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Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
AllGrid Energy, an Indigenous-owned and operated company, is implementing a strategy to place solar panel and battery storage systems in remote, off-grid Indigenous communities in Australia. AllGrid Energy, which launched last year as a partnership ...

ARENA grants $18m to Queensland combined wind, solar, storage project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed up to AU$18 million for a project combining solar, wind and battery storage to be built in North Queensland. The AU$18 million is in the form of recoupable grant funding for a Windlab and ...

CEFC, Commonwealth Bank launch energy efficient finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... the CEFC said. "In a world that is transitioning to cleaner energy through the rapid global uptake of technologies like solar, battery storage and electric vehicles, it is imperative Australian businesses position themselves to take advantage of technologies ...

Teachers Mutual Bank installs solar panels, LED lights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank Limited has invested AU$450,000 to install solar panels and LED lights across all its owned buildings. Teachers Mutual has installed 612 solar panels and 1,825 LED lights, which is expected to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by28% ...

Impax Asset Management analyses environmental impact of portfolio

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... impact analysis," Jenkyn-Jones said. A car producer can have good carbon footprint due to efficient production, whereas a solar panel producer could have a high carbon footprint because of energy intensive production, but that is not a complete picture ...

Pollinate Energy attracts investment from Pangaea Impact Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Pangaea Impact Investment has made an impact investment in Pollinate Energy, a social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums. Manita Ray, national manager - Australia, Pollinate Energy While terms of the deal ...

Artesian Venture Partners launches $20m Clean Energy Seed Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... partner. "It will look across sectors such as the internet of things, energy storage, biofuels, alternative energy generation (solar, wave, geothermal, wind), metering and control, green building and biomaterials, transport technologies, water and waste." ...

AMP Capital, CSIRO back renewable energy tech startup Evergen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... from CSIRO in a system that analyses and optimises home energy costs to draw power from the most efficient source between solar, battery and grid. The Evergen system is predicted to save residential consumers between 60 and 80% on household energy costs ...

Renew Financial on PACE, US residential renewable energy market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... business and we make it as smooth and easy a process as possible for both homeowner and contractor," Kevles said. "We recruit solar installers, HVAC installers, zeroscape landscaping outfits, etc." To date, Renew Financial has between 1500 and 2000 contractors ...

QIC invests $800m in Powering Australian Renewables Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... in the Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF), a AU$2 -3 billion large-scale renewable energy fund. AGL's Broken Hill Solar Plant (photo courtesy AGL) QIC has invested the AU$800 million on behalf of clients the Future Fund and others invested in ...