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Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... capabilities were likely to impact on uptake. Kane Thornton, acting CEO of the Clean Energy Corporation (CEC) noted that renewable energy currently stands at almost 15% of total supply, with hydroelectric contributing the majority of that total, and ...

ARENA funds expansion of Doomadgee Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is funding AU$4.6 million towards an $11.9 million project to expand Doomadgee Solar Farm in north-western Queensland. Ergon Energy is undertaking a 1MW expansion of the Doomadgee Solar Farm, which will ...

ARENA fund Laing O'Rourke redeployable solar hybrid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will allocate $450,000 in funding to Laing O'Rourke to support a $1.4 million redeployable, large-scale solar-diesel hybrid power plant pilot project. Global construction company Laing O'Rourke would be ...

ARENA announces $100 million support for Moree Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed AU$101.7 million of support to the Moree Solar Farm, a large scale solar plant that will shortly begin construction. Renewable energy company Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) is set to begin ...

AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... general manager business customers and power development; Leslie Williams, MP, NSW parliamentary secretary for renewable energy (Photo provided by AGL) The Nyngan Solar Plant will be Australia's largest utility-scale solar plant, with approximately 1.35 ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... CFS Australian Clean Energy Infrastructure Fund, a wholesale infrastructure investment fund that will invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency or low emissions technology. CFSGAM will seek to raise a further AU$300-$500 million over the next three ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... and the centrepiece policy initiative, the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). "If a company has a contract to buy [Renewable Energy Credits] RECs or CFI credits and they don't have a change in law clause to the contract, they may well have a problem and ...

ARENA commits AU$18.5m to Energy Developments project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have committed AU$18.5 million to a hybrid renewable energy/diesel project at Coober Pedy in South Australia. Energy Developments Limited (ENE) is developing a project to combine wind, solar and diesel ...

Carbon Trade Exchange launches REC trading platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX) has launched a fully electronic Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) trading platform, TRECs. CTX began developing the REC Trading Platform last year to provide a "secure, transparent and liquid web-based trading environment ...

Christian Super to merge with Australian Christian Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Super's investment ethos is ethical investing without sacrificing financial performance, with allocations towards renewable energy, clean technologies, sustainable agriculture, microfinance and microinsurance. Australian Christian Super was founded in ...