Australian startup Sundrive creates world’s most efficient commercial-sized solar cell by replacing expensive silver with affordable copper during manufacturing. Efficiency is a big deal when it comes to solar and refers to the amount of power you generate based on the amount of sunlight coming in. A decade ago commercial-sized solar cells had an efficiency […]
Water Challenge Continues
It’s been a busy month since we launched the Water Report in Adelaide, the first instalment of the Zero Emission Copper Mine project. The Water Report is now up on the copper web site and is seeing steady traffic as all our key stakeholders in government & industry absorb its findings. We will be working with […]
Clean Energy Exports Big Copper News
I blogged about the huge Northern Territory solar farm exporting energy to Singapore last year, saying I’d keep an eye on it. Well it looks like it’s a goer. And that’s massive for copper. The $20B, 12,000 hectare, 10 GigaWatt solar farm—the world’s biggest—will use a hell of a lot of copper in the panels, […]
Smart Homes Are More Than Technology
Smart homes may be hyped on convenience & high tech comfort, but they could do a lot more . A new study says they could help deliver carbon reductions, energy bill savings and improved system resilience across the country. The authors say that mass adoption of solar energy like roof top panels, battery storage, intelligent […]
Next Step For “Responsible Copper”
The Responsible Minerals Initiative and the International Copper Association have agreed to boost sustainable copper. The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), on behalf of its Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), and the International Copper Association (ICA), have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly advance the responsible production and trade of copper. The RMI and ICA aim […]
Japan Wire Makers Go Asia For EV’s
Japan’s electric wire manufacturers are shifting production to Asia for region’s growing electric car market. Japanese wire companies are investing in new plants in China & South East Asia to meet an expected surge in demand for electric vehicles (EVs). EV sales in China are expected to roughly quintuple to about 2.46 million vehicles in 2035, […]
Can Copper Start-Up?
The mining industry faces challenges being innovative, a U.S. expert told the Copper To The World Conference in Adelaide today. “Developing reliable industrial technology requires a lot of time and financial investment to reduce risks and assure performance. That’s not a simple task in mining which has seen only a few major changes in extraction and processing,” […]
Seeing Copper In The Modern World
An exciting new infographic lays out how copper is fuelling electric cars and clean energy today and tomorrow.
Copper to the World
International leaders in copper mining, services and technology will gather in Adelaide in June for the ‘Copper to the World’ conference. Now in its third year, ‘Copper to the World’ has become Australia’s leading networking and knowledge-sharing platform for the global copper sector. The conference, organised by the South Australian Government will focus on themes […]
Copper In Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging
Wireless charging is coming, especially for electric vehicles, and copper is an essential part of the solution. A wireless charging system consists of fixed and mobile modules. In the case of leading wireless-charging technology company, WiTricity, the fixed part has a wall mounted power converter that changes normal mains electricity to the much higher frequency […]
Championing “Green Copper”
With copper crucial to a low carbon world the industry is moving to embrace “supply chain transparency”. Big and small brands have led the way to make clear where their products come from-so called supply chain transparency-under pressure from consumers prepared to buy more ethical and environmentally sustainable goods. Miners may have been a bit […]
What Goes Round
What ever happens to Australia’s climate goals-or even the world’s- electrification & clean energy are here to stay. In theory we’re all heading to a cleaner, greener world with lower climate gas emissions. But creating the so called circular economy-where we minimise waste & make the most of our resources-is proving challenging despite its obvious […]
