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CEFC commits $100m to Australian Bioenergy Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed AU$100 million to a new Australian Bioenergy Fund, which will aim to accelerate development in Australia's bioenergy sector. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The Australian ...

ARENA receives 77 applications for $100m large scale PV

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... time to advance approvals, financing and other key contractual arrangements. See Also: ARENA funds AU$5.2m for Renergi biofuel project ARENA allocates $21.5m to solar R&D projects

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Climate Bond Standard said. At least 60% reduction in emissions comparing with local baselines must be demonstrated for biofuel projects and at least 70% for solid biomass projects. Bioenergy is "renewable energy made available from materials derived ...

ARENA funds AU$5.2m for Renergi biofuel project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has provided AU$5.2 million in funding to Renergi for a pilot scale biofuel project. Professor Chun-Zhu Li, director, FETI, explaining Renergi gasification technology (photo courtesy ARENA) The pilot is ...

CEFC looks to increase investment in bioenergy projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... distributed power generation solutions at individual sites as well as truck and shipping fleet upgrades and conversions to biofuel, the CEFC said. CEFC's role is to assist projects in overcoming barriers by structuring investment deals that are tailored ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Australia could achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 "without structural changes to the economy or lifestyle," according to recent research by ClimateWorks Australia and the Australian National University (ANU). The biggest changes needed to decarbonise ...

CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Companies around the world are unaware of deforestation risks in agricultural commodities because of lack of traceability in global supply chains, certification challenges and regulatory uncertainty, according to CDP data. Launching the CDP Global Forests ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The United Nations Statistics Division has developed an experimental ecosystem accounting system to quantify ecosystem services and conditions in physical and monetary terms. Although the proposed accounting system is initially intended for governmental ...

New Forests, CEFC agreement on bioenergy, biofuel finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
New Forests and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have agreed to collaborate to finance bioenergy and biofuel developments. Under the collaboration agreement, New Forests will develop opportunities in renewable energy complementing regional forest ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Biofuels company Algae.Tec has signed a deal with Macquarie Generation to site an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility beside a 2640MW coal-fired power station in New South Wales. The agreement with Macquarie Generation, which is owned ...