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Just transition: a fair go for fossil-fuel workers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... demand. Scotland, Skea said, has abundant energy resources, including coal, oil, and gas, as well as huge opportunities in wind energy both onshore and offshore. Offshore oil workers can transition to offshore wind. There are also opportunities to develop ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Particularly in Texas with anti-ESG regulation." On the other hand, Texas is now largest producer of clean energy with offshore wind thriving due to an embedded worker base that is generationally based offshore. In 2022, Texas generated 136,118 gigawatt-hours ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... accelerate coal powered generation closures and renewables roll out; investment in long duration storage; support for offshore wind development; accelerating network infrastructure build; and investment in skills, supply chains and communities. "They're ...

Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... "The second one is under the IRA, for the first time, biogas can qualify for the same investment incentives that solar and wind and other technologies can. All of a sudden you have biogas projects being able to compete on a level playing field with other ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... for 3.6% of global electricity generation, making it the third-largest source of renewable electricity after hydropower and wind. More than three million solar systems have been installed across Australia since 2001, with 600,000 of these in Victoria. ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... partnered with Australian developer Greenleaf Renewables to develop, build, own and operate the proposed Moonlight Range Wind Farm in central Queensland. The companies have also formed a strategic partnership to work together on developing future renewable ...

Time is running out: latest IPCC report says 1.5°C is "likely"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
The Australia Pacific region is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) giving a stark warning that the world must act now to limit the worst effects. The IPCC has released its AR6 ...

IFM Investors commits to US biogas developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Mangini. "We've got a fair amount of flexibility in the fund around different technologies. We started with solar assets and wind assets, but I think when you recognise that the technologies are changing and there is so much R&D behind it, we want to ...

Bloom raises $525,000 in seed funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... CO2 emissions, with links to real-world impacts, Socquet-Clerc said. "When we say, we've just invested in the Dulacca Wind Farm, what does that mean," she said. "It means 150 homes in [Queensland's] Western Downs regions will be powered by clean ...

Podcast: Insuring climate-resilient businesses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... climate change. FM Global estimates that US$300 million in resilience measures could reduce total loss expectancies related to wind, flood and wildfire exposure by more than US$120 billion which, in turn, can magnify their positive impact on customers ...