Search Results

Showing 51 - 60 of 61 results for "Clean Energy Future"

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... 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 Government ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... 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 investment ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Future legislation has passed into law, and now that the infrastructure and timeline to creating a market-based mechanism for pricing carbon emissions is reality, so begins the era of carbon as a commodity. Liable companies will need ...

Only 4% of CDP respondents see high risks with carbon pricing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... report captured a particular moment in time, gathering information during the year prior to the passage of the Clean Energy Future legislative package. In some cases, companies refrained from disclosing carbon obligations because of uncertainty over ...

Carbon tax passes Senate, pricing concerns remain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian Senate has passed the Clean Energy Future legislative package, starting the countdown to the 1 July 2012 launch of a carbon pricing regime. But while businesses have short term certainty with the package's passage, they will still have ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... process as well. "The next area of regulatory development for us will be the specific regulations under the clean energy future bills around the permit allocation and auctioning process," he said. "We need to understand how these mechanisms work in practice ...

Jillian Broadbent to chair Clean Energy Finance Corp panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... financing to renewable energy, energy efficiency and low emissions technologies. It was announced as part of the Clean Energy Future package to encourage private investment, help overcome capital market barriers to commercialising clean energy technologies ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The passage of the government's Clean Energy Future Legislation by the lower house of Parliament on Wednesday means businesses and investors have certainty around the carbon pricing regime and can plan accordingly for launch on 1 July 2012. Grant Anderson ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon is priced higher than now, looking to the proposed carbon pricing regime presented in the government's Clean Energy Future legislation. Industry Funds Management has a significant exposure to renewable energy generation. IFM owns Pacific Hydro ...

Carbon price an "entry point" for sustainability discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... at the University of New South Wales on the potential impact of the proposed carbon pricing regime in the Clean Energy Future legislative package, plus the role that the CFO and senior corporate financial professionals can play in both mandatory and ...