HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITEMAP HELP CONTACT   Thursday 9 September 2010 Make EMN my HomePage    ENERGY STORIES [ 1917 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] EU 20% energy efficiency target discussions scaled up (Wednesday, 8 September 2010) EU energy ministers met this week for informal discussions that will shed light on their positions related to the EU's upcoming energy efficiency action plan. The two-day meeting, which started on September 6, will concentrate on protecting energy consumers, while the next day was dedicated to energy infrastructure. On the second day, ministers also discussed energy efficiency at a behind-closed-doors lunch. Full Story... WA connects to the grid with solar power projects (Wednesday, 25 August 2010) One of the WA’s biggest privately-owned solar power projects has opened today at the eco-friendly Ocean Park holiday destination at Shark Bay. A back-up diesel and wind generator augment the system, a similar hybrid model to that launched last week in Marble Bar, which is powered by the world’s first hybrid diesel-solar energy plant. Meanwhile, a new gas power station will provide rapid back up for intermittent renewable generation on WA’s south west electricity network. Full Story... Australia’s largest commercial solar panel launched (Monday, 23 August 2010) Medical device company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Medical has installed what it says is Australia’s largest commercially-funded solar panel grid at its regional headquarters, based in North Ryde, Sydney. The company spent $1 million on a 220kW Sanyo system for its roof, which will save around 10% of its electricity costs. Full Story... WA research team converts mallee to fuel (Monday, 23 August 2010) The WA Sustainable Energy Association (WA SEA) has welcomed a “breakthrough” by researchers at Curtin University in converting biomass, such as mallee trees, into clean combustible gaseous fuels that can be used to generate electricity. Biomass-to-power is the world’s third largest form of renewable energy after wind and solar. Investment in new capacity in this sector was $10.4 billion 2009, up 16% on 2008. Full Story... CEC calls for carbon price ahead of election (Friday, 20 August 2010) The Clean Energy Council CEO Matthew Warren has called on the contending political parties to demonstrate genuine leadership in addressing the risk of dangerous climate change. Warren said the effort would require a carbon price as soon as possible, supported by a list of 10 measures, which include the creation of a Green Investment Commission to consider the creation of a Green Investment Bank. Full Story... Energy efficiency panel puts forward ideas for 2020 (Wednesday, 18 August 2010) A panel led by CEO of the Energy Efficiency Council Rob Murray-Leach has called for closer collaboration between businesses and governments at all levels and has discussed how they can move forward with tougher energy efficiency policies. Murray-Leach kicked off the debate by describing the strength of support for energy efficiency as “pitiful”. Full Story... Putting CO2 and energy efficiency building blocks on the table (Friday, 13 August 2010) Australia and New Zealand can cut their greenhouse emissions by at least 15% by 2020 in economically beneficial ways, according to business leaders. But to do so businesses need a carbon price and a full range of other measures tailored to the specific needs of each sector. Meanwhile a panel of business leaders put the case forward for energy efficiency at the Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference in Sydney. Full Story... Toyota aims for 40% energy cuts with tri-gen plant (Wednesday, 11 August 2010) Toyota Australia’s corporate headquarters in Port Melbourne will this weekend begin to install a tri-generation plant. The installation of the ‘tri-gen plant’ is the next stage of Toyota’s plan to reduce energy use at its headquarters by 40% from 2007/2008 levels. Toyota is expected to spend $1.5 million on the project, which has an expected pay back period of five years. Full Story... Australian Paper moves towards online carbon management (Monday, 9 August 2010) Australian Paper has recently undertaken an eight-week carbon assessment project to measure and analyse its IT carbon emissions, using the Hewlett Packard (HP) Enterprise Services Carbon Emissions Management Service (CEMS). Full Story... Co-generation tops the energy equation (Friday, 6 August 2010) Co-generation in commercial buildings far outweighs the benefits of using renewable energy or Greenpower, says Ian Osborne of Floth Sustainable Building Consultants. To back it up he points to ISPT’s Green Square North Tower in Brisbane, which has become the first commercial building with a co-generation plant to be awarded a 5 Star National Australian Built Environment Reporting System (NABERS) Energy whole building rating. Full Story... Govt kicks off five-year ICT sustainability strategy (Wednesday, 4 August 2010) The Federal Government has finally initiated a five-year Information Communications Technology (ICT) reform program, which includes the development of a whole-of-government ICT sustainability plan. A key part of the plan mandates that ICT suppliers will need to participate in the National Packaging Covenant by July 2011 and adopt an environmental management system aligned to ISO14001. Full Story... International smart grid alliance launched (Wednesday, 4 August 2010) At the first ever Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in the US on July 19 and 20, ministers from 15 countries including Australia launched an International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN) to accelerate the development and deployment of smart electricity grids around the world. Full Story... Fossil fuel subsidies 12 times more than renewables (Wednesday, 4 August 2010) Global subsidies for fossil fuels dwarf the support given to renewable energy sources by a factor of 12, reveals new research by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Meanwhile, the UN reported renewables again topped fossil fuels last year in new generation in the US and Europe. Full Story... Energy retailer simplifies energy management data (Wednesday, 28 July 2010) Energy retailer Simply Energy will replace its manual reporting processes and consolidate it’s sustainability and energy data into a single platform through a partnership with Hara Environmental and Energy Management (EEM), a global provider of environmental and energy management software. Full Story... New electricity generation off the drawing board (Monday, 26 July 2010) Financial market upheaval and continuing greenhouse policy uncertainty have contributed to a decrease in the estimated capital expenditure for existing and new electricity generation plants over the next five years, according to a survey by the Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA). Full Story... Is