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CSIRO Heliostat Technolo...

Low Cost, High Precision Heliostat Technologies At the Australian National Solar Energy Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales, CSIRO has a comprehensive concentrated solar thermal research program. Concentrated solar power (CSP) harnesses the sun’s thermal energy to produce electricity or reform gas into higher energy fuels. Opportunity CSIRO is seeking to licence its heliostat technology for commercial deployment. The technology represents a paradigm shift in heliostat field design and operation for optimal perform... More

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BuildingIQ

Optimising energy in the property sector with a licence to OptiCOOL In October 2009, CSIRO licensed OptiCOOL to Australian company BuildingIQ. This worldwide exclusive deal allows BuildingIQ to ... More

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Real-time tracking of wa...

A system to track the propagation of contaminants in water distribution networks without a working hydraulic model, using in-line sensors to identify natural physicochemical variations in water parcel... More

Opportunity

An improved iron based c...

CSIRO has developed a novel coagulant (AS1) at laboratory scale to address the shortcomings of aluminium-based and iron-based coagulants. The results of effectiveness tes... More

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Enzyme based water remed...

Widespread use of pesticide products – insecticides, fungicides and herbicides – has given rise to situations in which trace residues of the applied products are of c... More

Opportunity

MicroMAX

CSIRO’s MicroMAX® technology is a suite of proprietary microencapsulation technologies that enable the selective encapsulation and controlled delivery of a range of bi... More