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Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... like big batteries (able to be turned on and off to meet demand). The remainder will be variable capacity, like large-scale solar and wind farms. This would be a doubling of the renewable energy in Australia's electricity grid and is equivalent to ...

BlackRock's Evergreen Infrastructure fund scores US$1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... energy transition and security, as the open-ended fund makes its first investment to acquire a US commercial and industrial solar and battery platform. With nearly US$1 billion in commitments from European founding partners, Italy's largest bank Intesa ...

Macquarie opens clean energy arm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... renewable energy business to attract long-term investment capital. Aula Energy will develop and operate utility-scale wind, solar and integrated batteries across Australian and New Zealand. With an initial portfolio of 4 GW of projects in Australia ...

Investing during a disorderly transition: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... barrier to investment in some new renewable energy projects. And from the investor perspective, if you're developing a new solar farm, you don't want it to be built in a place that's susceptible to flooding, you need it to be resilient to ...

Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Energy Upgrades Fund will support investment in energy efficiency upgrades, high performing appliances and battery-ready solar PV," the strategy paper said. "This builds on the CEFC's well-established model of supporting clean energy investments for ...

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Austin told FS Sustainability. The Ethical Fund has a broader mandate, Austin said. "The Ethical Fund finances wind and solar and does some social infrastructure as well," Austin said. "Australian Ethical's commitment there is to grow that fund and ...

A portfolio approach for renewable investment: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... replace quickly aging coal-fired power stations, and potentially gas-fired stations, with renewable energy assets - wind and solar farms and behind the meter rooftop solar generation with dispatchable capacity such as storage and demand response. Around ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... renewables projects that require at least 50% co-ownership with First Nations groups. Critical mineral extraction, wind, and solar energy developments all implicate Indigenous lands and communities across Canada, including 20% of Canada's electricity ...

Renewables set to dominate by 2040

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... target of containing global warming at 1.5C. With record growth in areas such as EV sales and renewable energy, by 2040 solar and wind are predicted to dominate the global energy mix. Between 2021 to 2040, total energy investments are set to increase ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... in lithium-ion batteries; through state-sponsored forced labour in the production of the polysilicon used in photovoltaic solar panels; and at other points in the renewables value-chain," he said. "In the US, more than 2 GW of imported solar panels were ...