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Low Carbon Australia finances second Wagga Wagga project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia will finance a second energy upgrade project with the city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales- the installation of a cogeneration unit at the city's aquatic centre. The AU$780,000 upgrade project at the Wagga Wagga Oasis Aquatic ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Meg McDonald is the CEO of Low Carbon Australia (LCAL), an independent company established in 2010 by the Australian government. LCAL manages an AU$84.6m investment fund which provides finance to improve energy efficiency and achieve carbon abatement ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... developed by the Climate Bond Initiative, is a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of a low carbon economy. Earlier this month, the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France announced it had issued a socially responsible bond. ...

Sean Flannery joins Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... developed by the Climate Bond Initiative, is a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of a low carbon economy. In its first stage, the Climate Bond Standard lists wind energy investments currently eligible with an expansion ...

NAB funds second Environmental Upgrade Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank, Eureka Funds Management and Low Carbon Australia have signed an environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) with the Suleman property development group to fund the retrofit of a Melbourne office block. 470 Collins St Photo courtesy ...

Clean Energy Council: keep Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... continue in its current form, the RET could generate up to AU$30bn more in investment and a total reduction of 380m tonnes in carbon emission. Conversely, changes to the RET could undermine the target's ability to deliver investment, jobs, carbon abatement ...

Local Government Super recognised at Green Globe Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Lambert, LGS CEO. "Firstly our approach makes good long-term investment sense by reducing environmental risks and seeking low carbon investment opportunities. Secondly, sustainability issues are important for many of our members." The fund was the joint ...

Citi: "Carbon bubble" represents 1-2% of ASX200 value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... found, and approximately 4% of ASX200 value is attributed to coal overall. Citi examined whether these assets represented a "carbon bubble" for the Australian market and whether these assets would be "stranded" if use of coal as fuel for power generation ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
The process to gain accreditation for Australian carbon credit unit (ACCU) methodologies under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) is functioning in such a way to yield legally robust and proscriptive processes, according to a partner at law firm Norton ...

Low Carbon Australia and Quantum Power offer biogas services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia will work with Quantum Power, a biogas-based renewable energy company, to assist farming, abattoir and food processing industries to create energy from waste. The alliance between Low Carbon Australia and Quantum Power will bundle ...