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Combet announces phase-out of solar credit mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
The federal government will phase out the solar credit mechanism in January 2013, six months ahead of schedule, a move that is expected to lower the cost of electricity and curtail a potential oversupply in renewable energy certificates. Minister for ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... using solar panels at its office property in its portfolio at 2-4 Lyonpark Road, Macquarie Park under the Renewable Energy Target scheme (RET). The fund will look to generate additional certificates off the back of the installation of a trigeneration ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon permits after 2015. The government has just issued a discussion paper of its biennial review of the renewable energy target of 20% of the nation's energy to be sourced from renewable energy by 2020, adding to the uncertainty, Armstrong said. "That ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... analysis of how legislated programs such as the Clean Energy Future and other initiatives, such as the renewable energy target, can be used to transform Australia into a low carbon economy and keep it competitive with other markets in the region. "I ...

Clean Energy Council: keep Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has called upon the federal government to retain the 20% Renewable Energy Target (RET) to ensure investment-grade stability and drive job creation in the renewable energy industry. The Climate Change Authority is reviewing ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... technologies. The CEFC will work in tandem with other pieces of the Clean Energy Future legislation, including the Renewable Energy Target and the carbon pricing regime. The government also announced that Heidrick & Struggles has been engaged to assist ...

Clean Energy Regulator and ASIC to work together

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... mechanism, the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) scheme, the Carbon Farming Initiative and the renewable energy target. CER will also provide for the Australian national Registry of Emissions Units. Any of the emissions units created as ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
A debate has emerged over whether the federal government should wind back the Small Scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) multiplier more quickly than the default timetable, with supporters saying that a potential oversupply in the number of SRES for ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... affirmative policy moves of governments around the world to mitigate their impacts means that Australia's renewable energy target and carbon pricing regime is not an outlier, and also means that investors must manage the financial impacts of climate ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... that the CEFC will work in tandem with other pieces of the Clean Energy Future legislation, including the Renewable Energy Target and the carbon pricing regime. "By working with the market to build industry capacity, the panel believes the CEFC can deliver ...