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La French Tech – FACCI: Immersive Green Tech Pitch Contest Bastille day french festival in Melbourne. 

16 July 2024
By Geoff Andrews | Chairman | Capricorn Power
Geoff Andrews French Tech Pitch Contest Bastille Day 2024

As part of the 2024 Bastille Day French Festival and in collaboration with the La French Tech community and the French Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Capricorn Power were invited to be a part of the startup pitch content focused on GreenTech with both French and Australian startups showcasing their projects. 

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Capricorn Power at the 2024 Melbourne Climate Tech Showcase Expo held on June 4, presented a 60 second pitch to the Australian Climate Tech Community on our vision, who we are and how we are contributing to fighting the climate crisis.
All part of being in the 2024 Climate Tech GGP Cohort.
4 June 2024
By Geoff Andrews | Chairman | Capricorn Power
Our Chairman Geoff Andrews, presented for Capricorn Power at the 2024 Melbourne Climate Tech Showcase Expo held on June 4 to the Australian Climate Tech Community. All part of being in the 2024 Climate Tech GGP Cohort.

Our Chairman Geoff Andrews, presented for Capricorn Power at the 2024 Melbourne Climate Tech Showcase Expo held on June 4 to the Australian Climate Tech Community. 

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AUSTRALIA'S 50 MOST INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURERS LIST FOR 2024 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED - AND CAPRICORN POWER HAS MADE THE LIST!
18 April 2024
By @AuManufacturing | Australian Manufacturing Forum 
Australian Manufacturing 50 Most Innovative Companies List 2024 Awards

This morning, after the assessments of five expert judges, the Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers for 2024 list was announced and Capricorn Power have made the list in the Top 50 Silver Award.

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Capricorn Power selected to participate in the 2024 Climate Salads Climate Tech Global Growth Program
15 April 2024
By Mick Liubinskas | Climate Salad |
Climate Salad helping Australian climate tech companies build solutions to the world's environmental and sustainability challenges. Founded by Mick Liubinskas

Designed for high growth climate tech businesses with global ambitions, this 9-month program is tailored to support scalable Australian climate tech solutions to prepare for and expand into new international markets.

This group of amazing companies underscores Australia’s potential to lead the charge in developing practical, scalable solutions to address pressing environmental issues.

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Capricorn Power achieves significant operational milestone
17 June 2021
By Shaun Scallan | Head of Products | Capricorn Power

Capricorn Power achieves significant operational milestone to unlock commercial potential of world-leading Barton heat engine. 

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Victorian Clean Technology Fund invests in heat to power cleantech startup Capricorn Power
1 February 2021
By Shaun Scallan | Head of Products | Capricorn Power

Victorian Clean Technology Fund invests in heat to power cleantech startup Capricorn Power.

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A new type of engine will soon be producing green power
7 December 2020
By Brent Balinski | Create Digital | Engineers Australia
Create tell the stories behind the latest trends, innovations and people shaping the engineering profession.

After decades working on other people’s projects, this engineer decided to turn his attention to an interest of his own: renewable energy on a big scale…

“THIS IS TAKING THAT GREEN WASTE, PYROLYSING IT — PRODUCING HEAT IN AN ABSENCE OF OXYGEN — PUTTING THAT INTO AN ENGINE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, PRODUCING BIOCHAR.”

Rowan Doyle

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1,000 innovative cleantech solutions
21 September 2020
By Mission Innovation

Mission Innovation put together a list of 1,000 innovative clean energy solutions and over 150 framework explorers with the potential to deliver more than twelve gigatonnes of avoided emissions by 2030. They named Capricorn Power as one of them.

Australian-made bioenergy cleantech start-up launches equity crowdfunding raise for heat engine that turns waste into zero-emission energy
4 August 2020
By Shaun Scallan | Head of Products | Capricorn Power

Australian-made bioenergy cleantech start-up launches equity crowdfunding raise for heat engine that turns waste into zero-emission energy.

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Using biomass to get to net zero by 2050
15 July 2020
By Shaun Scallan | Head of Products | Capricorn Power Ecogeneration

We all know that our dependence on fossil fuels is not sustainable. Net carbon emissions to the atmosphere must be reduced to zero by 2050.

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Ultima Grid Solutions and cleantech startup Capricorn Power enter joint venture project agreement 
25 May 2021
By Shaun Scallan | Head of Products | Capricorn Power

Ultima Grid Solutions and cleantech startup Capricorn Power enter joint venture project agreement.

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CAPRICORN POWER AWARDS

Regional Jobs and Investment Packages – Geelong grant recipient

January 2018
By Shaun Scallan | Head of Products | Capricorn Power

Capricorn Power was awarded a $292,750 Business Innovation grant for our high efficiency engine converting waste heat to electricity.

The engine was recognised for enhancing energy productivity and sustainability at a customer site by providing low cost electricity and reduced waste and emissions.

It was also noted “…commercialising an innovative clean tech product enables potentially very large engineering and manufacturing job growth for ex-auto skills serving new, global markets of the future”.

Australian Technologies Competition – 2018 New Energy Winner

October 2018
By Shaun Scallan | Head of Products | Capricorn Power

Capricorn Power won the ‘New Energy’ category as part of the highly coveted Australian Technologies Competition (ATC). The competition connects experienced entrepreneurs, business builders, angel investors, venture capital funds, commercialisation experts and leading corporate and government representatives with founders in a collaborative environment.

More can be read here on Australian Technologies Competition

Australian Engineering Excellence Awards – 2018 Victorian Finalist

September 2018
By Shaun Scallan | Head of Products | Capricorn Power

The Barton Engine was recognised as a Victorian finalist in the 2018 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards (AEEA) for representing “a major step forward in the waste heat to power field”. The awards recognise outstanding achievement in engineering and the invaluable contribution engineering makes to the economy, the community and the environment.

More can be read here on Australian Engineering Excellence Awards

Climate Launchpad – 2017 Finalist

2017
By Shaun Scallan | Head of Products | Capricorn Power

Capricorn Power was thrilled to represent Australia as a finalist at the 2017 Climate Launchpad in Cyprus. Climate Launchpad is the world’s largest green business ideas competition committed to “fixing climate change, one start-up at a time”. The programme equips start-ups with the skills to achieve global success.

More can be read here on Climate Launchpad

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