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ARENA allocates $2.17m to Alice Springs grid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... batteries with rooftop solar; and a roadmap for how the Alice Springs electricity grid could operate with 50 per cent renewables by 2030. Alice Springs Future Grid is led by the Intyalheme Centre for Future Energy, a flagship project of Desert Knowledge ...

MUFG appoints Rob Ward head of project finance, ESG finance, Oceania

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... ESG finance activities in Oceania, which include a range of products including ESG loans and bonds in all sectors, renewables project finance and emerging energy technologies, the bank said, "We are thrilled to have a person of Rob's calibre and experience ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Research at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). "It's not just reducing emissions, but they want to sell more renewables, which is a completely different issue. The question is, should people be incentivised for not polluting the world, or is this ...

ARENA grants additional funding for Monash Uni renewables study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... a half million dollars in additional funding for a Monash University-led project to investigate the integration of renewables into the national energy grid. The two-year project which began this month will classify grid stability issues and explore techniques ...

Carbon emissions need to peak "as soon as possible": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... has grown 13.8% per year between 2013 and 2018, it has not offset the growth in fossil energy consumption. Growth in renewables has outpaced growth in all other forms of energy since 2010, but the share of fossil fuels in global primary energy demand ...

Future Business Council to close, join BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... is about seizing the opportunity of a low carbon future thru both fundamentally changing modes of generation through renewables, the ability of Australia to become an energy exporter again through renewables rather than fossil fuels, the electrification ...

Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... electrification can close the gap to zero emissions by 2050. The report finds that new electricity generation from renewables is now cheaper than new fossil fuel generation, even when accounting for hours of storage, while battery storage costs are 80% ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... visits and searches since the beginning of the bushfire crisis, O'Connor noted. Searches relate to investing in renewables and climate solutions is the number one inclusion topic and is three times as high as the next most frequently searched inclusion. ...

Australian execs see impacts of, responsibility for climate change: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... they talk as if technology improves in a linear way," Hillard said. "If you look at assumptions about the take-up of renewables, take-up of the electric vehicles and so on, all of the assumptions are pretty much based on a linear pathway. But what we're ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... "There is a big concern when it comes to infrastructure," Klingberg said. "AEMO has noted that we can't forge ahead with renewables unless we have the infrastructure to support it. One of the main priorities of an electricity network should be to ensure ...