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CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... also provided AU$75 million in corporate finance to Energy Developments Limited (EDL) for investment in new projects generating energy from waste coal mine gas and landfill gas. Additionally, the CEFC is providing up to $60 million of senior debt finance ...

Pollinate Energy brings solar lighting to urban slums

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... 1,661 people, saved 147,649 rupees and 5,354 kg of CO2 emissions as of 1 March 2013. The enterprise is considering generating carbon credits for its work, but Kimmorley said that the process is too expensive and time-consuming at the moment. "We will ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... including field experts, labour, business and civil society. There were two public consultation periods in 2011 and 2012, generating a total of more than 2,500 responses. There were two workshops held in Australia and one held in New Zealand during the ...

GRESB hires new head of Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... and asset management has joined GRESB. AEGON operates in more than 20 countries and has over â,¬458 million revenue generating investments, including a wide range of real estate investments in a variety of sectors. AEGON Asset Management and TKP Investments ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... acting under the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network - GEO BON - discussing how to go about generating better quality and better coverage of information on biodiversity and ecosystems." There are 168 signatories to the the United ...

Companies with carbon targets see higher reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... companies, double the 2011 level. The analysis from companies that responded shows that carbon reduction activities are generating satisfactory positive returns with average IRRs of 33% and payback within three years, with companies that set absolute ...

Combet announces phase-out of solar credit mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... sources. The plan was intended to help residential owners offset the cost of installing rooftops solar panel systems by generating certificates that could be purchased by liable entities - mostly wholesale energy retailers - that needed to meet renewable ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
New South Wales-based Local Government Super (LGS) is generating revenue through the creation of energy savings certificates based on retrofits of properties in its direct real estate portfolio. Local Government Super property, 76 Berry Street, North ...

Low Carbon Australia and Quantum Power offer biogas services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... voluntary carbon offsets scheme, McDonald said. Quantum Power is a developer, owner and operator of power stations generating electricity and co-generated heat primarily from biogas.

Sustainable Melbourne Fund invests in Swanston St retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... activity in Melbourne." Owners corporations have had difficulty in accessing finance because they are not a revenue generating entity, a SMF spokesperson said. They manage the common areas in a building without owning the property and thus don't have ...