Archived material from historical editions of The Generator
Queensland based Linc Energy is to be floated on the stock exchange before Christmas to raise funds to develop commercially its world leading process of creating diesel fuel from coal. The process integrates two well established processes, Underground Gasification and Gas to Liquid conversion. The first process converts coal to gas underground and has been Continue Reading →
Electricity users in Queensland consuming 10Megawatts of electricity or more will pay the same rate for electricity as households from Monday. Until now, they have received significant discounts for electricity which means that ordinary households effectively subsidise the energy consumption of major industry. The changes come about as the result of the Somerville review of Continue Reading →
Australia may help the world avoid catastrophe due to global warming by storing vast quantities of carbon dioxide underground, according to the Cooperative Research Center for Carbon Dioxide. In a recent press release, CEO of the CO2CRC, Dr Peter Cook, said that storing the gas in existing coal seams may be the best solution. The Continue Reading →
Australian inventor Luna Glow has cracked the US market with its luminous exit sign which does not require electricity and is not radioactive. Recent NASA testing and changes to the law in New York indicate that it is one of the few solutions available for providing safety signage when the power fails. Founder of the Continue Reading →
Qld farmers’ win extra water, after charging that State Govt is giving power stations, mines priority
Source Erisk Net
Record lightning strikes across SE Australia kill 68 cows in Northern NSW.
A Dorrigo farmer said the cost of the dead cows was around $70,000. He buried them with an excavator on Tuesday.