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Clean energy approvals increase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... (LGCs), and small-scale technology certificates (STCs). By the end of the year, CER predicts 3-4 gigawatts of large-scale wind and solar will come online, plus an estimated 3.1 GW of small-scale rooftop solar. In the first half of the year, 1.5 GW of ...

Clarity on sector pathways sparks investor confidence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Government's Net Zero Plan. The government will now decide Australia's 2035 climate target. Existing technologies such as solar, wind, and energy storage batteries form the cornerstones of Australia's decarbonisation pathways across sectors. However ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... convenient spin that methane gas is lower emissions than coal, ignoring that methane are almost 100% more emissions intensive as wind, solar, hydro and nuclear energy. "LNG is far more emissions intensive than methane gas... given the massively energy ...

Net zero dreams float on unscaled tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... capacity in five years and shut down all unabated coal and almost all unabated gas in the next ten years. 290 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity should be installed by 2050, as power demand grows 2.5-fold.

Catastrophe bill blows up to $90bn

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Swiss Re says global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit $90.5 billion (US$60bn) in the first half of 2024, with severe thunderstorms accounting for two-thirds of that figure. Interestingly, the half was the second costliest on record for insured ...

Energy asset owners hungry for cover

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... of the country's largest developers, and is currently a broker to Australia's largest (unnamed) BESS, PV solar and wind portfolio, and, as the lender's insurance advisor, has advised on a number of Australia's largest renewables transactions ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... While campaigning, he has referred to renewable energy as a "scam business" and has already made promises to scrap offshore wind projects if elected. Pearce also cited Chinese EV and solar panel production, noting companies in China that are selling ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... of these opportunities." Separately, Rest will co-invest with TowerBrook in a Canadian firm that specialises in servicing wind turbines with "up-tower" crane technology, LiftWerx. Up-tower cranes are designed to be a more cost-effective and environmentally ...

Instos continue to fund fossil fuel expansion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... institutional investors hold US$4.3 trillion worth of bonds and shares in coal, oil, and gas companies, despite many committing to wind down financed emissions. Vanguard ($413 bn), BlackRock ($400 bn), State Street ($171 bn), and Capital Group ($165 ...

Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... company attributes this primarily to its transportation and logistics. Globally, Amazon has invested in more than 500 solar and wind projects. In Australia, it has invested AU$467 million from 2020 to 2022. 1,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy are being ...