrogen fuel cell, battery and supercapacitor.…

alternatives to pumped hydro energy storage

This concrete block ‘battery’ could be an alternative to pumped hydro

Pumped hydro stores excess energy by pumping water uphill and releasing it to turn a turbine under gravity. A Swiss startup has proposed an alternative solution – using concrete blocks, a crane and an…