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Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... providing finance for two wind farm projects and expanding an existing fund that provides business loans for energy efficiency upgrades. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The AU$10 billion CEFC officially started making investments on Monday, and has announced that ...

GHG efficiency projects increase cities' finances and health

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... participants are the City of Sydney and the City of Melbourne. Overall, the report found that cities are improving energy efficiency- the top three most popular efficiency projects were centred on reducing energy demand in buildings, improving fuel efficiency ...

Budget to cut ARENA funding, bring forward money to CTIP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... government's proposed 2013-2014 budget provides both approval and disappointment for advocates of the clean energy and energy efficiency industries, as measures impact on funding of both the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Technology ...

Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... 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. Among those ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... change and in rising energy costs, but the factors will impact different sectors to varying levels. "There are energy efficiency opportunities that are available to all companies," Fabian said. "The thing that makes the sectors different is that the ...

City of Sydney signs first environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia invested AU$10 million as its part of the finance. Eureka is the trustee of TAEUF 2, which finances energy efficiency projects. Frasers will use the EUA funding to install two-megawatts (MW) of trigeneration capacity, running on natural gas ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... at least 20% of Australia's electricity comes from renewable sources by 2020, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet has announced. The move was welcomed by industry groups. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) said maintaining ...

bankmecu to offer environmental upgrade agreement finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... happy to go out to that term, and that, we think, is an attractive differentiator when it comes to financing energy efficiency and buildings projects," Bocskay said. "Longer terms make agreements more attractive on a cashflow basis over that term. It ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Warrnambool lighting project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Michael Neoh. The balance of the project costs in Warrnambool will come from an Australian government Community Energy Efficiency Program (CEEP) grant of up to AU$1.4 million allocated to a group of regional councils which also included Shires of Colac ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... institution's overall commitments for the year. About 70% of IFC's investments in the power sector involved energy efficiency and renewable energy. IFC expects to double its climate-related investments to roughly US$3 billion per year by FY15.