The Australian Government has funded the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to the tune of $2.4 million to run a vehicle-to-grid trial in Canberra, using 51 Nissan Leaf electric vehicles.

Energy retailer Origin Energy has chosen Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider in a move aimed at driving its digital transformation and to improve overall customer experience.

A blockchain solar energy trading trial that lets households set their own electricity prices has found the technology is technically feasible, viewed positively by participants and can lead to localised energy autonomy - and provide a big boost for peer-to-peer systems globally, according to Western Australian headquartered blockchain cryptocurrency and energy trading platform provider Power Ledger.

Australia's national science agency, the CSIRO, has found that cells from the human airway which are grown in a laboratory can be reliably used to study respiratory viruses such as the coronavirus that is causing the ongoing pandemic.

Two state-of-the-art commercial satellite ground stations have been built in Alice Springs with funds from Indigenous Business Australia, the first such facility on Aboriginal-owned land.

Global technology supplier Epson has developed and begun volume production of its first controller IC made for head-up displays.

VENDOR ASX NEWS MyFiziq (ASX: MYQ) is well-positioned to thrive in fiscal 2021. Following the release of its end of year update to shareholders today, it would seem that MyFiziq has laid excellent commercial and financial foundations to move forward.

Telehealth services will continue to boom and flourish well after the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, according to software engineer for medical software solutions company MedicalDirector, Jamie Richter.

Sydney based startup and spinout from the CSIRO, Coviu, is providing its telehealth technology to the government-funded video consulting platform Healthdirect Australia to help GP's transition to a business model that incorporates increased demand for telehealth.