Power plant that turns green waste into energy could solve power reliability in regions

In a farm shed in the West Australian Wheatbelt, a grain farmer and an engineer have invented a waste-fuelled power plant, which they say could be the solution to power generation and reliability problems in regional Australia.

The Wheatbelt pilot plant burns biomass waste and creates energy.

After 11 years of research, the Rainbow Bee Eater (RBE) group has designed and built a power plant that uses biomass to create clean-burning fuel gas or electricity in a single step, and its developers say it does not need government subsidies or grants to be cost-effective.

Read the ABC News story by Joanna Prendergast - “Power plant that turns green waste into energy could solve power reliability in regions.”

How a Massive Wall in Antarctica Could Hold Back Sea-Level Rise

Stephanie Pappas.

Glaciers are mighty rivers of ice that can carry boulders on their backs and grind valleys into rugged mountain ranges. But now, scientists say that humans might need to think about trying to engineer these formidable forces of nature.

Propping up glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic might be the most targeted — and, amazingly, the cheapest — way to slow sea-level rise in a warming world, according to a new paper in the journal The Cryosphere. A seawall, or even just a series of artificial seamounts for the glacier to get stuck against, could hold back unimaginable amounts of meltwater, the research suggests.

Read the story by Stephanie Pappas from LiveScience - “How a Massive Wall in Antarctica Could Hold Back Sea-Level Rise.”