CEGT

The Centre for Energy and Greenhouse Technologies invests in emerging sustainable energy technologies that reduce net greenhouse gas emissions.

Relevant technologies include those relating to:

Renewable and fossil fuel energy generation
Transmission and distribution systems
Distributed energy and co-generation
Transport energy
Demand management
Energy efficiency products and processes
Greenhouse gas reduction
Carbon capture and storage (geosequestration)

The Centre co-invests with the technology owners, venture capital funds, private equity sources and industry to drive new technologies towards successful commercialisation.

Following are details of the Centre's investment portfolio.

Investment	Investment and Technology Summary
Ecoult (Smart Storage Pty Ltd)	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 regulation services and renewable energy (wind) smoothing. The technology is based on the CSIRO developed 'ultrabattery'. More information
MIGfast - high efficiency robot welding	The MIGfast product is a novel consumable welding contact tip that provides significant benefits in energy efficiency, welding productivity, weld quality and fume reduction. The patented welding tip has been designed to be interchangeable with existing welding tips to allow simple and cost-effective take-up of the new technology. More information
Active Reactor: HID Lamp Controller	The Active Reactor is an electronic device designed to continuously control the power supplied to High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps - typically used for street and major road lighting. The controller includes an electrically controlled injector to manage power to the lamp based on lamp voltage, the supply voltage and lamp current. Benefits are energy savings of 15% to 25% and a significant increase in lamp life. More information
Oceanlinx: renewable energy and water from wave power	Oceanlinx is developing a wave energy converter for near shore applications that harnesses both the upward and downward motion of each wave to produce electricity and/or fresh water through desalination. An innovative variable pitch blade turbine (Denniss-Auld Turbine) adjusts to the changing air flow direction created within a concentrator chamber. More information
Cool Energy: Raw natural gas process	Cool Energy has developed a new cryogenic gas 'sweetening' technology which safely removes carbon dioxide and other contaminants without harming the environment. Its cost effectiveness compared to encumbent gas 'cleaning' technologies and its scalability will allow production of gas fields that were previously avoided because they were too small, too remote or too contaminated. At large scale the technology may be a perfect replacement for gas pre-treatment for major gas production and processing sites. More information
Hardwear: In Situ Laser Surfacing technology	Hardwear has developed an in situ laser surfacing technology which reduces the cost and time to repair of power station turbine blades. The technology brings high strength turbine blade repair on site at power plants, overcoming the need to remove blades from the turbine and send them off-site for repair, significantly reducing downtime. More information
V-Fuel: Vanadium Bromide Redox battery	V-Fuel's Vanadium Bromide Redox Flow battery is a grid-scale energy storage system which represents a significant development over other redox flow batteries. Improved materials, solutions and membrane design aim to deliver twice the energy density allowing energy from wind and solar power sources to be stored and released into the transmission grid when needed. More information
Metsol- zinc recycling	Metallic Waste Solutions Pty Ltd (Metsol) is a Victorian industrial recycling company founded in 2008. Metsol brings together selected new technologies that have been independently developed over the last 10 years for converting waste from industrial processes into saleable product. Initially the company is focused on the recovery of zinc and zinc products from Electric Arc Furnace Dust (EAFD), a zinc rich waste product from the steel recycling industry. More information
Worldwide Coating - TAG insulation	Worldwide Coating's "TAG" technology is an innovative new material that acts as one-way insulation - blocking heat transfer in one direction and allowing heat to transfer in the other. When added to paints and other materials TAG protects against high ambient temperatures but allows heat to escape when the temperature of the equipment is higher than the ambient temperature. Key applications are in roof coatings and the power equipment sector. More information
Ember Technologies	Ember Technologies has develop More information
Lightanate Pty Ltd	Lightanate is developing new and reactive forms of advanced materials aimed at step-change cost and performance improvements for a range of cleantech applications. More information

Please contact us if you would like to make further inquiries about the above investments or co-investing in future investment opportunities.