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CEFC study advocates demand management for electricity use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Approaches to Electricity Demand Management, was carried out by the Institute for Sustainable Futures of the University of Technology Sydney. Demand management involves assisting customers to save energy and reduce demand to defer the need for new supply ...

CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... million and cutting the Carbon Farming Futures program's forward funding by AU$143 million, as well as cuts to the Clean Technology Investment Program. The CEFC will continue examining new investments, Yates said. "We are open to new investment proposals ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... improve our environmental performance," said Russell Skelton, Macquarie Generation CEO and managing director. "Its new technology is improving a traditional power plant. Carbon is now our single largest cost. This technology should reduce our carbon ...

Pollinate Energy brings solar lighting to urban slums

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... communities. We've had a lot of support because there's no distribution system to getting solar to slum. Its' not a technology problem, it's a distribution problem." Pollinate Energy relies on a combination of grants, fundraising through a Kickstarter-like ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... investment hit US$269 billion in 2012, a five-fold increase from 2004, influenced by energy demand, natural resource, technology costs, access to finance and global competitiveness, Ernst & Young said. Australia ranked behind the US, China and Germany ...

Budget to cut ARENA funding, bring forward money to CTIP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... efficiency industries, as measures impact on funding of both the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Technology Investment Program (CTIP). Jonathan Jutsen, executive director, Energetics Treasurer Wayne Swan's budget proposal will ...

CA Technologies: increased focus on IT energy consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... that is responsible for paying the energy bill, while the other is the consumer of the energy.... How we have used our technology is to provide that single pane of glass in terms of the data, and it helps facilitate meaningful and actionable dialogue." ...

Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Plas, a plastics and specialist moulding manufacturer, the company applied for a grant of AU$212,740 from the Clean Technology Investment Program to partially pay for the purchase and replacement of 20% of key equipment, which has resulted in the company ...

Geodynamics announces successful test of geothermal energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Geodynamics has announced that they have successfully generated electricity from geothermal 'hot rocks' technology at a pilot plant in South Australia. Geodynamics' 1MWe Habanero Pilot Plant, South Australia (photo courtesy of Geodynamics) Geodynamics' ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainable investment options." Other funds are looking at how they can increase member engagement through using new technology and new channels, "There is a lot of thinking in our industry on the use of technology, so that if there are ways in which ...