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Battery storage the next energy disruptor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... "If battery storage costs come down a lot, then the battery plus solar configuration will really be a major competitor to wind and critical [minerals] technology," said Monique Miller, chief investment officer, of renewables and sustainable finance at ...

Nature and climate now on equal footing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Ahead of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) summit on November 7-8, experts discuss how investors can integrate nature risks into climate strategies. With stronger nature protection laws currently before parliament, it is emerging as a key ...

BNP Paribas shutters EARTH Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... termination, which is scheduled to be completed by November 22. As responsible entity, Equity Trustees said the decision to wind up the fund was due to the fund not attracting the desired number of investors or investment scale, and no further growth ...

Clean energy approvals increase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... (LGCs), and small-scale technology certificates (STCs). By the end of the year, CER predicts 3-4 gigawatts of large-scale wind and solar will come online, plus an estimated 3.1 GW of small-scale rooftop solar. In the first half of the year, 1.5 GW of ...

Clarity on sector pathways sparks investor confidence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Government's Net Zero Plan. The government will now decide Australia's 2035 climate target. Existing technologies such as solar, wind, and energy storage batteries form the cornerstones of Australia's decarbonisation pathways across sectors. However ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... convenient spin that methane gas is lower emissions than coal, ignoring that methane are almost 100% more emissions intensive as wind, solar, hydro and nuclear energy. "LNG is far more emissions intensive than methane gas... given the massively energy ...

Net zero dreams float on unscaled tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... capacity in five years and shut down all unabated coal and almost all unabated gas in the next ten years. 290 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity should be installed by 2050, as power demand grows 2.5-fold.

Catastrophe bill blows up to $90bn

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Swiss Re says global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit $90.5 billion (US$60bn) in the first half of 2024, with severe thunderstorms accounting for two-thirds of that figure. Interestingly, the half was the second costliest on record for insured ...

Energy asset owners hungry for cover

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... of the country's largest developers, and is currently a broker to Australia's largest (unnamed) BESS, PV solar and wind portfolio, and, as the lender's insurance advisor, has advised on a number of Australia's largest renewables transactions ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... While campaigning, he has referred to renewable energy as a "scam business" and has already made promises to scrap offshore wind projects if elected. Pearce also cited Chinese EV and solar panel production, noting companies in China that are selling ...