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The Centre for Energy and Greenhouse Technologies provides investment funds and
support services for the development of new sustainable energy and greenhouse gas
reduction technologies.
Find out more about the Centre below:
What We Do
Board Members
Investment Focus
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The Centre's investment portfolio is managed by Cleantech Ventures.
| Ecoult (Smart Storage Pty Ltd) |
Smart Storage's "Ecoult" technology is a hybrid battery combining a 'supercapacitor' and a lead-acid battery in a one-unit cell as a cost effective and high performance electricity storage solution for off-grid renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. The technology is based on the CSIRO developed 'ultrabattery' which has been successfully trialled in hybrid vehicle applications.
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| MIGfast - high efficiency robot MIG welding |
Robot MIG (Metal Inert Gas) or Gas Metal Arc Welding is now widely used across metal fabrication but it requires a significant amount of electricity and uses carbon dioxide (CO2) as a shielding gas. Both contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
The MIGfast product is a consumable welding contact tip that provides significant benefits in welding productivity, weld quality and fume reduction.
The patented MIGfast welding tip has been designed to be interchangeable with existing welding tips to allow simple and cost-effective take-up of the new technology. It allows more efficient welding for both pulsed and non-pulsed MIG welding processes.
Other advantages include reduced weld fumes and spatter, resulting in a cleaner and safer work area and significantly reduced heat distortion in welded parts as half the energy is injected into the weld for the same result.
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| Active Reactor: HID Lamp Controller |
The Active Reactor is an electronic device designed to overcome the problem of fading lamp brightness in High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps - used for street and major road lighting and at locations such as airports, freight terminals and sports stadiums.
The technology exploits the initial excess in brightness of the lamps by continuously controlling the power to the lamps to deliver the minimum lighting requirement. Energy savings are estimated at 25%. The controller uses a fixed magnetic ballast and an electrically controlled injector to manage power to the lamp based on lamp voltage, the supply voltage and lamp current. New lamps can therefore be run at lower power consumption with power increased as the lamp ages and light output begins to fade. Additional benefits are an increase in lamp life and lower maintenance/replacements costs. More information |
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