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CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia were joint winners of best climate disclosure with 100 out of 100. National Australia Bank won largest renewable energy purchaser, having purchased 13.2% of its total energy consumption from tracked renewable energy. Woodside Petroleum was ...

ARENA, NT government fund $55m PV project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Northern Territory government are funding a $55 million project that will provide solar photovoltaic systems to off-grid communities. ARENA and the NT government will each provide AU$27.5 million ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... the existing screen that put nuclear on its list of excluded industries. The fund said that while the use of renewable energy will increase, it cannot meet energy needs around the world and that nuclear energy is "increasingly becoming a viable, low ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... reductions than previous analysis by the Garnaut Review and Treasury due to recent, large cost reductions in renewable energy, technological advances such as biofuels for aviation use, and "better understanding of opportunities in carbon forestry and ...

IGCC calls on PM to retain Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott, urging the federal government to maintain its previous support for the Renewable Energy Target (RET). "Allocating capital to low carbon activities is one of the most critical climate actions globally," Nathan Fabian ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... pricing is too complex," Pegan said. "If we had a level playing field, with strong government policies to support renewable energy, it would help to de-risk the portfolios when we're investing. Part of the [Caring for Climate] effort was to say to the ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... where, that comes back to the Better Business Finance website that we've worked through here. [Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy] EE/RE in the US is focused on small and medium enterprises. Small businesses don't' have the institutional barriers that ...

NY's EIC on residential, commercial property energy upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) use environmental upgrade finance vehicles to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in commercial properties, EIC uses Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Finance (PACE) and property tax laws to ...

AMP Capital invests in Alterra Power Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II has invested more than C$100m in Alterra Power Corporation, a global renewable energy company headquartered in British Columbia. AMP Capital has structured a C$110 million subordinated loan facility for Alterra ...

ARENA allocates $21.5m to solar R&D projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will allocated AU$21.5 million in funding for 12 new solar research and development projects across the country. "The Australian Government's $21.5 million investment is being matched by strong domestic ...