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WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... on carbon serves not only to put a long-term signal to investors that favours lower-carbon emitting renewable sources like wind and solar, but also works in conjunction with other market-shaping polices like the Renewable Energy Target (RET) to reduce ...

CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... first few days of the financial year, CEFC announced that it would provide financing for the construction and operation of a wind farm in Taralga, New South Wales and that it would participate in the refinancing of a stake in the existing Macarthur Wind ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has hit the ground running by providing finance for two wind farm projects and expanding an existing fund that provides business loans for energy efficiency upgrades. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The AU$10 billion ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon cost implicit in the "black energy" price is removed. There will be negative impacts on renewable generators such as wind and hydro, because those generators benefit from a higher electricity price. The impact will be broadly neutral on Origin ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... of project activity and investment interest. Ernst & Young cites Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) in finding that new wind power projects In Australia are as much as 18% cheaper than new gas and 14% cheaper than new oil plants. Now in its 10 th edition ...

Australian Ethical puts tobacco resolution to TOMRA AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... NV in June 2012, Australian Ethical wrote to their CEO, expressing concerns about the purchase and asking the company to wind down their indirect involvement in the production of tobacco products. TOMRA wrote back and declined to do so, Vernon said. ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... billion in clean energy investment, from solar panels and solar hot water systems through to large-scale technologies such as wind farms and hydro. Today's decision to leave the policy settings in place honours these investments while unlocking over ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... also evident in the development of "green" products and services such as hybrid and electric cars, high capacity batteries, wind turbines, solar cells and more efficient jet engines. Similarly, University of Sydney Business School Professor Christopher ...

AMP Capital invests in North American wind farm portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
AMP Capital is investing US$100 million with Capistrano Wind Partners, a developer, owner and operator of a diversified portfolio of large-scale wind energy projects in North America. Capistrano Wind Partners was formed last year by Edison Mission Energy ...

Local Government Super sells upgraded property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has sold one of the properties in its portfolio for AU$42m. LGS sold SKM House in St Leonards to Altis Property Partners Group. The property had been retrofitted to 6-star NABERS rating and received a $439,000 grant from ...