2022 CORE INNOVATION Hot 30 Recipients by State
In 2022, The Hot 30 Awards saw more than 50 applications from across Australia with the final list representing four States in both metropolitan and regional cities.
2022 Hot 30 Award Winners
Innovator of the Year
presented by CORE Innovation Hub
GreaseBoss
GreaseBoss solves the complexity of managing the greasing of machinery in energy resources operations. Typical operations have thousands of greasing points, requiring different grease volumes, types and schedules. GreaseBoss is the first tool to track and trace the greasing status of individual grease points using a cloud-based application, ensuring outages can be avoided.
Sustainability Award
presented by WRAYS
Wildfire Energy
Wildfire Energy's mission is to eliminate landfill by turning residual wastes into renewable electricity and hydrogen at scale using MIHG technology. Using a revolutionary batch process for gasification of residual biomass and wastes, large volumes of feedstock are loaded into an engineered reactor and converted via gasification. This reduces waste to landfill, reduces on-site waste disposal costs and provides dispatchable renewable energy.
Emerging Industry Award
presented by METS Ignited
Greatcell Energy
Greatcell Energy aims to reduce the cost of solar power by at least 50 per cent, using Perovskite based solar cell technology. Greatcell Energy will use small, thin, solar cells produced with roll-to-roll technology for applications in small scale electronics and IoT devices, and is in discussions with customers to provide cells to power remote controls, eReaders, electronic screens, IoT devices and automotive and space applications.
SA Innovation Award
presented by South Australian Department for Energy & Mining
1414 Degrees
1414 Degrees SiBox™ thermal energy storage technology harnesses the extremely high latent heat capacity of silicon to enable intermittent renewables to provide flexible, ultra-high temperature heat. The flexible, scalable and sustainable technology provides a solution to a decarbonised future where large industrial systems that use high temperature heat and power will one day be able to run on clean, renewable energy.
WA Innovation Award
presented by West Australian Department for Jobs, Tourism, Science & Innovation
Diptek
Diptek’s DipStick field device integrates modern sensors such as lidar, GPS, rotary encoding, and imaging sensors to collect drilling hole data for future analysis. Time and location stamping data is essential for post-blast analysis and continuous improvement, improving safety systems and incident management, including identifying cultural and heritage significance.
Women Led Innovation Award
presented by CORE Innovation Hub
Cheeditha Energy
With carbon produced across all facets of mining and resources from general operations to housing and commuting, Cheeditha Energy decarbonises businesses by increasing equipment efficiency, reducing non-renewable energy consumption, and extending equipment life by harnessing multiple energy solutions
CORE INNOVATION 2022 HOT 30 RECIPIENTS
1414 Degress
1414 Degrees SiBox™ thermal energy storage technology harnesses the extremely high latent heat capacity of silicon to enable intermittent renewables to provide flexible, ultra-high temperature heat. The flexible, scalable and sustainable technology provides a solution to a decarbonised future where large industrial systems that use high temperature heat and power will one day be able to run on clean, renewable energy.
Alloy Steel International
Alloy Steel’s Wear Asset Monitoring (WAM) is a wireless condition monitoring system. Smart Liners are embedded with industrial-grade sensors, optimizing the operations of bulk materials handling machines. Monitoring leads to less wear, more efficient use, fewer liners being manufactured and a lower CO2 footprint.
Arteh
Arteh has developed a platform which helps businesses achieve emission reduction targets by facilitating data collection, calculating greenhouse gas emissions, sets up companies' science-based targets, and provides automated reports enabling companies to achieve global recognition including from the Science Based Targets initiative and Climate Active.
Auto-mate
Auto-mate's autonomous technology increases productivity by enabling driverless mining equipment, fitted with sensors, to operate 24/7 with maximum uptime and planned maintenance stops. Automation reduces vehicle wear while improving safety as it takes the optimal operational path, reducing costs and decreasing accidents. Auto-mate’s technology can be retro-fitted.
Cheeditha Energy
With carbon produced across all facets of mining and resources from general operations to housing and commuting, Cheeditha Energy decarbonises businesses by increasing equipment efficiency, reducing non-renewable energy consumption, and extending equipment life by harnessing multiple energy solutions
Coreplan
CorePlan is a Software as a Service platform providing a digital workplace for mineral exploration and drilling companies to streamline and collaborate on operations, eliminating multiple systems, spreadsheets and emails. The platform uses web and mobile apps to unlock efficiencies and reduce costs offsite and in the office. CorePlan can digitize inspections, incident management and maintenance, reporting in realtime.
