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Carnegie Wave Energy installs first CETO 5 unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... The project is scheduled to be completed in 2016. Carnegie's investors and financiers include the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). "This project demonstrates that wave energy has real potential ...

Climate Bond Standard to establish water investment criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... provide numerous co-benefits, including nutrient harvesting, urban green space provisions, habitat protection and renewable energy generation," Leurig said. "But all of these projects need to be undertaken in line with the need to adapt infrastructure ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... than perhaps we'd previously appreciated," Magner said. "I think we're not doing as well as we could in terms of renewable energy generation, but then that's a challenge for most organisations in Australia. Magner noted that the university's value generation ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia were joint winners of best climate disclosure with 100 out of 100. National Australia Bank won largest renewable energy purchaser, having purchased 13.2% of its total energy consumption from tracked renewable energy. Woodside Petroleum was ...

ARENA, NT government fund $55m PV project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Northern Territory government are funding a $55 million project that will provide solar photovoltaic systems to off-grid communities. ARENA and the NT government will each provide AU$27.5 million ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... the existing screen that put nuclear on its list of excluded industries. The fund said that while the use of renewable energy will increase, it cannot meet energy needs around the world and that nuclear energy is "increasingly becoming a viable, low ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... reductions than previous analysis by the Garnaut Review and Treasury due to recent, large cost reductions in renewable energy, technological advances such as biofuels for aviation use, and "better understanding of opportunities in carbon forestry and ...

IGCC calls on PM to retain Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott, urging the federal government to maintain its previous support for the Renewable Energy Target (RET). "Allocating capital to low carbon activities is one of the most critical climate actions globally," Nathan Fabian ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... pricing is too complex," Pegan said. "If we had a level playing field, with strong government policies to support renewable energy, it would help to de-risk the portfolios when we're investing. Part of the [Caring for Climate] effort was to say to the ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... where, that comes back to the Better Business Finance website that we've worked through here. [Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy] EE/RE in the US is focused on small and medium enterprises. Small businesses don't' have the institutional barriers that ...