News: Energy, mining and resources

Waves to watts: converting wave power to electricity

Ocean waves

Climate change and coastal erosion are two big, intractable problems facing ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog. Fortunately, the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s wave power research group offers an innovative approach to solve both issues. 

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Growing the graphene industry

Graphene structure

With the goal of developing a sustainable graphene-based industry in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog and world-wide, the team at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s ARC Graphene Research Hub has made several significant breakthroughs in graphene manufacturing and utilisation.

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Renewable energy

Wind turbines with a cloudy sky

The Discovery Pod | Season 1, Episode 6 
Cracking the code – finding new ways to power our nation and drive the manufacturing economy.

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Professorial Lecture Series: Assoc. Prof. Carl Spandler

Associate Professor Carl Spandler

Unearthing rare earths: Why mining critical metals is vital to our future, and why ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog is well placed to profit.

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Harnessing low cost, sustainable, activated carbon from waste

Hands holding activated carbon

In what is believed to be a world-first, an Adelaide-based start-up has developed a new, low cost, sustainable method of producing activated carbon.

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What's really going on during fracking

What's really going on during fracking

How do fluids such as water, gas and petroleum move in the earth?

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Solar thermal for mineral processing

Solar Sand STEM Magaldi

It is a fact that in a country like ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog, dominated by the primary production of commodities such as iron ore, copper and alumina, the industrial processes that produce these for export account for around half of our energy consumption.

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Solar for hydrogen production

Hydrogen-powered truck

Imagine 10 years from today, an underground mine, where waste water is continuously pumped out to keep it dry. ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers are looking into ways to build a better world, and turn this nuisance into a fuel source through hydrogen fuelled vehicles!  

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Taking charge

Taking charge

New energy sources and a growing demand for electric vehicles are driving demand for energy storage.

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Extracting more value from mining

Digital mining graphic

Smart integration of technology across the industry to increase value and sustainability.

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