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Octopus Energy makes waves with £1.5bn renewable energy investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... transition to a cleaner and smarter energy system. The global energy and technology group will invest £1.2 billion into solar and wind generation in the region, with half of the money going into Japanese renewables. As part of its expansion efforts ...

It pays to go green: top ETF megatrends for long-term growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... as only a small group of innovators take a chance on a new tech before it is proven or widely accepted. Early adopters: Solar, lithium and battery tech, green metals, carbon credits, telemedicine and digital health, wind energy, cannabis, cleantech ...

Renewable energy, climate in spotlight in Federal Budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... performance upgrades for social housing and $1 billion in new funding for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to offer solar, storage and electric upgrade finance to more than 170,000 homes. "This is in addition to the recent announcement of a new 20 ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... base that is generationally based offshore. In 2022, Texas generated 136,118 gigawatt-hours from wind and utility-scale solar, mostly from wind. Texas, Bratton Hughes says, is poised to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) due to its stance ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... with onshore projects, although our model only includes 4 GW of offshore capacity." The report expects less large-scale solar to be built due to the growing penetration of rooftop solar. It also says "significant volumes of firming technologies including ...

IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) approximately $40 billion worth of investment in the electric vehicle, battery, and solar manufacturing sectors has been declared, with over $2.5 trillion of additional investment forecasted to 2030. The US' IRA and ...

Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... he said. "The second one is under the IRA, for the first time, biogas can qualify for the same investment incentives that solar and wind and other technologies can. All of a sudden you have biogas projects being able to compete on a level playing field ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian renewable energy sector is grappling with the dilemma of what to do with an estimated 80 million solar panels at end of life - more than 100,000 tonnes due to be dismantled in Australia from 2035 onwards. This enormous volume of waste ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... example, where the needs of an energy system in transition will be different in the future than they are today. Brookfield in solar farm partnership Brookfield Renewable has partnered with Australian developer Greenleaf Renewables to develop, build ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... One idea is the "blue bomb": a diversified portfolio of 100 small projects - like the sail-boat cargo ships and floating solar - served to investors in an easy, low-risk bundle. Scaling up sustainable ocean solutions requires a variety of approaches ...