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CSIRO to build Australia-first mobile hydrogen generator

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... unit will do just that and will be compact enough to move to where it's needed - whether that's a farm, a festival, an industrial facility or, a mine site."

AI and ESG: risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... intelligence to think, feel, and perceive the physical world around it. While applicable to all sectors, technology and industrial sectors bear greater responsibility due to their role in developing AI systems. Environment: Significant amounts of energy ...

Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... following in the footsteps of the US. The US Right, Lynch explained, perpetuate the narrative that a defenestration of the industrial class is occurring through mechanisms like ESG: "woke politics through an economic backdoor", and that has reinforced ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... First Nations groups and other members of the community. The government also announced the creation of a $400 million Industrial Transformation Stream from the $1.9 billion Powering the Regions Fund which will support existing industries including as ...

CEFC invests $75m in Queensland recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing almost three quarters of its Australian Recycling Investment Fund to develop a flagship construction and demolition (C&D) recycling facility in Queensland. The $75 million CEFC investment is ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... sector creates the biggest opportunity to drive economy-wide decarbonisation, most importantly across the transport and industrial sectors." The report recommends focusing on shutting the most-polluting plants first, average renewable buildout of 5.5 ...

Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... PurposeEnergy has developed, owned and operated multiple projects that convert organic waste streams to biogas for use in industrial processes, conversion to renewable electricity, or refinement to Renewable Natural Gas. "What we like about this investment ...

CEFC invests $80m in private equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... earlier funds. The new fund is sector agnostic, but acquired companies are expected to be concentrated in the healthcare, industrial and services sectors. "Healthcare companies are expected to make up a significant portion of the Fund's portfolio given ...

The implications of Australia's new carbon emissions target for bond investors

DAVID MCNEILL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... generation from around one third today to 82% by 2030. Emissions will also need to be reduced from new and existing industrial facilities. Whilst there is formal consensus on the net-zero targets across both of Australia's major political parties, the ...

Time is running out: latest IPCC report says 1.5°C is "likely"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... of mitigation. The report highlights that the Earth's surface temperature has already increased by 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels and is "likely that warming will exceed 1.5°C during the 21st century". The science is clear: we are approaching an ...