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Critical talent shortage could stall net zero progress: Hays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... related to overall tight employment conditions in Australia, Kent acknowledged. "For example, if you're looking at major solar projects that rely on a blue-collar workforce to install in remote regions, that means you're competing with a whole bunch ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... backing an Australian company that is commercializing technology that could drastically cut costs and increase efficiency of solar panels. The CEFC and Main Sequence Ventures led SunDrive's $21 million Series A round along with Grok Ventures and Blackbird ...

Fortescue Metals strengthens 2030 decarbonisation targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... in Fortescue's sustaining capital expenditure," Fortescue said. "Studies are underway to optimise the localised wind and solar resources." "There's no doubt that the energy landscape has changed dramatically over the past two years and this change has ...

Demand for ethical ETFs surge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... which is necessary and I suspect the uptake of the technologies will exceed expectations." Liddell also pointed to their Solar ETF (TANN), which provides exposure to a portfolio of global companies in the solar energy industry as another thematic product ...

BlackRock continues renewable infrastructure investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
BlackRock Real Assets has continued its investment in renewable energy assets by acquiring a New-Zealand-based rooftop solar and battery technology provider. BlackRock Real Assets will acquire solarZero via a scheme of arrangement and will commit more ...

Investment in low-carbon energy infrastructure on the rise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... the Trump administration, and this trajectory of building at pace in commercial and industrial and, wind, utility scale solar continues, although it's still a low fraction of the total," Sahely said. "It's growing and with gas becoming expensive ...

Brisbane Airport to use AI to cut emissions in buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... extends HVAC equipment life as well. "If you think about equipment and useful life of equipment, if my energy source is solar but I'm running the equipment too long, we're still going to pay for the embodied energy in the equipment, environmentally," ...

Podcast: Democratising climate impact investing with Camille Socquet-Clerc

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... managed investment scheme. The fund features a mix of green bonds, publicly-listed stocks and privately-held projects (such as solar farms), the latter of which were only previously available to wholesale and sophisticated investors. Customers can invest ...

CEFC, ANZ provide discount finance for SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... customers change how their businesses operate, moving towards a more sustainable future. Whether it be an electric truck or solar panels, we want to give Australian businesses access to finance, services and advice to invest in equipment which will help ...

Pact Group commits to reducing emissions 50% by 2030

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... efficiency of machinery, reconfiguring operational processes, investing in new, more energy efficient equipment, installing solar systems on facilities, and increasing the use of renewable energy In addition, Pact is investing $76 million to install ...