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Greening the Big Apple

As COO of New York’s Green Bank, Caroline Angoorly is helping the city achieve its 100 per cent renewable electricity grid.

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As COO of New York’s Green Bank, Caroline Angoorly is helping the city achieve its 100 per cent renewable electricity grid.

Sustainability

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Sustainability

On the frontline of climate wars

As CEO of the Climate Council, Amanda McKenzie is on the frontline of the climate wars between those who accept the science and urgency of climate change, and those who don't.

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As CEO of the Climate Council, Amanda McKenzie is on the frontline of the climate wars between those who accept the science and urgency of climate change, and those who don't.

Environment

Tracking corporate net zero pledges

Some of Australia's biggest property companies are making ambitious emissions-reduction pledges – but how well are they really doing?

Amandine Denis-Ryan Head of National Programs, ClimateWorks

Some of Australia's biggest property companies are making ambitious emissions-reduction pledges – but how well are they really doing?

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Nuclear power versus renewables

Is nuclear energy the right technology for the transitioning Australian energy market?

Roger Dargaville Senior Lecturer, Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

Is nuclear energy the right technology for the transitioning Australian energy market?

A Different Lens

Episode 14: The business of energy

Energy is big business. How will economies cope with the switch to green energy? ‘A Different Lens’ investigates.

Rob Brimblecombe Manager, Engineering and Sustainability

Energy is big business. How will economies cope with the switch to green energy? ‘A Different Lens’ investigates.

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Mission to Mars

A team of Monash students is competing in the 2019 international Mars Rover Challenge with its latest prototype.

Chao Chen Senior Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

A team of Monash students is competing in the 2019 international Mars Rover Challenge with its latest prototype.

Innovation

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Innovation

New power and a world of panes

Technologies being developed using one of the planet's most abundant materials will be a game-changer in solar energy.

Jacek Jasieniak Director of Monash Energy and Materials Systems Institute

Technologies being developed using one of the planet's most abundant materials will be a game-changer in solar energy.

Sustainability

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Sustainability

Power for good

Monash law graduate Nicole Iseppi is an influential figure in global energy infrastructure, working to empower societies through a low-carbon future.

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Monash law graduate Nicole Iseppi is an influential figure in global energy infrastructure, working to empower societies through a low-carbon future.

Engineering

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Engineering

Monash in space

Monash alumni are in the vanguard of the new era of space exploration and space technologies that are supporting a global industry now turning over more than US$450 billion a year.

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Monash alumni are in the vanguard of the new era of space exploration and space technologies that are supporting a global industry now turning over more than US$450 billion a year.

Science

How to survive on the red planet

Donald Trump may want to send people back to the moon, but what about the practicalities of living on Mars?

Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway Lecturer, School of Physics and Astronomy

Donald Trump may want to send people back to the moon, but what about the practicalities of living on Mars?

Science

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Science

Liquid salts fuelling global change

Researchers are focusing on sustainable ammonia to create sustainable fuel and help preserve our coral reefs.

Doug MacFarlane Professor of Chemistry

Researchers are focusing on sustainable ammonia to create sustainable fuel and help preserve our coral reefs.

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Can blockchain transform the energy industry?

If you’ve heard of blockchain technology, but don’t really get it, you’re not alone. And breaking it down into blocks and chains won’t help. Instead, picture a decentralised digital ledger for peer-to-peer transactions.

Carsten Rudolph Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, Faculty of Information Technology

If you’ve heard of blockchain technology, but don’t really get it, you’re not alone. And breaking it down into blocks and chains won’t help. Instead, picture a decentralised digital ledger for peer-to-peer transactions.