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Bowen paints mixed outlook for energy future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Minister of Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen delivered a pessimistic outlook on containing global warming at 1.5C as Australia heads into a "long hot summer". However, Bowen maintains optimism on the state of Australia's renewable rollout amid ...

Coal mine case sets climate risk precedent

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... two separate mine expansions in New South Wales by Narrabri Coal Operations (a subsidiary of Whitehaven Coal) and MACH Energy. EcoCeQ, represented by Environmental Justice Australia (EJA), argued the minister acted unlawfully when she refused to accept ...

ACCC approves Origin Energy bid on renewable grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has greenlit Brookfield and MidOcean's proposed acquisition of Origin Energy. The ACCC partially based its authorisation on the public benefit of the proposed accelerated roll-out of renewable energy ...

Impax launches global fund down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... as seeking to harness the opportunities related to that multi-faceted transition." Morrison said these include the clean energy transition, with electric vehicles being a key benefactor; the health and wellness transition, with a move to more natural ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... have to pay for that by accelerating capital expenditure, investing in more efficient technologies, investing in renewable energy procurement which might have net cost. Investors also need to think about how they model those assets and consider how they ...

UniSuper, pension funds buy forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... for another rotation. In 2017, Forico became the first producer to register a plantation forestry method with the Clean Energy Regulator, which allowed for the recognition of carbon sequestration in new and longer-rotation plantation forests as well ...

Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... engaging with 159 listed companies deemed the highest emitting in the world, with 14 being located in Australia - Adbri, AGL Energy, BHP, Bluescope Steel, Boral, Incitec Pivot, Orica, Origin Energy, Qantas Airways, Rio Tinto, Santos, South32, Woodside ...

Brookfield buys UK Banks Renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Brookfield Asset Management will buy UK-based renewable energy company Banks Renewables for US$1 billion. This follows the acquisition of US renewable energy developer Urban Grid by Brookfield Renewable and its investors earlier this year for $650 million. ...

Danish pension fund completes US$520m divestment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... exclusion, as there is no room for new fossil fuel projects in Paris-compatible scenarios, according to the International Energy Agency, and we believe that doing so exposes ENI to unacceptable long term risks." The fund hopes this sends a strong market ...

Climate fund assets reach half a trillion dollars

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the Inflation Reduction Act. This is attributed to high oil and gas prices, as well as falling valuations in renewable energy stocks. European investors favour climate transition funds while climate solutions and clean energy or tech funds continue to ...