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Carnegie Wave Energy installs first CETO 5 unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Carnegie Wave Energy has successfully installed and operated its first CETO 5 wave energy unit at its Perth Wave Energy project site in Western Australia. Carnegie reported that the CETO 5 unit has been operating for "a little over a week" and that ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... our members for the long term,... Roughly 9-10% of our assets are invested in climate-related investments - wind farms, hydro, solar, and as we see more opportunities, our purpose is to invest that way. We are continuing to agitate through the contacts ...

AMP Capital invests in Alterra Power Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... operates six power plants with 568 MW of operational generation capacity including British Columbia's largest run-of-river hydro facility, Toba Montrose, and largest wind farm, Dokie 1. AMP Capital was the sole lead arranged working exclusively with ...

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
If Australia is to make a long-term transition to lower carbon energy sources, it will require ongoing policy support from state and federal government as well as long-term investment from the private sector, while recognising that the impacts of renewable ...

ARENA commits AU$18.5m to Energy Developments project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... fast start diesel engines and an advanced control system to enable smooth operation," technologies that have been used by Hydro Tasmania at the ARENA-supported King Island Renewable Energy Integration Project, Frischknecht said. "Further demonstration ...

CEC analyses impact of removing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... currently designed targets sourcing at least 20% of Australia's energy from renewable sources such as solar, wind, bioenergy and hydro by 2020. "This study shows that the Renewable Energy Target is holding electricity prices lower over the long term ...

Australia passes 2m mark for small-scale renewable systems

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... approximately 6,882 gigawatt hours of electricity annually, with 4,182 gigawatt hours generated from small-scale solar, wind and hydro installations and a further 2,700 gigawatt hours displaced by solar hot water systems and air source heat pumps," the ...

ICMM members commit to adopt GRI G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, Areva, Barrick, Coldelco, Freeport-McMoRan, Goldcorp, Gold Fields, Hydro, JX Nippon Mining & Metals, Lonmin, Mitsubishi Metals, Newmont, Sumotomo Metal Mining, Teck, Vale and Xstrata.

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
VicSuper, bankmecu and Pacific Hydro have joined a new partnership, The Future Economy Group, which will advocate for policies that combine economic and environmental sustainability in the state of Victoria. Environment Victoria and Sustainable Business ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Biofuels company Algae.Tec has signed a deal with Macquarie Generation to site an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility beside a 2640MW coal-fired power station in New South Wales. The agreement with Macquarie Generation, which is owned ...