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ARENA co-funds South Australia solar thermal power study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... a feasibility study into solar thermal power generation at Port Augusta, South Australia. ARENA will partner with natural gas and electricity provider, Alinta, and the South Australian government on the AU$2.3 million study, which will "boost the nation's ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Consumer Act 2010. The first prohibition is on companies engaging in price exploitation in relation to electricity, natural gas, synthetic greenhouse gases and equipment that is precharged with synthetic greenhouse gases - that is, it is a prohibition ...

City of Sydney signs first environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... efficiency projects. Frasers will use the EUA funding to install two-megawatts (MW) of trigeneration capacity, running on natural gas and producing low-carbon thermal energy, and providing heating and cooling for 3,000 residences and 65,000sqm of retail ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... liabilities," Anderson said. "The legislation is unclear as to who might be liable in some circumstances for the supply of natural gas, and in particular, do pipeline operators have liability for the gas they transport? Also, not all of the regulations ...

ASA opposes Santos CEO $2m share grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... are integral to the company's strategy over the next four years, including the transformational [Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas] GLNG project. The board believes that it is critical to introduce a focused alignment of the CEO's incentives with the objective ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... revised its policies "accordingly". In economic targets,Santos reported progress on its "transformational" liquefied natural gas (LNG strategy), with interest in four LNG projects. The company also had set a target of achieving production guidance of ...

CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... that farms' GHG emissions come from three sources - fertilizers and agro-chemicals because they're manufactured using natural gas, which releases carbon dioxide, and because fertilizers emit nitrous oxide when applied to crops; livestock, which produce ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... energy production is expected to increase from 56% in 2008-09 to 74%t in 2034-35, rising by 4.1% a year. Liquified natural gas (LNG) is expected to grow the fastest, with projected increases of 7.6% a year. Meanwhile, declining oil production and constraints ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... companies with exposures to coal seam gas operations. While there are potential financial returns for projects mining natural gas from coal seam pockets in New South Wales and Queensland, institutional investors with long term time horizons have to balance ...

Regulatory barriers slowing cogeneration technology usage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... efficient than conventional, coal powered energy generation, produces 60% less carbon emissions and can be fuelled by natural gas and renewable fuels. Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of electricity and heat from the same fuel source, and ...