Press Releases

The Climate Council welcomes news that greenhouse gas emissions have stalled over the past year, but the Federal Government can claim no credit for this.

French global insurer AXA is putting European coal companies on notice that they should publish coal phase-out plans compatible with the UN Paris climate agreement by 2021, announcing today that it will totally phase out its insurance and investment exposure to coal by 2030 in the EU and OECD countries, and by 2040 everywhere else.

The International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC) Australia have formed a key partnership with the International Microgrid Association (IMA) to deliver the first microgrid summit in the southern hemisphere, hosted in Perth, Western Australia.

Mike Cannon-Brookes, a major renewables investor and CEO and co-founder of Atlassian, will be a keynote speaker at the National Smart Energy Summit at the Sydney Hilton on 10 December.

As the nation’s political leaders prepare to meet at COAG Energy Council meeting for the first time since the federal election, environment groups are calling for the government to develop a plan to retire and replace coal-fired power stations.

An innovative new cooling technology developed in South Australia will be trialled at food, agriculture and tourism businesses to help reduce their energy costs and emissions from heating and cooling.

RACV will make the switch to 100% renewable energy at all its Victorian clubs, resorts and office buildings after signing a five-year deal with Snowy Hydro’s energy retailer Red Energy. The agreement will combine power generated from solar panels installed on several of RACV’s properties with renewable energy supplied by Red Energy.

A meat processing plant generating electricity from waste water, a company transforming landfill into fuel and a global geoscience data competition accelerating the process of mineral discovery are just some of the innovative projects recognised in this year’s Premier Awards.

The CEFC is increasing its focus on emissions reduction and energy efficiency in agriculture with an $8 million cornerstone investment in a specialist agrifood tech investment fund. The $30 million Tenacious Ventures fund is targeting investment in early-stage startups focused on the agricultural supply chain.

oday, Huawei, a leading global ICT and network energy solutions provider and Hexagon Peak, the project development arm of Hexagon Holdings Singapore, announced the signing of a cooperation agreement for Hexagon’s pipeline of 200 MW utility scale projects in Vietnam, which estimated COD in Q1 2021.