News: Energy, mining and resources
Waves to watts: converting wave power to electricity
Climate change and coastal erosion are two big, intractable problems facing Australia. Fortunately, the University of Adelaide’s wave power research group offers an innovative approach to solve both issues.
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Growing the graphene industry
With the goal of developing a sustainable graphene-based industry in Australia and world-wide, the team at the University of Adelaide’s ARC Graphene Research Hub has made several significant breakthroughs in graphene manufacturing and utilisation.
Renewable energy
The Discovery Pod | Season 1, Episode 6
Cracking the code – finding new ways to power our nation and drive the manufacturing economy.
Professorial Lecture Series: Assoc. Prof. Carl Spandler
Unearthing rare earths: Why mining critical metals is vital to our future, and why Australia is well placed to profit.
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Harnessing low cost, sustainable, activated carbon from waste
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
How do fluids such as water, gas and petroleum move in the earth?
Solar thermal for mineral processing
It is a fact that in a country like Australia, 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.
Solar for hydrogen production
Imagine 10 years from today, an underground mine, where waste water is continuously pumped out to keep it dry. University of Adelaide researchers are looking into ways to build a better world, and turn this nuisance into a fuel source through hydrogen fuelled vehicles!
Taking charge
New energy sources and a growing demand for electric vehicles are driving demand for energy storage.
Extracting more value from mining
Smart integration of technology across the industry to increase value and sustainability.
