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Arup appoints state energy business leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... infrastructure across ASEAN, market modelling for future decarbonisation of the power system in Singapore, work on green electricity import via subsea electrical interconnectors, hydrogen import studies, and a wide range of renewable energy projects ...

Bowen announces sectoral net zero strategy approaches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... further the government's net zero ambitions. Bowen announced that federal cabinet will develop plans specific to electricity and energy, industry, the built environment, agriculture and land, transport and resources. The plans will be a joint effort ...

Charter Hall sets records for sustainable office portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... across its core sectors. The company has a 2025 target for net zero in Scope 1 and 2 emissions, thanks to a renewable electricity power purchase agreement with ENGIE for 100% of assets under operational control. Charter Hall managing director and Group ...

Japan renewables get boost from Singapore tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... recent study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory supported by the US energy department found. This would cut electricity costs by 6%. Renewables - including solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, hydrogen and nuclear sources - currently account ...

World first $1.6bn Climate Bonds green loan: QIC and Vector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... term loans to fund QIC's 50% interest in Vector Metering in addition to green capex facilities to fund the business's electricity smart metering expansion in the region. The initial green and non-green limits of the capex facilities may be re-allocated ...

$20.5 billion cash infusion for Australia's green bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Rewiring the Nation program, with investments including high voltage transmission, long duration grid storage and electricity distribution network infrastructure," with $1 billion to create the Household Energy Upgrades Fund, to provide discounted consumer ...

Global development banks release joint principles towards Paris alignment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... activities. The MDBs have announced four activity types not aligned with the Paris Agreement: mining of thermal coal, electricity generation from coal, extraction of peat, and electricity generation from peat. MDBs are allowed to undertake non-universally ...

Western Australia issues first green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... delivering positive environmental outcomes, such as the state's significant investment to decarbonise the main electricity grid. This includes batteries and wind farms, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and rebates and standalone power systems. ...

A new "nuclear renaissance" for investors: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... necessarily reliant on those new technologies coming through to mid-century." Nuclear energy makes up 10% of global electricity generation and is the second largest source of low emissions power, Hudak noted, citing statistics from the IEA. "Is nuclear ...

Octopus Energy makes waves with £1.5bn renewable energy investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... by 2030 and solar capacity to more than 1 TW. The G7 ministers called for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants. Japan however opposed phasing ...