Queensland

The Tesla Roadster is hitting the road during its Oz Goes Electric Tour. Touted as the “world’s only electric sports car” the Roadster will travel over 1,800 miles across the east coast of Australia in an effort to raise electric vehicle awareness.  

Australia has the fastest growing liquified natural gas (LNG) industry in the world and is on track to eclipse Qatar as the world’s largest producer by the end of the decade. It is, therefore, ideally positioned to fill much of the energy void in Japan if that country reduces its use of nuclear energy in the aftermath of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

With eyes set on a greener aviation industry, Airbus has launched its second global student contest called Fly Your Ideas (FYI) which includes a €30,000 top prize. 

According to a report by Japan's quasi-government New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), the Japanese wind power industry accounts for only 1.6% of the world's wind power market.

The energy debate is once again heating up in Australia with advocates of ramping up renewable energy investment and cutting greenhouse gas emissions pitted against those who argue that conventional energy should be the focus.

Last week, New Energy Technologies, a publicly traded company best known for their kinetic-energy capture technology aimed at converting the kinetic energy from cars into power, announced that they are continuing development on tinted transparent glass SolarWindows™ capable of generating electric