Search results for: desalination

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8 February 2016
Dr Fernanda Helfer, from Griffith's School of Engineering

Portable unit to aid desalination energy project

The School of Engineering's award-winning Dr Fernanda Helfer is leading a research project examining a technique to draw renewable energy from the desalination process

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27 March 2022
Dam

Dams and the false sense of water security

Talk of ‘big dams’ to ensure water security, and ‘unlock regions’ to increase agriculture, has started again with the proposed $5.4 billion Hells Gate Dam on the upper Burdekin River in Queensland.

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3 December 2019
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13 March 2018
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5 April 2016
Dr Oz Sahin, from Griffith University's School of Engineering

Desal plants a ‘hidden asset’ for power, water

Generating hydropower from infrequently used desalination plants would create economic and environmental benefits for our biggest cities, according to research led by Griffith University's Dr Oz Sahin

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30 September 2015
Desalination plant at Wonthaggi, Victoria

Benefits from harnessing salinity gradients energy

Harnessing the energy created from salinity gradients — for example, when freshwater meets the sea — could provide a renewable...

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13 April 2015
Head and shoulders image of Griffith MBA student Andrew Zaniewski

It’s Thailand to Texas for MBA globetrotters

A Griffith team is advancing its business plan to address water scarcity.

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27 October 2014
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3 January 2012

Counting the cost one year after floods

With the first anniversary of the Brisbane floods upon us, there are lessons still to be learned. As the debate...

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