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Government extends deadlines for Solar Flagship Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... project near Chinchilla in Queensland until 30 June 2012 to reach financial close. The decision was welcomed by the Clean Energy Council, the peak body for renewable energy. Acting Chief Executive Kane Thornton called the decision a "sensible approach" ...

Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... companies and creates certainty to allow liable companies to manage their future liabilities. Under the government's Clean Energy Future legislation, from July 2015 to June 2018, the price of offsetting a tonne of carbon emissions will be priced within ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... (LCFWG) of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) is engaging with the government on the set-up and design of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), the AU$10bn institution that will provide financing for renewable energy, energy efficiency ...

Four appointed to Energy Security Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
The government has made four appointments to the Energy Security Council, a body established as part of the Clean Energy Future legislation to advise on measures to address energy security risks. Ross Bunyon, Nancy Fox, Stephen Parbery and Michael Perry ...

Investors make 2012 climate change investment commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... and low-carbon opportunities expanded with well-designed and effectively implemented long-term climate change and clean energy policies. Prudence, common sense, and fiduciary duty compel investors to address the opportunities and risks posed by climate ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... pricing of carbon emissions liabilities. Experts weighed in on costs and potential liabilities offered under the Clean Energy Future package: Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful" ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... combustion of landfill gas, destruction of methane generated from manure in piggeries, and environmental planting. The Clean Energy Council welcomed the potential revenue generation from capture and combustion of landfill gas. For landfill gas to generate ...

Use of renewable energy to grow by 6% a year to 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... to 2035. BREE integrated a number of state and federal government initiatives into its calculations, including the clean energy future carbon price, the RET, the New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme, the Queensland Gas Scheme, and the Victorian ...

Renewable energy provides 10% of Australia's electricity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... electricity was derived from renewable energy sources in the year to September 2011, according to a report by the Clean Energy Council. According to the council's Clean Energy Australia Report 2011, Australia's electricity generators produced over 300 ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... costs associated with the carbon pricing policy, and firms will not lose competitiveness. Under the recently passed Clean Energy Future legislative package, AU$300m will be provided over four years to the steel industry with the "objective of encouraging ...