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Battery storage the next energy disruptor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... critical [minerals] technology," said Monique Miller, chief investment officer, of renewables and sustainable finance at Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Fortune Business Insights forecast last month that the global battery energy storage market size ...

Australia waits for 2035 target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... expertise, he called for the nation to become a "renewable energy superpower," fuelling economic prosperity through a clean energy transition. "We have a chance to build a stronger and more prosperous economy that no generation of Australians would ever ...

Climate debate shifts gears after Trump win: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... urged delegates to stay on course. Trump does not impact Australia's bilateral trading agreements with regards to clean energy - and may even boost Australia's competitiveness in the sector, they said. The right legislative, policy and regulatory ...

Australia's chance to step up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Clean energy investors are confident that Trump's threat to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and "Drill, baby, drill!" puts Australia in pole position to become a regional green superpower. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) kicked ...

Quinbrook sells off clean energy assets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, the specialist investment manager, has settled on a buyer for its portfolio company, Energy Locals. Palisade Impact will purchase the energy retailer, expected to reach financial close by the end of 2024. Now with ...

Green moves at MSCI, Future Fund, Minderoo, U Ethical

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... 2016, when she initially joined as an advisor on public affairs and strategic relations. She was previously at the Clean Energy Regulator. Over at Minderoo Foundation, a Curtain University professor has joined as Director of OceanOmics. Dr Michael Bunce ...

Australia leads in greenwashing lawsuits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... breached the Corporations Act 2001 and Australian Consumer Law by engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct in its 'clean energy' claims and net zero plan. The claims related to natural gas and blue hydrogen being labelled 'clean'. The ACCR also alleges ...

ASIC clarifies licensing rules for carbon market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... includes a new type of carbon product called Safeguard Mechanism credit units (SMCs), which will be issued by the Clean Energy Regulator from January 2025 to incentivise emissions reduction. Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA), Carbon Market ...

Westpac, CEFC back climate tech fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Virescent Ventures second climate technology investment fund (Fund II). Cornerstone investors are Westpac and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). The new fund aims to deploy $200 million into technologies including clean energy, electrification ...

Titans promise 24/7 clean energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Google, Microsoft, and AstraZeneca are among a list of major multinationals that have promised they will use carbon-free power every hour of every day and feed that power back to the grid. The Climate Group 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact was launched ...