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AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... director. "It is estimated that 1.3 billion people worldwide, including 300-400 million in India, live without access to electricity," Colenbrander said. "Energy poverty may be hard to imagine for those able to flick on a light switch every night, but ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Repealing Australia's emissions trading scheme would reduce renewable energy production and retail electricity customers would likely face higher prices, according to a report released by WWF-Australia. Graphic courtesy of WWF-Australia The report finds ...

New Forests, CEFC agreement on bioenergy, biofuel finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO. "Investment in bioenergy can help reduce carbon emissions, lessen the reliance on traditional electricity and has the potential to boost productivity through reduced energy and operating costs."

CEFC provides $75 million to Energy Developments Limited

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Yates Queensland-based EDL specialises in systems to capture waste coal mine gas and landfill gas and turn it into electricity. "Fugitive emissions from coal mines and landfill are potent greenhouse gases and using them to generate electricity that would ...

CEFC study advocates demand management for electricity use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Demand management - a cooperative approach to saving energy - could save billions of dollars from electricity bills in Australia, according to a study commissioned by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The study, Investing ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Farm south of Ballarat and are assessing a range of additional renewable energy opportunities across the National Electricity Market. The involvement of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation in the refinancing of the Macarthur Wind Farm will facilitate ...

GHG efficiency projects increase cities' finances and health

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... scale." The report cited the City of Sydney's identified that public lighting accounted for around a third of its electricity use, and has embarked on a program to replace 6,450 conventional lights with LED lights, which will reduce its greenhouse gas ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... around a 2% benefit to DCP. In the utilities market, the repeal of the carbon scheme will see a reduction in prices in electricity as the carbon cost implicit in the "black energy" price is removed. There will be negative impacts on renewable generators ...

Pollinate Energy brings solar lighting to urban slums

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... 1998. Yet, according to best estimates, uptake of mobile phones is near 90% of India's population whereas access to electricity is at 70%, she said. Kimmorley emphasised that the figures are not verifiable due to lack of accurate data, but are best estimates. ...

GBCA: Green Star buildings more efficient, less wasteful

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Green Star-rated buildings produce around one third the greenhouse gas emissions and use a third of the electricity consumed by the average Australian building, according to research from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). GBCA's report ...