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Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... clean energy investment, from solar panels and solar hot water systems through to large-scale technologies such as wind farms and hydro. Today's decision to leave the policy settings in place honours these investments while unlocking over $18 billion ...

AMP Capital invests in North American wind farm portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... projects." AMP Capital is investing in a consortium of three other infrastructure investors, and EME manages and operate the wind farms. "We consider AMP Capital's participation to be an important statement of confidence in EME's record of developing ...

ClimateWorks Australia developing GHG reductions index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... data on the number of energy efficiency projects that are being Implemented by industrial companies, the number of wind farms that are being built or proposed, or the land area that is being reforested. We will use this data to produce the first whole-ofâ€economy ...

Low Carbon Australia and Quantum Power offer biogas services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... them using their own renewable energy sources," saidMeg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia CEO. Piggeries, abattoirs, poultry farms, are among those that could see cost reductions and productivity benefits from converting waste to a biogas energy source ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... has allowed the fund to access Asian countries at a supranational level, pointing to the ADB green bond which funds wind farms in China and Thailand's first large scale private solar powered project. "There is supranational issuance and projects that ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... random. So you still have to maintain the channels to all, using the reduced water, even though the water is going past farms that aren't using their entitlements. You're not getting the benefit from the buyback because of the 50% loss. Part of that ...

CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Actual and perceived costs and benefits of wind farms can be influenced by "design, implementation and community engagement processes", according to a study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The CSIRO Energy ...

CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... such as salinization o irrigation water because of increased incidence of extreme high sea level. The report noted that farms' GHG emissions come from three sources - fertilizers and agro-chemicals because they're manufactured using natural gas, which ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Brazilian community fund. The company also liaises with stakeholders on the visual and noise and infrasound impacts of wind farms and the impacts of hydro projects. Pacific Hydro notched up 4,744 tonnes of scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Farmer for 2012, and partners with Australian Land Management group to promote environmental sustainability on Australian farms. Over the last year, Elders staff raised more than AU$56,000 for the McGrath Foundation towards the costs of supporting rural ...