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Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
A debate has emerged over whether the federal government should wind back the Small Scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) multiplier more quickly than the default timetable, with supporters saying that a potential oversupply in the number of SRES for ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... in providing support for new technologies, while not distorting the existing markets for proven clean energy sources like wind, solar and hydro. The panel's recognition of the need for the CEFC to work in tandem with the Renewable Energy Target and a ...

Voluntary sustainability disclosures carry legal weight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Companies making voluntary disclosures of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues must ensure that any statements can be backed up by data and they must be aware that disclosures to reporting frameworks such as the Carbon Disclosure Project ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... investment is a stake in Pacific Hydro, one of the world's leading renewable energy companies. It develops, owns and operates wind and run-of-river hydroelectricity projects in Australia and several Latin American countries. See Also: Climate change ...

CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Actual and perceived costs and benefits of wind farms can be influenced by "design, implementation and community engagement processes", according to a study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The CSIRO Energy ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Although the multi-country climate change talks in Durban failed to yield a comprehensive treaty, the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) did result in extensions to programs that ...

Use of renewable energy to grow by 6% a year to 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... generation. BREE projects that the share of renewables in total electricity generation could reach up to 24% in 2034-2035, with wind energy predicted to be the major driver of renewable energy growth. "The RET and carbon pricing are aimed at creating ...

Renewable energy provides 10% of Australia's electricity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Hydro-electric Scheme and Tasmania's network of 27 hydro-electric projects provide the majority of the country's hydro power." Wind energy represents about 22% of renewable energy generation in 2011, a slight decrease from the previous year, with bioenergy ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... to focus on our core markets of Australia and South America." Pacific Hydro produces renewable energy from a portfolio of wind farm and hydro power assets in Australia, Brazil and Chile. The company sells and trades electricity, electricity derivative ...

Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of a low carbon economy. In its first stage, the Climate Bond Standard lists wind energy investments currently eligible with an expansion to solar energy and other renewable energy investments to follow ...