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Experts weigh implications of Labor's ETS proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Martijn Wilder, head of Baker and McKenzie's global environmental markets and climate change practice. "Labor's focus on renewables will bring about a faster transition, particularly with shutting down coal-fired electricity stations. And in comparison ...

FlexiGroup prices first green asset-backed security transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... to the Australian market and represents a significant innovation in the engagement of the capital markets with the renewables sector. We believe this bond will demonstrate increased capacity for financial markets to support the further origination of ...

Moree Solar Farm signs PPA with Origin Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... could encourage other renewable developers to consider taking on market risk, and therefore result in more large-scale renewables being developed." Under the PPA, Origin will purchase 100% of the electricity generated and 100% of the Renewable Energy ...

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes Climate Bonds Initiative partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... them on the development of sustainable green bond markets." Meanwhile, last week, Philippines geothermal company AP Renewables Inc. (APRI) yesterday reached financial close for a PHP 10.7b (US$ 225M) certified Climate Bond for the Philippines based Tiwi-MakBan ...

Australian Ethical Investment AUM up 13% in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... positions on an annual basis, and a few thing have come together such that we can put greater weight on the ability for renewables to manage the transition to a low-carbon economy in the future, and those sorts of things that have shifted and led us ...

ARENA receives 77 applications for $100m large scale PV

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Hunt. "I am delighted to see the CEFC and ARENA working together under the umbrella of the Office of Climate Change and Renewables Innovation. This cooperation will help to drive down the cost of large-scale solar developments in Australia," Hunt said. ...

CEFC to provide up to $30m financing to City of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... committed to achieving Zero Net Emissions by 2020, and has a target to source 25% of the municipality's electricity from renewables by 2018." See Also: Melbourne, Sydney join Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar ...

Australia falls in EY renewable energy index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... increases investor confidence that demand is there, and maintains momentum as we hurtle towards universal grid parity for renewables." The UK, Germany and Spain also fell in the RECAI rankings, also due to policy changes. EY said a series of policy changes ...

CEFC reports investing $500 million in last year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... draft investment mandate, CEFC said. Over the 2014-2015 financial year, the CEFC's new commitments included $246mm in renewables - solar ($199 million), wind ($37 million) and waste-to-energy/bioenergy ($10 million) - with a further $238 million in energy ...

Utilities sector face material ESG issues: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... and renewable energy investment has doubled with generation capacity. Businesses are exploring ways to incorporate renewables into the fuel mix." These broad material issues mean that for investors, there will be individual winners to the utilities sector ...