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Lower battery costs advancing Australia's net-zero goals: CSIRO

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... storage was increasingly becoming the preferred source of flexible generation. "As battery costs continue to fall and gas technology costs rise, batteries are increasingly becoming the preferred flexible generation technology in the near term," Graham ...

Performance incentives may undermine honesty: Study

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
A new study from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is challenging one of the most influential ideas in modern economics, arguing trust and professional integrity may, in some cases, deliver better organisational outcomes than performance-bases ...

ARENA reshuffles board with four senior appointments

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... to net zero emissions." O'Gorman joins with experience spanning sustainable investment, climate policy and clean technology, having held positions with the World Bank, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Australian Government. She also co-founded ...

ECB introduces climate risk overlay for bank collateral framework

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... Gybass said. The central bank said climate change presents unprecedented financial risks, with shifts in climate policy, technology and consumer behaviour capable of rapidly affecting companies' profitability and asset values. Under the revised framework ...

Brisbane Airport now facilitates SAF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... million under the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Funding Initiative for Wildfire Energy to pilot the integration of its MIHG technology with methanol synthesis to produce methanol and undertake a feasibility study to assess a Queensland facility that would ...

HESTA says ethical screens partly to blame for 'disappointing' ESG returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... poor sovereign ESG ratings. HESTA also listed concentration in active strategies, including lower exposure to major US technology stocks and individual asset performance as some of the reasons for the low performance. The over $100 billion super fund ...

Australian government backs EV battery manufacturing

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... battery performance will help to further accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles and lowering emissions. "Sicona's technology has the potential to deliver faster charging, longer driving range and lower-cost batteries," Miller said. "The technology ...

Future Group partners with Aberdeen Investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... globally, providing local institutional investors exposure to parts of the energy transition where policy settings and technology adoption differences create opportunities not currently available in the Australian market, it said.

ARENA commits $95m to next-generation solar research

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said the investment would help ensure Australia remains at the forefront of solar technology development. "Australia helped lead the world in solar and we want to keep leading the world in the next wave of solar ...

First local carbon refinery facility opens

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
Orica, an ASX-listed commercial explosive provider, has collaborated with clean technology firm MCi Carbon to open Australia's first carbon utilisation facility in Kooragang Island, New South Wales. The facility is an initiative within Orica's global ...
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