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CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... incorporates the previous investments of Low Carbon Australia. The fund's mandate is to provide financing to renewable energy, energy efficiency and low emissions technologies. It was funded with AU$10bn and announced as part of the Clean Energy Future ...

ARENA announces launch of wave-to-electricity unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... world's first wave-energy-to-electricity unit has been launched in Port MacDonnell, South Australia, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced. ARENA provided funding to Oceanlinx, which designed and constructed the one megawatt wave ...

Nippon Gas buys stake in COzero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... license to trade power as a retailer, Armstrong said. Obtaining a retailing license would permit COzero to purchase renewable energy certificates directly from clients, and to provide clients access to wholesale power prices. As a retailing license holder ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... and recommends replacing consumption subsidies for diesel and kerosene with capital support for decentralised renewable energy. HSBC also calls for financial policies that "integrate the climate imperative", and cites concerns that new regulations such ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... will launch its emission trading scheme next year. EY said that China has also become the largest investor in renewable energy and its incoming president has proposed other measures to reduce emissions and pollution such as putting a cap on coal consumption ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... from Imperial College, the International Energy Agency (IEA), SolarPACES research consortium, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Greenpeace, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), Solarcentury ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Repealing Australia's emissions trading scheme would reduce renewable energy production and retail electricity customers would likely face higher prices, according to a report released by WWF-Australia. Graphic courtesy of WWF-Australia The report finds ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... power contract." COzero's MarketLink platform offers trading in six carbon-related commodities - four types of renewable energy certificates, EUAs and Certified Emission Units (CERs). COzero is the counterparty and has more than 500 trading participants ...

New Forests, CEFC agreement on bioenergy, biofuel finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... bioenergy and biofuel developments. Under the collaboration agreement, New Forests will develop opportunities in renewable energy complementing regional forest sectors, which may include combined heat and power projects or renewable fuels projects such ...

CEFC provides $75 million to Energy Developments Limited

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... finance facility is also intended to fund remote generation solutions involving hybrid technologies that use renewable energy sources. "This may involve co-funding with ARENA as these technologies are not yet commercial, but offer significant potential ...