Really applied research

Got power at your place this morning?

The NSW and Vic state governments are investing in mRNA vaccine research and development, (CMM Tuesday) which has to be as relevant as it gets to the way we live now.

Apart, that is, from the Queensland Government kicking in $15m for the National Battery Testing Centre, part of the Future Batteries Industry Cooperative Research Centre at QUT.

Not letting a stone-cold opportunity go by, state energy minister Mick de Brenni said yesterday, “What the challenges in the National Energy Market show is that as we move to a more diversified energy system, batteries are absolutely critical to keeping prices low.”