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City of Sydney signs first environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Sydney's first environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) - a $26.5 million financing deal that will fund the construction of a gas-powered trigeneration plant to provide energy to an upcoming development. Inside the trigen plant room: Niall McCarthy director ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... forecast to grow from around 30,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) at present to around 65,000 GWh in 2020-21, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 102 million tonnes over the same period," said Bernie Fraser, CCA chair in a statement at the time. CCA ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Warrnambool lighting project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... from the very start, said LCAL CEO Meg McDonald. "Street lighting is the single largest source of energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions from the local government sector and it typically accounts for 30 to 60% of emissions," McDonald said. "It's a ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... policy approach, but has also said that he would leave the CFI in place. ""The main areas that we're focusing on are landfill gas and waste diversion," de Wit said. "We're doing some work with a forestry client and we're just about to start working with ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... The report noted that industries that would be worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries, including mining ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... emission is strong, the industries that would be worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries, including mining ...

Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... forecast to grow from around 30,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) at present to around 65,000 GWh in 2020-21, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 102 million tonnes over the same period," said Bernie Fraser, CCA chair in a statement. The Clean Energy ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $11m pilot energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... NovaPower's energy project in Traralgon, Victoria. (photo courtesy NovaPower) NovaPower will use high-efficiency Caterpillar gas-fired engines to provide lower-emissions power to SP AusNet in Traralgon, Victoria, following SP AusNet's move to source ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... - royal diaries are released well after others can be set. The Randers thesis has three quite surprising finds: greenhouse gas emissions will peak at 2030 (but the damage will be done), the working population will peak at 2040, and GDP will peak at 2050. ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Unconventional oil and gas development techniques for extracting coal seam gas (CSG) and shale gas reserves in Australia presents environmental and political risks that responsible investors must take into account, according to panelists in a recent ...