Copper could fuel renewable development
Townsville Enterprise Limited (TEL) says the development of the Townsville-to-Mount Isa copper-string project across north-west Queensland could become a reality if the Federal Government follows through with its election promise.
Click here for full storyAs part of the National Action Plan on Climate Change, the government has set the target of increasing contribution of renewable energy sources to power generations to ten percent by 2015. Although the installed renewable energy capacity is more than the ten percent – at 16.8 GW – of the total generation capacity of 161.4 GW, the contribution of renewable energy to real power power generated is only four percent.
Click here for full storyThe Philippines is pushing to become the clean and green energy leader in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations by harmonizing its energy road maps and ensuring the effective implementation of related laws.
Click here for full storyU.K. offshore wind power developers need 30 billion pounds ($46 billion) of financing to build the turbines required to help the nation reach its renewable energy objectives by 2020, PricewaterhouseCoopers said.
Click here for full storyTHE Victorian government will present itself as the national leader in tackling climate change by pledging to cut the state's greenhouse gas emissions by at least a fifth over the next decade.
Click here for full storyTHE Prime Minister's recent statement on climate policy covers six main points. First, she asserts her strong belief in man-made climate change, stresses the costs of delaying or not acting to counter it, and emphasises the need to show leadership to chart the way forward and take action to prevent global warming beyond 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
Click here for full storyThe Greens will force the introduction of a carbon price if it wins the balance of power in the senate, leader Bob Brown promised hundreds of party faithful in Brisbane today.
Click here for full storyLast week it was lean pickings for the green property in election promises so far. By Sunday the worm had turned in the sector’s favour with big welcome news from the Labor Party of a 50 per cent tax deduction bonus for green building work, possibly enough to stave off the inevitable hangover as the stimulus package for construction dribbles to an end.
Click here for full storyBIG business energy users fear continued uncertainty over emissions trading could lead to more dramatic price rises.
Click here for full storyThe Environmental Services Division of Wartsila Australia is currently installing engines in Australia driven by an alternative energy source - rich oil obtained from a naturally occurring product, the jatropha nut.
Click here for full storyLABOR has promised business $1 billion in tax breaks on investments in energy-saving measures for commercial building under its latest climate change election promise.
Click here for full storyThe Australian Labor party’s climate protection policies will pave the way for creating limits on carbon emissions, Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said.
Click here for full storyWhen I first heard on Thursday that Senate Democrats were abandoning the effort to pass an energy/climate bill that would begin to cap greenhouse gases that cause global warming and promote renewable energy that could diminish our addiction to oil ...
Click here for full storyThe Government has launched its new drafts for energy efficiency and conservation strategies. According to Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee, the strategies are restructured in order to make them in line with the new policy preferences by the Government. These new strategies will also aim for a better economy of the country.
Click here for full storyChris Huhne, the Energy Secretary, will this week pave the way for a controversial increase in wind turbines in a bid to protect Britain from a looming energy crisis.
Click here for full storyChina attracted more asset financing in clean-energy technology in the second quarter than Europe and the U.S. combined, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. A clever piece of legislation created the renewable energy bonanza.
Click here for full storyFederal Opposition leader Tony Abbott has vowed to look after the interests of the resources industry during a whistlestop trip to the West Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie.
Click here for full storyThe Gillard government has been accused of leaving its climate change policy to a ''giant focus group'' and proposing pointless power station regulations that would not stop new coal-fired plants being built.
Click here for full storyAustralia won't be able to meet its targets for reducing carbon gas emissions without charging polluters, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Friday as she announced her government's climate change policy ahead of elections next month.
Click here for full storyAustralia is an increasingly attractive investment destination for renewable energy projects. Australian renewable energy resources including solar, wind, geothermal, bioenergy and marine are world class, yet remain largely undeveloped – with less than 5 percent of Australia’s electricity generation currently provided by renewable energy.
Click here for full storyA year and a half after President Barack Obama breathed new life into global talks on a climate treaty, the United States is back in a familiar role -- the holdout.
Click here for full storyAustralia’s Labor government plans to spend A$394 million ($353 million) over the next four years to replace old vehicles with energy-efficient models.
Click here for full storyThe Greens want to completely replace Australia's reliance on coal with renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
Click here for full storyAUSTRALIA’S renewable energy industry was reeling yesterday after discovering a $520million budget cut to low-emissions technology in the fine print of Julia Gillard’s ‘‘cash-for-clunkers’’ announcement.
Click here for full storyPlagued by Spain’s economic recession and subsidy cuts, renewable energy businesses are following the sun and wind to Latin America in search of profits.
Click here for full storyThe financial incentives to encourage renewable energy generation, both for use and for export back to the grid, are suddenly starting to look very attractive, and are within the reach of far more people than ever before.
Click here for full storyASEAN Energy Ministers yesterday agreed on an 8 per cent reduction in regional Energy Intensity by 2015, based on 2005 levels.
Click here for full storyBARACK Obama's push for bold climate change legislation to curb US carbon emissions has been abandoned, after leaders of his Democratic Party accepted they lacked enough votes in the Senate.
Click here for full storyAustralian scientists claim just by harnessing one percent of the country’s untapped geothermal energy from underground could produce 26,000 years worth of clean electricity power. Australia is the world’s biggest coal exporter and primarily uses coal power to generate nearly 77% of its electricity. But recently the government wants to invest in more renewable sources.
Click here for full storyThe Greens want to completely replace Australia's reliance on coal with renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
Greens Senator Christine Milne said yesterday: “Australia can harness our tremendous resources of the sun, wind, ocean, Earth and human ingenuity to replace our reliance on coal with 100 per cent renewable energy within decades."
Senator Milne said this could be achieved by 2030 with the right preparation and infrastructure
Click here for full storyAUSTRALIA’S renewable energy industry was reeling yesterday after discovering a $520million budget cut to low-emissions technology in the fine print of Julia Gillard’s ‘‘cash-for-clunkers’’ announcement.
Ms Gillard said that owners of pre-1995 vehicles will be able to claim $2000 from January 1 next year to upgrade to cleaner cars.
Click here for full storyAustralia's largest energy retailer AGL Energy Ltd. (AGK.AX: Quote) has made a bond debut in the U.S. private placement market with a US$300 million issue to refinance debt, it said on Friday.
Click here for full storyI am an ordinary Australian. I grew up in country Victoria, and moved to the city to go to university. My brother is an engineer, my sister studying to be a physiotherapist. My family are farmers and builders and teachers.
Click here for full storyWhile China may be set to embrace emissions trading to tackle greenhouse gases, delayed action remains the order of the day in the United States and Australia, and at the United Nations.
Click here for full storyVictorian Premier John Brumby certainly didn’t miss with the timing of the state’s large-scale solar power plant initiative.
Click here for full storyUP TO 10 large-scale solar power plants would be built in regional Victoria under a state government scheme to run a quarter of the state on renewable energy by 2020.
Click here for full storyWA renewable energy development company Mid West Energy is urging the state government to act quickly following a decision by the Victorian government to support solar power projects.
Click here for full storyAGL Energy Ltd., Australia’s largest electricity retailer, said it raised $300 million from its first sale of bonds to U.S. private investors.The Sydney-based company sold $165 million of 12-year notes that it will swap back to Australian-dollar debt paying a margin of 259 basis points more the bank bill swap rate, according to a regulatory filing.
Click here for full storyTHE Coalition, Greens and a chorus of economists and environmental groups have condemned Labor's new climate change policy.
Click here for full storyAustralia's prime minister Julia Gillard has unveiled a revised climate change policy, promising tougher standards for new power stations.
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