Resource Efficiency Archives - Page 11 of 26 - Renew Economy

Finkel’s Clean Energy Target plan ‘better than nothing’: economists poll
When the perfect is the enemy of the “roughly acceptable”: Economists back emissions policy that Alan Finkel has put on the table.
Bruce Mountain

Aug 25, 2017

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CEFC backs waste management sector with $90m Cleanaway loan
CEFC extends $90m corporate loan to Cleanaway, its first major transaction with a leading Australian waste management company.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 23, 2017

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Coal

Cheap coal power? Only in an imaginary world
Attempts to suggest coal power is cheaper than the plummeting cost of renewables look increasingly ridiculous and desperate.
Simon Nicholas

Aug 4, 2017

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Policy & Planning

World has already used nature’s budget for year, and Australia is worst offender
World needs 1.7 Earths to continue as it is. If everyone lived like Australians, we’d need 5.2 Earths.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 3, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Innovation, disruption and the utility business model
The power sector’s rapid transformation has barely started, but implications for incumbents are beginning to be felt and speculated.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Jul 26, 2017

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Markets

Clean-tech stocks outperform general market again, as smart investors buy in
It is no surprise that, regardless of the fickleness of environmental politics, smart investors are buying into the businesses that are redefining how we live.
John O’Brien

Jul 18, 2017

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Commentary

Coal has lost the energy war, so why are we still fighting?
The political fight for coal power in Australia is already lost. Meanwhile, we are missing all the clean energy opportunities that have fallen into our lap.
Richard Di Natale

Jul 18, 2017

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Cutting Edge grid controls could kill need for coal
One of the fiercest defenders of brown coal generators now says they can be replaced with wide adoption of voltage regulation technologies that can make there grid more efficient.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 13, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

South Australia machine turns waste plastic into energy
South Australia company develops systems to use anaerobic digestion technology to turn waste plastics into energy and fertiliser.
Andrew Spence

Jul 11, 2017

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Commentary

Leading the charge: Battery storage to jump-start clean energy transition
Battery storage is set to jump-start the clean energy transition while at the same time disrupting the traditional utility business model.
Matt Rennie and Ian Wood

May 18, 2017

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Smart Energy

CEFC tips $100m into AMP Capital green building fund
CEFC invests $100m in AMP Capital fund that aims to make its portfolio of Australian buildings net zero emissions by 2030.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 8, 2017

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Smart Energy

Museums Victoria to slash energy costs by one-third with co-gen, efficiency
Siemens to install co-gen, energy and water efficient technology in $11m state government-backed Museums Victoria upgrade.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 3, 2017

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