Energy / Renewables – Page 5 – WA Innovation Calendar

World Energy Council: Postcards from Panama – Reflections from World Energy Week

Join for a dynamic conversation unpacking the key insights and global trends from World Energy Week 2025, held this October in Panama City.

In this webinar, Michelle Howie and Craig Froome share their reflections from representing Australia on the world stage — exploring how energy leaders across regions are responding to today’s most pressing challenges and opportunities. Together with moderator Jim Rijks, they will introduce the World Energy Council and its Future Energy Leaders program, and discuss how these platforms foster collaboration, trust, and shared learning across the global energy community.

Topics will include:

The renewed focus on resilience in a decarbonising energy system
Managing the “demand tsunami” driven by AI, data centres, and electrification
The enduring relevance of in-person convenings in a digital age
How global collaboration brings us closer to the shared vision of Humanising Energy

Whether you’re an energy professional, policymaker, or emerging leader, this session offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at how Australia is contributing to global progress on the energy trilemma — secure, equitable, and sustainable energy for all.

Webinar: Highlights from the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference 2025

Since 1993, the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) series has been the premier bi-annual technical and scientific event focused on renewable marine energy, attracting academic and industry delegates from across the world.

This webinar is a re-run of selected presentations from EWTEC 2025 showcasing the latest developments in wave energy from Australian and international researchers and developers.

Presentation 1: Sea trialling the M4 wave energy converter: Initial hydrodynamic performance insights.
- Presented by Dr Adi Kurniawan, Research Fellow at University of Western Australia.
Presentation 2: Estimating nearshore wave energy converter impact on beach width using satellite data.
- Presented by James Thompson, PhD candidate in coastal science and engineering at Griffith University.
Presentation 3: From lab tests to full-scale – Lessons learned through stages of development with CorPower Ocean.
- Presented by Dr Jørgen Hals Todalshaug, Lead Scientist at CorPower Ocean.
Presentation 4: Toward defining wave prediction requirements for wave energy applications.
- Presented by Dr Nataliia Sergiienko, ARC Industry Fellow at the University of Adelaide & Carnegie Clean Energy.

Followed by Q&A facilitated by Dr Jana Orszaghova and Dr Hugh Wolgamot.

World Nuclear Energy Day 2025 – Australia December 2nd – Webinar

Showcasing Nuclear Energy in Australia and Around the Globe

Once again, Innovate Australia proudly serves as the official Ambassador for World Nuclear Energy Day in 2025. For the fifth consecutive year, they invite you to celebrate the remarkable advancements in technology and innovation within the global nuclear energy sector.

This year’s theme, “We are critical mass!” highlights the collective impact and support needed to drive nuclear energy forward as a crucial part of our clean energy future. December 2nd holds profound significance, honouring the groundbreaking achievement of the first self-sustaining chain reaction and the launch of the world’s first commercial-scale electric power reactor. On this day in 1942, Enrico Fermi’s Chicago Pile-1 reactor made history with a self-sustaining chain reaction. Exactly 15 years later, on December 2, 1957, the first commercial reactor in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, reached criticality.

As Australia intensifies its pursuit of zero emissions, nuclear energy continues to gather support and recognition as a vital, clean, and reliable power source. Join in acknowledging this incredible legacy and exploring nuclear energy’s promise as we look to the future.

Green Iron and Mineral Processing Decarbonisation

This panel event with extensively experienced speakers will be presenting on their particular experience and projects within mineral process decarbonisation.

With broad commodity backgrounds and a variety of project involvements, the speakers will provide fascinating insight into Australia’s mining decarbonisation journey.

After the presentations there will be a moderator led Q&A session followed by networking opportunities.

DEADLINE: Made in the Pilbara Program

Made in the Pilbara provides direct financial incentives and practical support for small and medium enterprises looking to scale and innovate in one of Australia’s most resource-rich and strategically located regions.

Through two targeted funding streams—Small Grants and Innovation Seed Funding—the program helps small-to-medium manufacturers invest in new equipment, digital upgrades, proof-of-concept trials, skills development, and ESG readiness.

Small Grants – where eligible manufacturers apply for funding for equipment, upgrades, or business growth activities (up to $50,000 per application).
Innovation Seed Funding – supporting the growth and development of Pilbara based proof of concept trials for emerging technology (up to $25,000 per application).

Deadline Friday 19 December

Fraunhofer IKTS-ECU short course on ceramic technologies for industry-Joondalup

This 2-day program aims to provide participants with comprehensive knowledge about the fundamentals of inorganic membranes, membrane processes and membrane plants. Selected applications will be discussed and results of case studies presented.

Gain working knowledge, case-study insights, a close look at the membrane demonstrator and module designs and an optional one-to-one collaboration meeting with Fraunhofer IKTS and ECU.

