Archive for the 'clean tech' Category
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #020 (MP3 - 13MB - 37min)
Interview with Adrian Crouch, Procept
Sensor developments, embedded systems, wireless communications and internet connectivity in recent years have fostered the growth of a gamut of remote and distributed sensor and control technology. In the cleantech sector we see applications of this in water management, smart energy grids, [...]
Posted in Energy efficiency, Podcast, clean tech, cleantech, embedded systems, energy management, wireless sensors | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #019 (MP3 - 14MB - 38min)
Interview with Mark Sinclair, Windlab Systems
According to Global Wind Energy Council figures 2006 recorded an increase of installed capacity of 15,197 MW, taking the total installed wind energy capacity to 74,223 MW.
Key to the continued development of wind resources around the world is the accurate assessment, modelling [...]
Posted in General, Podcast, clean tech, cleantech, climate change, modelling, renewable energy, sustainability, wind energy, wind resources | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Gil Friend’s posted this interesting discussion regarding the impact of the coal industry and an article in Architecture 2030 . Have a read through and for those Australian’s in the Audience think about the impact of our policy to push a clean coal future. Now the article doesn’t even go into detail of the [...]
Posted in clean coal, clean tech, cleantech, climate change, renewables, sustainability, thermal power | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #017 (MP3 - 14MB - 37min)
Interview with Phil Kithill, Atmocean Inc.
In February 2007, Richard Branson and Al Gore announced a new global science and technology prize - The Virgin Earth challenge - whereby an individual or group can demonstrate a solution that can remove at least 1 billion tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide [...]
Posted in C02, General, Podcast, carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, clean tech, cleantech, climate change, ocean technology, sustainability, virgin earth challenge | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #017 (MP3 - 15MB - 41min)
India is quickly becoming one of the worlds largest markets for clean technology. With rapid economic growth, coupled with issues of poverty, energy supply, food and water provision and pollution its appetite is steadily growing for technologies, and companies who can work with India companies and government [...]
Posted in General, India, Podcast, clean tech, cleantech, renewable energy, sustainability | No Comments »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
The Cleantech Show #016 (MP3 - 13MB - 36min)
T-Mag Pty Ltd is a new integrated casting technology for magnesium that significantly extends the capability and reduces the cost of permanent mould casting for a wide range of high-performance components.
On this weeks show Sam Tartaglia from T-Mag is our guest, and he explains the significant benefits [...]
Posted in General, Magnesium, Podcast, casting, clean tech, cleantech, climate change, emissions reduction, lightweight car | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #015 (MP3 - 14MB - 37min)
On this weeks show our topic is combined heat and power (CHP). One of the leading companies in Australia developing CHP solutions is GridX Power. Craig is a co-founder of the business, chief operating officer and is responsible for new business development in Australia and internationally. [...]
Posted in Combined Heat and Power, Distributed Generation, General, Podcast, Propoerty Development, clean tech, cleantech, energy generation | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #014 (MP3 - 11MB - 30min)
The Active Reactor is an electronic device that saves electricity and energy when used with HID (high intensity discharge) lamps. On this weeks show founder and Managing Director of The Active Reactor Richard Dluzniak and I explore the massive potential for this technology to reduce the energy [...]
Posted in Active Balast, Energy efficiency, General, Podcast, Reduced Maintenance, Savings, Stadium Lighting, Street Lighting, clean tech, cleantech, climate change, emissions reduction, sustainability | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
The Cleantech Show #013 (MP3 - 16MB - 45min)
Earlier this month I blogged about the announcement of the new FEX-SIM Sustainability and Cleantech Stock Market. The Financial & Energy Exchange (FEX) is set to open a new trading board on the Newcastle-based National Stock Exchange (NSX), with high profile green campaigner and former US Vice [...]
Posted in Australia, FEX-SIM, General, Investment, NSX, Podcast, clean tech, cleantech, shares, stock market, sustainability | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #012 (MP3 - 23MB - 64min)
My guest this week is Michael Curran, a Founder and Director of Mycrolab, an Australian company developing a “Lab on a Chip” platform technology. The technology can shrink many laboratory based medical assays and diagnostic tests down to the size of a credit card and reader, by [...]
Posted in Lab on a chip, Podcast, agriculture, bird flu, clean tech, cleantech, detection, disease control, epidemics | No Comments »