Cortex Intelligence Systems
Cortex is an analytics and automation provider, engineering solutions for digital-forward drilling and mining operations. Cortex’s advanced analytics and automation systems automate data collection, analysis and reporting processes for all aspects of drilling systems, using machine learning and data analytics to improve drilling technologies and assist in real-time geological interpretation.
Decarbonology
Decarbonology helps companies measure emissions, develop tailored roadmaps to reduce emissions and provide carbon offsets to make companies Net Zero Carbon. Decarbonology helps companies improve their Net Sustainable Development Goals through environmental, social and governance investments, including regenerating degraded farmland.
Diptek
Diptek’s DipStick field device integrates modern sensors such as lidar, GPS, rotary encoding, and imaging sensors to collect drilling hole data for future analysis. Time and location stamping data is essential for post-blast analysis and continuous improvement, improving safety systems and incident management, including identifying cultural and heritage significance.
Envirocopper
Australia has 49.5Mt of copper that can't be mined conventionally. Envirocopper has developed an InSitu Recovery mining technique which enables recovery of some of these resources without using sulphuric acid, and without digging, blasting, rock movement, noise or tailings dams. This allows for previously stranded assets to now be mined profitably using conventional methods.
GeoMoby
GeoMoby is a technology company pioneering the delivery of Location Intelligence Solutions. Its Platform as a Service enables smart phones and location-aware applications to process geospatial data in real time, providing high location accuracy across complex environments with a negligible battery consumption. GeoMoby promotes mine safety, generates alerts, guides miners to the closest safety chamber in the event of an accident, along with data analysis and geofencing.
Global Drone Solutions
Global Drone Solutions is creating an Australian-first autonomous systems hub (ASH), which will allow it to deliver world-leading training in the development, implementation, and operation of autonomous robots in the mining and energy industries. ASH addresses the issue of having employees train in dirty and dangerous operations, reduces costs and risk and improves operational efficiency, by using aerial, terrestrial and subsea robots.
GreaseBoss
GreaseBoss solves the complexity of managing the greasing of machinery in energy resources operations. Typical operations have thousands of greasing points, requiring different grease volumes, types and schedules. GreaseBoss is the first tool to track and trace the greasing status of individual grease points using a cloud-based application, ensuring outages can be avoided.
Greatcell Energy
Greatcell Energy aims to reduce the cost of solar power by at least 50 per cent, using Perovskite based solar cell technology. Greatcell Energy will use small, thin, solar cells produced with roll-to-roll technology for applications in small scale electronics and IoT devices, and is in discussions with customers to provide cells to power remote controls, eReaders, electronic screens, IoT devices and automotive and space applications.
Howler
Howler specialises in predictive maintenance using advanced vibration diagnostics and has been developing a world first heavy vehicle wheel safety sensor. Its aim is to provide entire plant automated reliability services for every rotating machine or machine component. Entire plant monitoring can eliminate all rotating machine breakdowns and improve reliability of rotating components, enabling maximum reliable production.
Intov8
Intov8 has created software that transforms the way mines manage their data, including through its flagship product Corvus Axiom, which is a centralised data management platform that integrates with key site source systems. Intov8’s core products have more than 40 systems integrations in operation with various sites, ranging from fleet management, fuel management and dragline systems, to gate access systems and core plant and supervisory control and data acquisition systems.
LAVO
LAVO's patented metal hydride storage solution provides cost-effective, long-duration green energy storage, decarbonising the mining and resources sector. LAVO's Metal Hydrides, when delivered at utility-scale, have the capacity to store up to 14MWhrs of energy in the form of H2. LAVO has invested in domestic manufacturing sites for electrolysers, hydride and fuel cells to improve Australia's sovereign capacity.
NGMX
NGMX is commercializing the metal recovery technology developed by InnovEco Australia, which can be used for the effective extraction of mining by-products, recovering metals from old leaching pads, mine and process water. It can improve technical and economic parameters of the existing smelters, refineries and hydrometallurgical plants by increasing metal extraction rates by up to 20% per cent, extracting by-products and removing impurities.
