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Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... government and manages an AU$84.6m investment fund which provides finance to improve energy efficiency and achieve carbon abatement in the property and industry sectors. The CEFC will be an AU$10bn fund that will mobilise its own and private sector capital ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $11m pilot energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... for several years." Distributed generation can deliver 20-25% of Australia's potential l 2020 cost-effective carbon abatement, Low Carbon Australia said. ANZ Bank will provide NovaPower with a commodity trading facility, Collins said. He added that Low ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Richgro waste-to-energy plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... capture to allow Australian businesses to significantly reduce their energy costs while achieving significant carbon abatement," McDonald said. "There's considerable scope for biogas projects in Australia with our own research indicating that the intensive ...

Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... options, businesses may have significant value to gain." Ernst & Young also recommended that businesses examine internal abatement projects, including options such as fuel switching, cogeneration, energy efficiency and process improvements. The options ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... government. LCAL manages an AU$84.6m investment fund which provides finance to improve energy efficiency and achieve carbon abatement in the property and industry sectors. McDonald talks to The Sustainability Report on how LCAL's model encourages private ...

Clean Energy Council: keep Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon emission. Conversely, changes to the RET could undermine the target's ability to deliver investment, jobs, carbon abatement and energy security. In a submission to the Climate Change Authority, CEC also said that the RET should not be impacted ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... also creates financial incentives to undertake emission avoidance and sequestration offset projects and increase carbon abatement in line with the protection of Australia's natural environment. Thus far, four methodologies have been approved - capture ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... questions over the duration of a price floor," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC CEO. "The end game for global investors is low cost abatement and investment in carbon competitive industries. Linking the Australian and EU schemes supports both of these objectives. ...

Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian government has launched a $70m Coal Mining Abatement Technology Support Package, aimed at developing technologies and processes to aid the coal industry. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson The package provides funding for three areas ...

Farming, forestry activities proposed for CFI positive list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... also creates financial incentives to undertake emission avoidance and sequestration offset projects and increase carbon abatement in line with the protection of Australia's natural environment. Thus far, four methodologies have been approved - capture ...