it the beginning of the end for Hazelwood? (Monday, 19 July 2010) Environment Victoria welcomed the Victorian Government’s decision to look at shutting down a part of Hazelwood and seek federal assistance to replace the generation capacity by 2016. But for business, the big question is what does that mean for energy security? Full Story... Vic energy saving scheme targets SMEs (Friday, 16 July 2010) The Victorian Government has beaten the Federal Government in the race to put in place a climate-change policy, announcing it will double an existing state energy efficiency target. It aims to reduce the state's greenhouse emissions by 5.4 million tonnes in the next three years by, among other things, including 500,000 small and medium businesses in the equation. Full Story... Wartsila’s nutty biodiesel alternative (Friday, 16 July 2010) A new option in terms of replacing incumbent diesel engines and power stations with a biodiesel-powered alternative has reached Australia. Already trialled by its global parent company, Wärtsilä Australia’s environmental services division is installing engines driven by a rich oil obtained from a naturally occurring product, the jatropha nut. Full Story... Siemens’ energy perspective brightens (Wednesday, 14 July 2010) There are signs of an upturn in sections of the global market for energy technology infrastructure, said global electronics giant Siemens in a market update. “Not all of our divisions have bottomed out, but the energy market is now reaching its low point,” said Wolfgang Dehen, CEO of the company’s energy division. Full Story... Energy efficiency solutions to cost 240 trillion by 2050: IEA report (Monday, 12 July 2010) Funding for low-carbon energy research, development and demonstration increased by 33% between 2005 and 2008, reversing a declining trend that started in the early 1980s, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). However, it says there is still a need for “massive decarbonisation” worldwide in order to reduce CO2 emissions and to transition to a new age of electrification by 2050. Full Story... Biomass energy “the new wind”: KPMG report (Wednesday, 7 July 2010) The Federal Government’s decision to push an emissions trading scheme (ETS) back to 2013 and the current uncertainties surrounding climate change policy have slowed merger and acquisition (M&A) investment in the renewable energy sector, according to a new KPMG global survey. The research shows the US, India and China are the most appealing markets to companies and investors because of government incentives. Full Story... Auditor General fails WA on energy efficiency targets (Friday, 2 July 2010) WA Auditor General Colin Murphy has given the WA Government a fail for its inability to reduce greenhouse emissions and energy bills under the Energy Smart Government (ESG) program. Murphy found that if government agencies had met their energy reduction target they could have saved over $50 million over the last seven years and cut greenhouse emissions by nearly 10%, some 350,000 tonnes. Full Story... A new renewable energy reality by 2020 (Monday, 28 June 2010) All of Australia's energy could come from renewable sources by 2020, according to lobby group Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE). Wind and Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) with molten salt storage are the two primary technologies in the frame, with some backup from biomass and existing hydro. Key though is modelling for the report that assumes by 2020 energy use will drop by half through energy efficiency savings. Full Story... A new policy framework for the energy efficiency puzzle (Friday, 25 June 2010) The Energy Efficiency Council has delivered what it believes to be the “missing piece” in Australia’s carbon puzzle, unveiling a seven-policy platform it says would go a long way to correcting the current priorities for greenhouse reductions. A key recommendation is for a National Efficiency Scheme based on the state-based trading schemes, which EEC chief Rob Murray-Leach sees as a “no brainer”. Full Story... AEMC considers costs of smart meters (Wednesday, 23 June 2010) APEC officials are considering shifting the goal posts on energy intensity targets, with current goals to be easily met. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), meanwhile, has published a draft report looking at whether chapter 6 of Australia’s National Electricity Rules efficiently accommodates cost recovery for smart metering infrastructure. Full Story... Capping of sRET would cut solar panel industry in half (Monday, 21 June 2010) Households looking to install solar panels will miss out on assistance if a cap is imposed on the household renewable power that can be credited under the proposed expanded renewable energy target (eRET), according to the Senate Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts. Its report says the eRET will reduce Australia’s greenhouse emissions by around 380 million tonnes by 2020. Full Story... Energy efficient buildings to cut emissions by 46.7Mt (Friday, 18 June 2010) Three policy measures targeting energy efficiency in buildings could cut greenhouse emissions by 46.7 megatonnes (Mt) by 2030, some 5.5% of national output, according to the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC). Even under a revised Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) reintroduced in 2013 they would cut carbon by 33.2 Mt. Full Story... Dyesol and Pilkington merge for solar glass (Wednesday, 16 June 2010) The joint venture between Dyesol and US-based Pilkington North America has resulted in the formation of a new company, DyeTec Solar. DTS will develop and deliver the standard technology platform solution for mass manufacture of building integrated and automotive integrated photovoltaics, as well as interior photovoltaic generating glass based products, powered displays and security devices. Full Story... Qld budget shines $115m on solar industry (Friday, 11 June 2010) The Kogan Creek Coal fired powered station, near the Queensland town of Dalby, will be home to the largest solar thermal project in the southern hemisphere, with the Federal and State Governments now both plowing funds into the initiative. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced $35 million for the Kogan project as the centerpiece of a $115 million solar package unveiled in the state’s 2010/11 budget. Full Story... Rudd looks to the heavens, finds green power for WA (Friday, 11 June 2010) With the Rudd Government’s back down on emissions trading contributing to the battering it has copped in opinion polls recently, expect plenty of green announcements in the lead up to the federal election. On Wednesday, for example, $47.3 million was earmarked to build the nation’s largest direct heat geothermal facility in WA as part of Australia’s bid to host the world’s strongest radio telescope. Full Story... 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