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SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has made three new loans to social enterprises in Queensland and New South Wales, bringing their total loan book up to AU$7.5 million. Ben Gales, SEFA CEO The three loans were made to MiHaven Property Fund ...

ARENA allocates $21.5m to solar R&D projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... million," said Parliamentary Secretary for Industry Bob Baldwin at an event hosted by ARENA at the University of New South Wales earlier this week. "These projects represent the very best of the best. They were selected from a highly competitive R&D ...

SVA: Newpin social benefit bond returns 7.5% in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... families. The bond will fund the maintenance of existing centres, and the planned expansion of six more centres in New South Wales. "Based on the first year's data - which is one year in a seven year program - the first year's performance is meeting ...

Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... The Clean Energy Regulator has issued more than 160,000 carbon credits to a carbon farming project in western New South Wales covering an 8,500-hectare section of native forest. Josh Harris, Climate Friendly The Sunset Ranch Native Forest Protection ...

AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
AGL has installed the first solar panel modules at its large-scale solar plant in Nyngan, New South Wales. AGL has installed the first solar panels at the Nyngan Solar Plant. L-R Ray Donald, Bogan Shire mayor; Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO; Kevin Humphries ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... KMH Environmental which the CEFC said scoped the retrofit and undertook an energy audit report on behalf of the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage. EUAs are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental ...

Vast Solar begins construction on 6MW solar thermal station

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Vast Solar has started construction on a 6MW concentrating solar thermal (CST) pilot project in New South Wales, a first of its kind Australian project. The Jemalong Solar Thermal Station will include three hours' thermal storage, which should enable ...

CEC analyses impact of removing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... gas for electricity generation," said David Green, CEC chief executive. "Recent price rises in Queensland and New South Wales reinforce estimates that gas will increase dramatically in price this decade, as Australia enters the international gas market. ...

Tumut Shire Council to slash electricity costs after upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Tumut Shire Council in New South Wales has completed upgrades to its administration building that will reduce electricity costs by 66%, according to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO The AU$2.1 million Riverina ...

New national law for co-ops and mutuals to cut red tape

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... for Cooperatives and Mutuals (BCCM). Melina Morrison, BCCM CEO (Photo courtesy of BCCM) CNL started this week in New South Wales and Victoria and will impact on more than 600 co-operatives in NSW and 640 co-operatives in Victoria would benefit from the ...