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Uncorking economic, environmental benefits of wine on tap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... offers 450 wines for sale throughout the U.S. on tap, claims in the last five years to have saved 4 million bottles from landfill. The company contends one 19.5L keg will eliminate 26 empty wine bottles, corks, labels and cardboard boxes from going to ...

ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... invest in technologies including energy from waste, anaerobic digestion, sustainably sourced biomass-to-energy projects, landfill gas capture, wood pelletisation (where forestry plantation waste is converted into pellets that can be burned as fuel) the ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... buildings. The CEFC has identified energy from waste projects as an area where councils can generate energy by reusing landfill waste. We'll also be speaking with councils about improving air conditioning, installing smart controls and voltage optimisers ...

CEFC commits $100m to Australian Bioenergy Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... invest in technologies including energy from waste, anaerobic digestion, sustainably sourced biomass-to-energy projects, landfill gas capture, wood pelletisation (where forestry plantation waste is converted into pellets that can be burned as fuel) the ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... existing CFI project owners," said Elisa de Wit, climate change partner at Norton Rose Fulbright. "Those projects cover landfill gas, alternative waste treatment, avoided deforestation, reforestation, savannah burning and other types of agriculture activities. ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... chain in many ways. We can recycle waste into as many bins as we like, but if the suppliers take them and throw them in landfill, it's worth nothing." Edwards sees the next two to three years as being a phase of "encouragement and engagement" with suppliers ...

Climate Friendly, Corporate Carbon Advisory in CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... is located in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and manufactures value-added compost from domestic waste diverted from landfill. The project collects from a variety of household waste streams including mixed organic waste collected weekly from local residents ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... finance to Energy Developments Limited (EDL) for investment in new projects generating energy from waste coal mine gas and landfill gas. Additionally, the CEFC is providing up to $60 million of senior debt finance to Moree Solar Farm for the development ...

CEFC provides $75 million to Energy Developments Limited

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... financing to Energy Developments Limited (EDL) for investment in projects to generate energy from waste coal mine gas and landfill gas and remote hybrid renewables projects. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates Queensland-based EDL specialises in systems to capture ...

GHG efficiency projects increase cities' finances and health

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... are other projects as well that fall into that category. Waste ranks really high in terms of cities' efforts, because landfill gas have a clear payback - if you capture the methane coming from landfill and generate electricity from that, you have a clean ...