Obzervr
With paperwork for energy sector frontline workers taking several hours a day, Obzervr has developed an app which will allow field teams to spend more time in the field. The app allows workers to undertake real-time mobile reporting; improve safety outcomes by making safety a mandatory part of each job; significantly reduce paperwork; link directly to machines; and collate data to create dashboards and analytics for the entire organisation.
Onetide
Onetide is a full-service engineering company which provides mobile, modular, scalable and relocatable hybrid renewable power systems and potable water filtration/purification and or atmospheric water generation. Onetide can provide renewable generated power and water to the remotest locations with minimal civil works required, but is equally at home providing power and water in rural, remote or island communities.
Pitcrew AI
Pitcrew AI keeps mobile assets operating safely and productively. Its OTR tyre inspection solution is a stand-alone, solar-powered system placed at the side of haul roads, which automatically inspects every vehicle over a 24-hour period without human intervention. Key technologies include longwave infrared thermal imaging and AI-based computer vision inspection. The system has prevented tyre fires from occurring and has helped to increase the average tyre life.
Predict
PREDICT Australia applies a unique methodology of Predictive Maintenance engineering to help customers optimise their installations maintenance, equipment’s performance, and transition into industry 4.0 in a safe and efficient manner. Its KSAEM end-to-end predictive solution can be applied across various sectors, and provides information about installation, estimates the remaining useful life of equipment, anticipates failures and conducts root cause analysis.
Raw Matter
RawMatter focuses on IoT and Robotic Automation, practicing “no bullshit innovation”. RawMatter builds custom solutions for small trade companies, including developing an IoT hydraulic telemetry system to enable safe monitoring of excavators used in hydraulic testing; a tele-operated jack hammer; predictive maintenance record keeping; and through a collaboration with Soundelve and Game City, an autonomous coffee delivery robot.
Renewable.bio
Renewable Bio works with nature to produce bioenergy, sequester carbon and restore landscapes. Through sustainable fuels (creating biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel by treating waste straw and wood into ethanol) and through large scale carbon sequestration, Renewable Bio works in a sustainable environmental cycle.
SafeAI
SafeAI retrofits heavy equipment for autonomous applications in the mining and construction industries. Its autonomous technology enables equipment owners to transform existing machines into self-operating robotic assets. SafeAI's systems are open and interoperable, designed to work with any software system, while enabling autonomous workflows.
Sentient
Sentient Computing’s technology aggregates data from various sources and provides the information to employees through a simple spatial interface. This enables informed decision making by offsite leaders, improves communication between sites and the field. By leveraging gaming technology and 3D virtual twins of a facility, Sentient can create complex and immersive content faster and more cost effectively.
Soft Rigging Solutions
Soft Rigging Solutions’ synthetic lightweight shackles improve safety by reducing the risks associated with heavy lifting and manual handling, eliminating the need for multiple people struggling with traditional heavy steel D-Shackles. Combining his knowledge of mining and sailing, founder Josh Leppard’s synthetic lightweight shackle has a minimum break strength of 510,000kg and weighs only 13.7kg, four times lighter than the equivalent steel d-shackle that weighs 58.68kg.
Vayeron
Smart-Idler is an industrial IoT based condition monitoring system that embeds wireless, intelligent sensor modules within the roller components of conveyor belts, where sensors harvest their energy from the rotation of the roller they are embedded within. Through temperature, rotation and vibration monitoring, roller failure can be quickly identified, avoiding costly production downtime.
Wildfire Energy
Wildfire Energy's mission is to eliminate landfill by turning residual wastes into renewable electricity and hydrogen at scale using MIHG technology. Using a revolutionary batch process for gasification of residual biomass and wastes, large volumes of feedstock are loaded into an engineered reactor and converted via gasification. This reduces waste to landfill, reduces on-site waste disposal costs and provides dispatchable renewable energy.
Zero Automotive
Decarbonizing environments through the electrification of heavy-duty light vehicles and trucks, Zero Automotive designs, integrates and installs modular zero emission mobility platforms that enable rapid conversion of vehicles and optimal use of renewable energy. Zero Automotive designs, fabricates and assembles custom heavy-duty light EV solutions; commissions and trains onsite users in EV technology use; offers EV and charging integration advice; and EV servicing and maintenance.