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Japan renewables get boost from Singapore tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... recent study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory supported by the US energy department found. This would cut electricity costs by 6%. Renewables - including solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, hydrogen and nuclear sources - currently account ...

World first $1.6bn Climate Bonds green loan: QIC and Vector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... term loans to fund QIC's 50% interest in Vector Metering in addition to green capex facilities to fund the business's electricity smart metering expansion in the region. The initial green and non-green limits of the capex facilities may be re-allocated ...

$20.5 billion cash infusion for Australia's green bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Rewiring the Nation program, with investments including high voltage transmission, long duration grid storage and electricity distribution network infrastructure," with $1 billion to create the Household Energy Upgrades Fund, to provide discounted consumer ...

Global development banks release joint principles towards Paris alignment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... activities. The MDBs have announced four activity types not aligned with the Paris Agreement: mining of thermal coal, electricity generation from coal, extraction of peat, and electricity generation from peat. MDBs are allowed to undertake non-universally ...

Western Australia issues first green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... delivering positive environmental outcomes, such as the state's significant investment to decarbonise the main electricity grid. This includes batteries and wind farms, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and rebates and standalone power systems. ...

A new "nuclear renaissance" for investors: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... necessarily reliant on those new technologies coming through to mid-century." Nuclear energy makes up 10% of global electricity generation and is the second largest source of low emissions power, Hudak noted, citing statistics from the IEA. "Is nuclear ...

Octopus Energy makes waves with £1.5bn renewable energy investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... by 2030 and solar capacity to more than 1 TW. The G7 ministers called for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants. Japan however opposed phasing ...

Aust Post launches inaugural sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... has committed to reducing scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 15% by 2025 from a 2019 baseline, sourcing 100% renewable electricity by 2025, using 100% fully sustainable packaging range aligned to the 2025 National Packaging Targets by 2025, decreasing waste ...

Graforce and Worley to scale GHG-free hydrogen gas technology in APAC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... reductions goal of 40% by 2030. In a modular plasmalysis plant a high-frequency plasma field powered by renewable electricity splits hydrocarbons such as methane into their molecular components: hydrogen and solid carbon. Compared to water electrolysis ...

No room for complacency for Australia as a renewable energy superpower

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... essentially a way of derisking and getting out of the lab and getting into the real world. We've been doing that in the electricity space - now how do we do that, particularly in the green steel and hydrogen space?" Hydrogen is an opportunity for domestic ...