The Melbourne Newsroom

Using curbside, commercial and biowaste from its poultry industry, the City of Greater Bendigo is building a business case that could see the introduction of Australia’s first multiple stream waste to energy facility.

Affordable solar energy for Australians is one step closer with $3.5 million in funding from the Victorian and Federal Governments. The grant will allow further development of revolutionary plastic solar cells produced by a team of Victorian researchers.

Victorian researchers have welcomed a $5 million grant from the State Government to help commercialise their revolutionary technology that uses printable light-sensitive ink to convert sunlight into energy, potentially opening the door to inexpensive, mass produced solar panels.