Australia

The Australian prime minister plans to make factories either cut the nation’s greenhouse gases or pay for pollution-curbing programs abroad, according to a Bloomberg report.

Suzlon Energy is set to build a 600MW wind power farm at 20km South-West of Ardrossan on the East Coast of the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.

Carnegie Wave Energy, Panax Geothermal Ltd. and Petratherm Ltd. are among companies planning to apply for A$126 million or $131 million of Australian government funding for renewable energy projects.

The state of Victoria’s premium feed-in tariff will be phased out through an interim programme, which will commence once Victoria meets its current capacity cap of 100MW.

Australia is a major energy exporter. Are we going to continue to increase our contribution to Asia’s energy mix? Will it be clean energy? And is it possible that our best renewable energy resources will also be exported rather than supplying our own towns and cities?

GVK Power may finalise a deal to buy coal mines operated by Australia’s Hancock Prospecting in two months, GVK Group Chairman GVK Reddy said.

Australia is a major energy exporter. Are we going to continue to increase our contribution to Asia’s energy mix? Will it be clean energy? And is it possible that our best renewable energy resources will also be exported rather than supplying our own towns and cities?

A consortium led by Fotowatio Renewable Ventures won a bid to develop a 150 MW solar plant in Australia.

The Royal Bank of Scotland says issuers are adapting to the broader challenges of carbon emission reforms.

Australia will spend AU$770 million or US$819 million for its Solar Flagships programme.

A Leighton-GE consortium has been awarded a $130 million engineering, procurement and constructioncontract to build the Mumbida wind farm south-east of Geraldton.

Wärtsilä and Versa Power Systems agreed to cooperate in developing and integrating Versa Power’s SOFC technology into Wärtsilä products.

Energy providers are already facing challenges around energy security, price volatility and climate change concerns.

In this day and age when it’s critical how we manage our resources, whether or not we are in an economic slump, the key is efficiency. But how do we ensure efficient processes particularly in networks? The answer is by going smart.

Energy Matters and its sister company Apollo Energy became the first in Asia-Pacific to be accepted into the REC Partner Program at a Platinum level.

Australian Resources Minister Martin Ferguson asked the nation's electricity providers to replace ageing networks.