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Innovation is Happening – But Where Is Industry’s Collective Voice?
This brings me to my second, and I think bigger, takeaway: while individual companies are innovating, we’re not yet hearing from the industry’s collective voice. There is no coordinated, consolidated and representative voice for the Hunter’s industrial precincts and communities. That absence is a real problem.
Embracing the Hydrogen Future: My Journey in Renewable Energy
A Quick Hydrogen 101Let’s start with the basics. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, yet somehow we’re only just figuring out how to use it in the production of energy (electricity/fuel) without causing greenhouse gas emissions. It can be a clean...
Catching the Wind: My Journey into Renewable Energy
A Quick Wind Energy 101Let’s talk about wind power. It’s been around forever - literally. Ancient sailors harnessed it to cross oceans, windmills pumped water and ground grain for centuries, and today, massive turbines are generating electricity at an incredible...
Ingredients for an Industrial Precinct
Why is an industry association an important ingredient for an industrial precinct? Glad you asked.....many reasons come to mind.The obvious one is that it can ‘speak with one industry voice’, right? Well let’s break this down. Pretend you are the GM of a company...
Revitalising the Western Trade Coast: A Call for Effective Governance
A key goal of the Western Trade Coast (WTC), WA’s premier industrial area, is to maintain and enhance the community environment to benefit both the community and industry. More than half of its financial support is provided to the Cockburn, Rockingham, and Kwinana...
The Emerging Energy Debate: Team Fossil vs. Team Renewable
It is mid-June 2024, and Australia’s Federal Liberal and National party coalition (the Opposition) has announced its Nuclear Energy Policy for Australia, and that it intends to take this to the next Federal election (probably) in March 2025.The nuclear energy debate...
Transitioning Industrial Clusters toward Net Zero Clusters
Chris Oughton was invited to speak at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in 2021. (virtually)
Explaining how Clusters represent a unique opportunity to scale low carbon solutions by aggregating energy demand and co-locating it next to energy supply. However, given the diverse set of needs for industrial companies, all stakeholders must work together to find optimal solutions that accelerate the journey towards net zero.
Chris Oughton is well known for his in-depth Industry Tours of the Western Trade Coast.
Understand the scope of the WTC, the place of opportunities.
In Real time – this tour takes you through the Kwinana Industrial Area, the Rockingham Industry Zone, the Australian Marine Complex, and the Latitude 32 industrial area. You’ll hear about Lithium Valley, and all of the industry that makes the Western Trade Coast one of the world’s best examples of industrial symbiosis at work, in Western Australia’s Premier Industrial Area.
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Presentations
Closed Cycles and the Circular Economy 2020
The Dimensions and Value of Industrial Symbiosis
Lithium Mine to Market
Activating the Low Carbon Economy
Parkes NSW 2020
Key Characteristics of a Succesful Industrial Area
Sydney 2021
Published Papers
A Four-Dimensional industrial symbiosis model for the evaluation of industrial precincts
A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Discipline of Environmental Engineering
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
2024
Water circular economy at the Kwinana industrial area, Western Australia—the dimensions and value of industrial symbiosis
Oughton C, Anda M, Kurup B, Ho G, Water circular economy at the Kwinana industrial area, Western Australia—the dimensions and value of industrial symbiosis. Circ Econ Sust., 2021.1:995–1018.
Industrial Symbiosis to Circular Economy: What Does the Literature Reveal for a Successful Complex Industrial Area
Oughton, C., Kurup, B., Anda., M. Ho, G, Industrial Symbiosis to Circular Economy: What Does the Literature Reveal for a Successful Complex Industrial Area? Circ .Econ. Sust., 2022. 2(4): p. 1317-1344.
Collective transitioning of a heavy industrial area towards ‘Net Zero Carbon’: the critical role of Governance in delivering Enterprise action
Oughton, C., Kurup, B., Anda., M. Ho, G, Collective transitioning of a heavy industrial area towards ‘Net Zero Carbon’: the critical role of Governance in delivering Enterprise action. Renew. Energy Environ. Sustain. 8, 11 (2023).
Industrial Symbiosis - Recommendations on a business framework conducive for successful Industrial Symbiosis at the Kwinana Industrial Area
Oughton, C., Kurup, B., Anda., M. Ho, G, Industrial Symbiosis – Recommendations on a business framework conducive for successful Industrial Symbiosis at the Kwinana Industrial Area. Renew. Energy Environ. Sustain (2023)
KIC4: A four-dimensional model for Industrial Symbiosis: Validation with key stakeholders
Oughton, C., Kurup, B., Anda., M. Ho, G, Hamidi, M, KIC4: A four-dimensional model for Industrial Symbiosis: Validation with key stakeholders. American Journal of Industry and Business Management 2023
Citations
Industrial symbiosis to circular economy: what does the literature reveal for a successful complex industrial area?
Sustainable Energy for Port Construction with Low Carbon Concrete from Industrial Symbiosis at WESTPORT Kwinana & BANTAENG Sulawesi
Water circular economy at the Kwinana Industrial Area, Western Australia—the dimensions and value of industrial symbiosis
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