TechNation Australia » Blog Archive » Applying For A Climate Ready Grant - Part 4

The Commonwealth Government’s new Climate Ready grants scheme was introduced in July. It aims to give companies matching funding to cover R&D, proof-of-concept and early-stage commercialisation for processes, products or services which address the effects of climate change.

I’ve been preparing an application based on my project to develop software called Rocksolver which will mimic the way a stone mason builds a dry stone wall by doing the hard 3D geometric manipulations. In the application my focus is on demonstrating that the software will make an industrial process more efficient by allowing the builders of sea walls, for instance, to use unprocessed rock instead of pre-cast concrete blocks. Weight-for-weight, unprocessed rock used as a building material produces 10% the greenhouse gas emissions of concrete, hence my attempt to get Climate Ready funding. I missed the first round of funding and the second round closes soon.

Turbines tricky for crane operators [National Wind Watch]

Growing demand for sustainable energy from wind turbines is presenting potentially dangerous, wind-powered challenges for crane operators involved in turbine construction and repair.

Section of falling tower causes death : Corpus Christi Local | Caller-Times |

A falling section of a lattice tower used for wind measurements caused the death of a contract worker on Sunday at a Kenedy County wind farm, his employer said Tuesday.