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Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... which a third of consumers unplug from networks and generate and store their own energy through a combination of solar panels, gas generation, storage and energy efficiency; and renewables thrive, where "storage supports a 100% share of renewables in ...

CDSB consultation finds broad support for framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... current CDSB reporting framework focuses on the management view of climate change-related risks and opportunities and greenhouse gas emissions. The new draft framework also covers fossil fuels, water stewardship and forest commodities, CDSB said. It ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... and/or exporting thermal coal, extracting or refining unconventional oil and extracting and exporting of unconventional methane gas such as coal seam gas through fracking. Under the new policy, Aurora Oil and Gas, AWE Limited, Beach Energy, Bathurst ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Hall at 169 Phillip Street and is expected to reduce base building energy consumption by about 30%, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 340 tonnes a year, according to KMH Environmental which the CEFC said scoped the retrofit and undertook ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... price repeal bill inserted at the behest of the Palmer United Party will create new, if temporary, reporting requirements for gas and electricity retailers. "Most companies planed for repeal," said Martijn Wilder, a partner at Baker & McKenzie and head ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... there are a lot of pure plays that fit. But energy bonds are issued by diversified utilities with a bit of coal, a bit of gas, etc., so unless they say where that bond is going, we can't include it. But - and this is another quite important trend - utilities ...

CEFC provides finance to New Energy Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Corporation (CEFC) will provide up to AU$50 million in senior debt finance for the development of Western Australian waste-to-gas facilities by New Energy Corporation (New Energy). Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO New Energy has two major waste-to-gas projects ...

Natural Carbon announces Cape York CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Natural Carbon, Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council and Olkola Aboriginal Corporation will undertake savannah burning on 13,000 square kilometres in Cape York, a Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI)-compliant project. The implementation of the savannah burning ...

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... around the amount of taxation and royalty revenue that companies pay. "Increasingly, extractives companies are pursing oil and gas projects with risks, and as they get further and further into areas where there is lack of governance, and huge sums of ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance research. "One was, is there an alternative? So for thermal coal, yes, there are alternatives - gas, wind, solar, etc. - as opposed to coking coal, where there isn't any alternative. That's one aspect. The second ...