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Clean Energy Finance Corporation agreement with Bank of Queensland for clean energy investment

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has launched its latest co-financing program, a $100 million agreement with the Bank of Queensland’s BOQ Finance (BOQF) division, to […]

Victorian Government introduces renewable energy bill

The Victorian Government has introduced a Bill into parliament to legislate increasing Victoria’s Renewable Energy Target (VRET) to 50 per cent by 2030. The Renewable Energy […]

Renewable Energy investment report: Released

The Federal Clean Energy Regulator has released the 2018 Renewable Energy Target Administrative Report – the acceleration in renewables investment. The report highlights the record investment […]

Renewable Energy Target (RET) Annual statement tabled in Parliament

The Federal Clean Energy Regulator has released the 2018 Renewable Energy Target Annual statement. The Statement confirms that the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target of 33,000 gigawatt […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Queensland Waste to Biofutures Fund

The Queensland Government is calling for expressions of interest for funding of waste to biofutures projects. The Queensland Waste to Biofutures Fund (W2B Fund) aims to […]

National Hydrogen Strategy – Have your say!

The National Hydrogen Strategy Discussion Paper is now open for consultation and the COAG Energy Council Hydrogen Working Group is seeking your comment to help inform Australia’s National Hydrogen […]

Planning rule change in response to renewable energy transformation

The Victorian Government has made changes to state planning rules to ensure planning permits will now be required for the power lines that connect new large-scale […]

Legislation to create CleanCo introduced into Parliament

The Queensland Government has introduced the legislation to create CleanCo into Parliament. The new publicly owned CleanCo clean energy generator aims to secure a cleaner, more […]

$3.5 billion Climate Solution Package announced

  The Federal Government has announced the Climate Solutions Package, a $3.5 billion investment to deliver on Australia’s 2030 Paris climate commitments. The package is intended […]

ARENA awards $9.6 million for distributed energy projects and studies

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has awarded $9.6 million in funding to 12 projects and studies to further integrate distributed energy resources (DER) into the […]

EPA Victoria supports coal to hydrogen research

The Victorian Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has approved an application from J-Power Latrobe Valley Pty Ltd for a Research, Development and Demonstration that will investigate […]

Business Renewables Centre to be established for businesses to make switch to renewable energy

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced funding to help establish a Business Renewables Centre to encourage Australian businesses to make the switch to renewable […]

New initiative brings together key stakeholders in energy sector: Distributed Energy Integrated Program

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a new initiative aimed to get the whole-of-the-energy industry working together to harness the potential of consumer owned […]

Initiative to ensure the installation of genuine solar panels

The Clean Energy Regulator has partnered with the solar industry to roll out a co-designed Solar Panel Validation Initiative to ensure genuine solar panels are installed […]

NEW GUIDELINES – Conducting audits of wind energy facilities

The Victorian Environment Protection Authority has released guidelines to assist environmental auditors appointed under the Environment Protection Act 1970 to conduct audits of wind energy facilities […]

Funding for microgrid demonstration project

The Victorian Government has announced funding of $210,000 for the development of a new microgrid demonstration project in Birchip. The funding to Birchip Cropping Group is […]

$20M to Origin Energy for Victoria’s largest virtual power plant

The Victorian Government has announced $4.5 million in funding to Origin Energy to develop a $20 million cloud-based project that will distribute power from up to […]

CleanCo kicks off in Queensland

The Queensland Government has launched CleanCo, Queensland’s new renewable energy, publicly owned electricity generator. The creation of CleanCo is part of the Powering Queensland plan and […]

Corporate Plan 2018-22 of Clean Energy Regulator – Released

The Clean Energy Regulator has released its Corporate Plan 2018-22, following submission to the Federal Minister for the Environment and Energy. The Corporate Plan is the […]

Boral to investigate turning sawmill residue into renewable diesel

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced up to $500,000 in funding to Boral Timber to investigate the feasibility of building a ‘second-generation’ biofuels refinery […]

New CEO for ARENA

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced the new appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). ARENA Chair, Martijn Wilder AM announced on Tuesday […]

Changes to Renewable Energy Certificates Registry

The Clean Energy Regulator has announced that changes will be made to the Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) Registry on 19 September 2018 that is aimed at […]

Frydenberg seeks support of State and Territory Energy Ministers’ on National Energy Guarantee

The Federal Energy Minister, Josh Frydenberg will meet with State and Territory Energy Ministers today to obtain support of the Federal Government’s National Energy Guarantee (NEG) […]

National Energy Guarantee final design – Released

The Federal Government has released its final detailed design document on the elements of the National Energy Guarantee that include the – mechanics of setting and […]

Electricity Pricing Inquiry Final Report released with 56 Recommendations

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released its Retail Electricity Pricing Inquiry final report that outlines 56 recommendations to significantly improve electricity affordability for […]

Large-scale Renewable Energy Target market data for June 2018 – Released

The Federal Clean Energy Regulator has released new market data for June 2018 for the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET). The data provides details on the […]

Large-scale Renewable Energy Target market data for May 2018

The Federal Clean Energy Regulator has released new market data for May 2018 for the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target. The data provides details on the new […]

Report: Progress in delivering Australia’s 2020 Renewable Energy Target – Released by Clean Energy Regulator

The Clean Energy Regulator has released the report Progress in 2017: Delivering Australia’s 2020 Renewable Energy Target. The report provides an overview of the operations of […]

Draft amendments to National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) – Comment sought

The Federal Department of the Environment and Energy is seeking comment  on consultation documents on the draft amendments to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination […]

New Resource Recovery Technology Guide – Released

Sustainability Victoria has released a new Resource Recovery Technology Guide which details current and emerging resource recovery technology. Sustainability Victoria’s CEO Stan Krpan said “As Victoria’s […]

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