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Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... community in the Northern Territory to build capacity for a solar microgrid and reduce reliance on diesel powered electricity. FRRR general manager of partnerships and services Sarah Matthee said there are a variety of climate solutions underway across ...

AI trumps climate as chief risk factor: economists

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... audience that while the cost to decarbonise the economy is huge, investors are poised to reap rewards. To reconfigure the electricity network for example, he cited a figure of between $15 to $30 trillion. According to 2022 estimates from CSIRO, it would ...

Climate tech gets funding boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... capturing carbon dioxide from the "blue" hydrogen produced via gas reforming. The technology requires significantly less electricity and transmission infrastructure compared to hydrogen produced via water electrolysis using renewable power - known as ...

Decarbonising aluminium key priority for Capral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Stewardship Initiative) certified aluminium extruder. Dragicevich identified two main pathways - decarbonisation of the electricity grid and firming up the operability of renewable energy - and increasing local production of recycled aluminium - as key ...

Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... renewable energy and hydrogen utilisation in steelmaking. 44.5% is earmarked for subsidies, for activities including electricity storage batteries manufacturing and energy-efficient buildings. The GX plan encourages financial flows to technologies not ...

Amazon's Queensland operations to run off solar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... operational portfolio totals 407 MW with a renewable energy pipeline of 6 GW in Australia. Amazon now derives 90% of electricity from renewable energy sources, with a goal of 100% by 2025. Following a deal signed back in 2020, Amazon's 150MW Suntop and ...

Brookfield reaches first close on second transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainable solutions. Since 2002, Brookfield has had two separate, unsuccessful attempts at privitising Australian electricity and energy producers - Origin in 2023 and AGL in 2022.

Podcast: Speaking truth to power on climate finance

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... whether to pay to extend the life of Eraring beyond its mooted closure date in August 2025 over concerns of reliable electricity supply. But Climate Energy Finance director Tim Buckley said that NSW is well placed to provide electricity via renewables ...

Australia climbs quickly on climate policy development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... cut carbon pollution by 75 percent this decade." Rayner said more work was needed to switch households from gas to electricity, scale up renewables, improve fuel efficiency standards, and ensure climate is "at the heart of our national environment law". ...

NSW can achieve electricity reliability without coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... whether to pay to extend the life of Eraring beyond its mooted closure date in August 2025 over concerns of reliable electricity supply. But Climate Energy Finance director Tim Buckley said that NSW is well placed to provide electricity via renewables ...