Day 1
One-to-one meetings for discussion on cooperation models with Fraunhofer IKTS and joint projects at the joint lab.
A membrane demonstrator will be available to show the installation of ceramic membranes in process plants and the spectrum of ceramic membrane shapes.

Day 2

Fundamentals of membrane technology – basic principles, terminology, benefits
Membrane materials and construction principles, mass transfer and separation mechanism and advantages and disadvantages
Fundamentals of inorganic membranes – preparation and characteristics
Mixed-matrix-membranes
Membrane processes, application and case studies with inorganic and mixed-matrix-membranes in
Liquid filtration (micro, ultra and nano filtration)
Pervaporation/vapor permeation
Membrane distillation and extraction
Gas separation
Introduction of IKTS technologies and the joint lab @ECU campus

Fee waivers available for industry partners, please contact p.roach@ecu.edu.au for details

Fraunhofer IKTS-ECU short course on ceramic technologies for industry-Bunbury

Gain working knowledge, case-study insights, a close look at the membrane demonstrator and module designs and an optional one-to-one collaboration meeting with Fraunhofer IKTS and ECU.

Day 1

Fundamentals of membrane technology – basic principles, terminology, benefits
Membrane materials and construction principles, mass transfer and separation mechanism and advantages and disadvantages
Fundamentals of inorganic membranes – preparation and characteristics
Mixed-matrix-membranes
Membrane processes, application and case studies with inorganic and mixed-matrix-membranes in
Liquid filtration (micro, ultra and nano filtration)
Pervaporation/vapor permeation
Membrane distillation and extraction
Gas separation
Introduction of IKTS technologies and the joint lab @ECU campus

Day 2

One-to-one meetings for discussion on cooperation models with Fraunhofer IKTS and joint projects at the joint lab A membrane demonstrator will be available to show the installation of ceramic membranes in process plants and the spectrum of ceramic membrane shapes.

Price: $200 (fee waivers available for industry partners, please contact p.roach@ecu.edu.au for details)

WAMR : CORE Community Christmas Coffee Collab

For the last WAMR event of the year, WAMR is partnering back up with CORE Innovation Hub for a Christmas coffee catch up to meet the local Perth energy, minerals research and mining ecosystem.

Community Coffee is a great way to meet local innovators, technologists and entrepreneurs working to solve some of the big challenges. This is your opportunity to connect with CORE members and guests and find out more about the opportunities and the challenges within the sector.

Optimising energy infrastructure development to provide reliable, affordable clean energy for industrial hubs

Join HILT CRC for a dynamic panel discussion on the optimisation of energy infrastructure for reliable, affordable clean energy in the transition of heavy industry hubs.

The panel, to be moderated by CSIRO’s Dr Tara Hosseini, will feature Mitch Burt (South32 and Industry Chair of HILT’s Cross-cutting Technologies Program), Katie McKenzie (Australian Energy Market Operator), Wayne Harris (OneSteel Manufacturing), Kim Enkelaar (Renewables, Climate and Future Industries Tasmania), Ben Saward (Grange Resources) and Professor Gus Nathan (HILT CRC and University of Adelaide).

The session will cover:

how heavy industry low-carbon transition pathways may change energy demands
energy supply options such as electricity, natural gas and low-emissions fuels
follow-on implications for energy infrastructure requirements.

The panel will consider what ‘integrated energy infrastructure’ really means for industrial hubs – balancing reliability, affordability and decarbonisation while supporting investment decisions that minimise costs and keep future options open.

We’ll also look at how regional plans connect with national energy planning (including AEMO) and how collaboration between industry, governments and network planners can unlock and inform investment in energy infrastructure.

Tara will provide an update on HILT project RP3.007 Unlocking investment in energy infrastructure for net-zero industrial hubs, which is assessing opportunities and optimal pathways for staged investments in electricity and gas infrastructure to support low-carbon energy at scale in key regional locations by 2050.

Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of this crucial issue and insight into some of the steps that are being – or should be – taken to advance arguably the most important requirement for heavy industry decarbonisation: affordable, reliable low-carbon energy at scale.

HZwo-Australian-German-Saxonian Hydrogen and Energy Forum

The HZwo: Australian-German-Saxonian Hydrogen and Energy Research and Industry forum organised jointly by Future Energy Exports (FEnEx) CRC from West Australia and HZwo e.V. from Saxony (Germany) is intended to give participants an initial insight into establishing international business relationships and an overview of the topic of ‘Green hydrogen in Australia’.

You can expect the following key topics:

Sustainable Energy and Resources
Clean Hydrogen Construction and Mining
24/7 Island solution – A way to net Zero
Hydrogen Production and Battery Technologies
All Electric Society

As a special highlight, colleagues from Edith Cowan University in Western Australia and Fraunhofer IKTS in Saxony (Germany) will present the opportunities and potential of the ‘Joint Lab’ initiative which is scheduled to open in Perth in 2026.