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A portfolio approach for renewable investment: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... billion in investment between now and 2050. The report identifies six areas for action - a carbon budget for the electricity sector; national coordination of the transition to accelerate coal powered generation closures and renewables roll out; investment ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... $421 billion in investment is needed, and action centres around six priority areas: a carbon budget for the electricity sector; national coordination of the transition to accelerate coal powered generation closures and renewables roll out; investment ...

CEFC allocated additional $8.6 billion in budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... draw on this new capital to invest in priority grid-related projects to fast-track the decarbonisation of the electricity sector and secure a strong and stable clean energy supply. "The CEFC has already played a significant part in Australia's clean ...

Low-cost, high-reliability road to renewable energy: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... in each sector are reduced at lowest cost, but if that is out of reach politically, then decarbonising the electricity sector is one avenue to reducing overall emissions in Australia. Wood noted that in addition to the price of technologies such as hydrogen ...

Economist urges drastic action on climate change policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... national climate change policy. "We are perhaps on track to meet our 2030 targets, but we are doing it based on electricity sector alone," Wood said in her presentation, which addressed a host of other risks to Australia's economy in the post-COVID-19 ...

Auction system proposed to halve electricity emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... phase-out of coal-fired generation during this decade. By doing so, Australia could halve emissions in the electricity sector while avoiding price spikes and supply shocks that could come with unplanned coal-fired generator closures. The paper suggests ...

ARENA, CEFC changes open door to CCS, hydrogen investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... allocate capital to legacy technology such as fossil fuels with carbon capture, utilisation and storage in the electricity sector. Expanding the functions of the ARENA and the CEFC to open up opportunities for this technology in other sectors can be ...

Substantial investment needed for sustainable infrastructure: RARE Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... decrease, which will be nowhere near net-zero by 2050, is mainly attributable to projected lower emissions in the electricity sector." RARE notes that there are "tremendous opportunities" for reducing emissions in other sectors, such as reducing emissions ...

Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... Climate Change Authority report, which set out sensible frameworks." Yates pointed to the decarbonisation of the electricity sector as one of the most efficient means of decarbonising Australia's economy and proposes a strong role for Australian governmental ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... national energy policy is the sum total of climate related financial impacts on a company. To start with, the electricity sector represents only about 33% of our nation's emissions. Investors are increasingly viewing climate risk as a material financial ...
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