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ARENA co-funds South Australia solar thermal power study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... study into solar thermal power generation at Port Augusta, South Australia. ARENA will partner with natural gas and electricity provider, Alinta, and the South Australian government on the AU$2.3 million study, which will "boost the nation's solar thermal ...

Australia passes 2m mark for small-scale renewable systems

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... two million small-scale installations have a capacity to generate or displace approximately 6,882 gigawatt hours of electricity annually, with 4,182 gigawatt hours generated from small-scale solar, wind and hydro installations and a further 2,700 gigawatt ...

Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... circumstances where electric rail or electric vehicles might not be eligible, such as in countries with a very high carbon electricity grid, Climate Bond Standard said. "Current transport financing practices are unfit to meet 21st century needs," Replogle ...

ARENA funds UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... said in a statement. Community renewables are an opportunity for Australians to "play an active role in where their electricity comes from," said Nichola Ison, UTS project leader. "Community-owned renewable energy projects put power in the hands of Australian ...

CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... levels. However, included in that 45,208 t(CO 2 -e) was 3,500 t(CO 2 -e) labeled "reallocation of external tenants' electricity". Commonwealth conducted an Energy Efficiency Opportunity (EEO) audit and found that the bank might have been capturing the ...

ARENA announces launch of wave-to-electricity unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
The world's first wave-energy-to-electricity unit has been launched in Port MacDonnell, South Australia, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced. ARENA provided funding to Oceanlinx, which designed and constructed the one megawatt ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Competition and Consumer Act 2010. The first prohibition is on companies engaging in price exploitation in relation to electricity, natural gas, synthetic greenhouse gases and equipment that is precharged with synthetic greenhouse gases - that is, it ...

Nippon Gas buys stake in COzero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... always said, if you don't know how you're using it, you can't save it and that's what EnergyLink is about." Japan's electricity sector is anticipated to be fully deregulated by 2016, with the gas sector to deregulate either at the same time or shortly ...

Australian/NZ property continue dominance in GRESB survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... is reducing its environmental impact, decreasing energy consumption by 4.8% in 2011-2012, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 163,000 homes. Over the same period, greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 2.5%, and water consumption decreased ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... handling in commercial buildings, according to BZE. BZE also proposes measures for buildings to go gas free in favour of electricity generated by renewable sources using heat pump hot water, cooking with induction cooktops, LED lighting replacements ...