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Net zero dreams float on unscaled tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... week. Reaching net zero may require this controversial technology, alongside scaling-up other key innovations including renewables, batteries, EV's, hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuels, heat pumps, power networks, and - also controversially - nuclear ...

Energy asset owners hungry for cover

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... catastrophe exposures, to technology risks, to serial defects manifesting across replicated parts over a very large asset. Renewables developers and influential asset owners with clean energy holdings are driving demand for insurance. To meet this appetite ...

Australian Ethical scores gold, others fall off charts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... says. The "danger" with league tables is that it's easy to forget that superannuation is a multi-year investment. Renewables are a "longer-term strategy, and it's been a poor year," Ramrakha says. "You're still getting double-digit returns ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... capital raised to more than US$4.3 bn. It follows the Low Carbon Power Fund, which closed at US$1.6 bn in 2019, and the Renewables Impact Fund, which raised an oversubscribed £620 million in October 2023, exceeding its £500 million target. The latest ...

ACCR cuts ties with Rio Tinto

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... operates in 35 countries with assets worth US$103.549 billion and an annual revenue of US$54 bn. It has made significant renewables investments and committed to decarbonise 50% by 2030. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which ...

Aus funds hit by outflows, global gains for passive ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... holdings in the nuclear and uranium value chain were top global resources performers in the past year, while other renewables underperformed. Shorter-duration Australian-domiciled global bond funds fared better than longer-duration ones, which struggled ...

Demand up for green steel

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... in the next decade (80%). Most investors (59%) believe Australia should export green iron to countries with limited renewables uptake. ACCR company strategist and lead analyst Fiona Deutsch said: "It's clear from this research that investors around the ...

"Critical decade" for energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Albanese government is working to protect Australia from energy shocks and insecurity - warning that "delay is expense". Renewables uptake is strong, with a 25% increase in renewables on the grid since the Albanese government took over: "There are now ...

TelstraSuper pumps more into renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
TelstraSuper has handed over an undisclosed amount to Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, to be invested in its Net Zero Power Fund. Quinbrook's Net Zero Power Fund, which is targeting US$2 billion, seeks investments that look to support decarbonisation ...

Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... this target by 2030. Its renewable energy methodology states it has achieved this through a mix utility-scale off-site renewables, on-site solar, and energy contracts. The firm says it is now the "largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in the ...