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"Critical decade" for energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... plans for nuclear "uncosted, unexplained and undeliverable" and said the next decade is critical for investing in utility-scale generation, storage, and transmission. The government's Capacity Investment Scheme has attracted significant private investment ...

TelstraSuper pumps more into renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... TelstraSuper confirmed it is on track to meet this goal. The Quinbrook fund's investment portfolio consists of utility scale solar farms and battery projects, sustainable data centres and Quinbrook's own supernode battery project and sustainable ...

Microsoft makes largest ever offset purchase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... develop novel DAC tech in the US. DAC is widely considered controversial due to the grave opportunity cost and unproven at scale. The tech giant bought the credits from Occidental Petroleum subsidiary 1PointFive, a carbon capture, storage, and sequestration ...

Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... goal was to reach this target by 2030. Its renewable energy methodology states it has achieved this through a mix utility-scale off-site renewables, on-site solar, and energy contracts. The firm says it is now the "largest corporate purchaser of renewable ...

HMC Capital announces new $50m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... HMC Capital has announced a strategic investment in Stor-Energy, a specialist developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS). This represents the first investment by HMC's Energy Transition platform which is ...

Investible, top VCs back Fugu Carbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Cannon-Brookes' investment firm Grok Ventures in September last year. The funding round allows Fugu Carbon to prepare for full-scale production of cost-competitive direct air capture technologies by 2025. Fugu's machines are mass-manufactured ...

SBTi chief Luiz Amaral to step down

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... into a structured and professional organisation that can drive exponential growth in corporate target setting on a global scale. Since then we have incorporated SBTi as an independent organisation and established transparent governance structures and ...

Over half of firms created new net zero roles: Deloitte

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Recruiters on the ground confirm uptick in corporate sustainability roles is unparalleled and shows no signs of slowing, with small to medium size firms now driving demand in Australia. Over 50% of financial firms added headcount or created new roles ...

Investors exit climate group amid politicisation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has lost two more asset managers; Allspring and AllianceBernstein decided to leave in May. The high-profile withdrawals have been pinned to heavy politicisation of ESG. This follows the departure of J.P. Morgan, Invesco ...

ESG funds are cheaper: Morningstar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... producer globally. "We expect lithium prices to rise further as lithium demand grows from EV sales and the buildout of utility-scale batteries outpaces supply growth," Morningstar said.