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Foresight Group hires Kim Nguyen to head Australian operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... energy projects. The fund manages more than AU$3.7 billion of energy infrastructure assets; including more than 100 operating solar plants in the UK, Southern Europe, and Australia. In Australia, Foresight manages AU$400 million across four Queensland ...

Low Carbon Readiness Index measures motivation to reduce carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... report on their possession of low carbon infrastructure and performance of low carbon routines around six behaviour types - solar, energy efficient appliances, efficient temperature system, efficient car, temperature curtailment and green travel and ...

CEFC takes $51m stake in Victoria's Kiamal Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... equity investment in a large-scale renewable energy development, taking a $51 million stake in Victoria's 200MW (AC) Kiamal Solar Farm. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The Kiamal Solar Farm is located near Ouyen in north-west Victoria ...

CEFC nears $1 billion mark in investment in Australia's wind sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... projects which had secured only partial off-take agreements, we are now working on hybrid projects that bring together wind, solar and storage, as well as projects that are seeking new style off-take agreements with large corporates. "These developments ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives new loan facility, new name

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... three quarters of a billion dollars," Bocskay said. "The timing is right for this now. There are long term projects like solar farms, batteries are increasingly coming into play, and it all means business can take money they're spending today and put ...

PVStop International designs off switch to shut down PV solar panels in fire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
An Australian company has designed an off switch that will shut down rooftop PV solar panels from supplying electricity in the event of a building fire, with the intention of improving safety outcomes in fire situations. PVStop International has developed ...

Woolworths Group to become first Australian retailer to issue Green Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... could be supported by the bonds include the implementation of energy efficiency initiatives such as the installation of solar panels on the roofs of Woolworths Group stores and distribution centres or the development of low carbon supermarkets, Woolworths ...

flexigroup issues $90.9 million Climate Bond certified green bond tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... flexigroup $90.9 million green bond issuance. The $90.9 million green bond issuance includes a large portion of rooftop solar, as well as a smaller portion of small-scale storage receivables. "We see the inclusion of energy storage receivables in this ...

UBank launches world first certified Green Term Deposit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... Bonds Initiative (CBI). UBank's Green Term Deposit is matched to a portfolio of renewable energy projects such as wind and solar power, and low carbon transport and buildings. UBank is part of NAB, and when a customer invests funds in a UBank Green TD ...

Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... need to decarbonise the electricity sector in a timely manner." Australia has a "unique set of circumstances" in wind and solar, Yates said. "We have a unique advantage, and may rapidly end up leading as Australia has done in other areas, such as banning ...