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Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... allocation of capital in Australia. We are directly impacting employment, innovation, infrastructure, productivity, taxation, energy investment and the like."

Geodynamics announces successful test of geothermal energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... geothermal capability. I would like to acknowledge the support of the Australian government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency's provision of the Renewable Energy Demonstration Program grant funding. This has been critical to allowing Geodynamics ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is already evaluating potential projects and will potentially make funding commitments ahead of its official launch in July, said Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates "When I took the role, I set ...

Australian exposed to carbon bubble through coal resources

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... ASX-listed companies with coal assets included BHP Billiton, with 8.87 GtCO2 in their reserves, Rio Tinto with 3.70 GtCO2, AGL Energy with 2.72 GtCO2, Whitehaven Coal with 2.09 GtCO2, Wesfarmers with 1.14 GtCO2, Alumina woth 0.09 GtCO2 and Aquila Resources ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation gets investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Corporation (CEFC) has received its investment mandate from the government, setting the framework for how the CEFC will invest its AU$10 billion in financing clean energy projects. The government set parameters for rate of return, limits ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Research, the lead author of the report. "The key determinants will be international politics and the process of renewable energy development. But what I was looking at was what the exposure of the Australian market is, and if you're involved in that ...

Climate Institute calls for long-term national carbon budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... billion tonnes carbon pollution. At current emission levels this budget would be consumed in around 15 years." The Clean Energy Act did not "sharply define" a national carbon budget, the Climate Institute said, but rather broadly described it as "the ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... to increase the level of support for those sectors that we think will represent the bulk of our activities - renewable energy, green buildings and to a lesser extent waste management as well," she said. "A lot of that funding will go to supporting direct ...

Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian government's National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). Zoos Victoria reduced carbon emissions through a range of energy efficiency and waste reduction measures, and by purchasing and cancelling carbon offsets to bring total emissions to zero. ...

Companies advised to manage carbon price future uncertainty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... costs, and long-term investments that hinge on the ongoing price of carbon and other measures in the government's Clean Energy Future legislation. The Liberal-National Coalition, which is currently favoured to win the September election based on polling ...