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AGL, ARENA in $8m electric vehicle charging study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Energy Agency (ARENA) are launching an $8 million trial to test the impact of electric vehicle (EV) charging on the electricity grid. Three hundred AGL customers who sign up to AGL's Electric Vehicle Plan will participate in the three-year trial, with ...

Companies pledge 100% renewable energy by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Woolworths Group has become the latest Australian company to pledge to power its entire operations with renewable electricity by 2025. Woolworths has joined the global RE100 initiative. It will build on its network of rooftop solar panels installed in ...

Investing in the low-carbon transition: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... would be taking carbon out of the atmosphere, but if you produce a solar panel, then that solar panel is producing electricity that is replacing higher carbon electricity. It's a very wide investment universe, but we will only invest in companies ...

Assessing the costs, opportunities to green hydrogen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Green hydrogen is gas produced for commercial fuel purposes via electrolysers powered by wind-and solar-generated electricity and is part of a recently lunched European Commission's strategic vision. Green hydrogen is seen as a way of replacing "brown" ...

ESG in fixed income more than green bonds: Daintree

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... approximately 40% of global energy will be based on renewable energy by 2050, which Dunn says means that by 2050 more electricity will still be generated from fossil fuels than by renewables, especially in emerging markets. Thus, it is not possible to ...

Woolworths commits to ambitious GHG emissions cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... notes that the majority of their carbon emissions stem from its store operations, particularly refrigeration, with electricity consumption accounting for the greatest share. Over the next decade, the Woolworths Group will seek new opportunities to reduce ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... earnings per share by 2- 22%. "If you make a product in France, the product will still be green by its nature, b/c the electricity is low carbon," he explained. "If you make the same product in India or Australia, the product ends up being a high emission ...

Coles signs Queensland renewable energy deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Coles will source more than 90% of its Queensland electricity from renewable energy sources after signing an agreement with state-owned firm CleanCo. The 10-year agreement between Coles and CleanCo commences July 2022 and will see Coles purchase 400 ...

ARENA, CEFC changes open door to CCS, hydrogen investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... to allocate capital to legacy technology such as fossil fuels with carbon capture, utilisation and storage in the electricity sector. Expanding the functions of the ARENA and the CEFC to open up opportunities for this technology in other sectors can ...

Substantial investment needed for sustainable infrastructure: RARE Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... decrease, which will be nowhere near net-zero by 2050, is mainly attributable to projected lower emissions in the electricity sector." RARE notes that there are "tremendous opportunities" for reducing emissions in other sectors, such as reducing emissions ...