Tag: Chris Bowen

Greater restrictions on industrial emissions incoming

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A tighter limit on greenhouse gas emissions and harsher civil penalties are among the proposed safeguard mechanism reforms that Australia’s biggest emitters will face from July 2023. Consultation on...

Canberra Data Centres plans $1bn expansion in Sydney

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Canberra Data Centres has committed an additional $1 billion to expand its data centre campus at Eastern Creek, Sydney as it officially opened the facility on Wednesday. Four data...

Coalition-era $1bn fund rebadged to support clean energy tech

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government will funnel $500 million into the commercialisation of clean energy technologies through a rebadged version of a $1 billion fund first proposed by the former Coalition...

International ClimateTech partnerships funding redirected

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Albanese government has redirected $45.8 million of funding earmarked for international technology partnerships to broader international engagements while establishing new initiatives for microgrid and carbon capture and storage...

Broken Hill energy project gets $45m from ARENA

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will provide $45 million in support for a renewable energy storage project in Broken Hill and more than $400,000 for a feasibility study to...

New carbon credits expected by July 2023: Bowen

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will introduce legislation for a new carbon credits scheme in November, while legislation to permit the use of international carbon credits to...

USyd spinout launches first battery storage production line

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
University of Sydney spinout Gelion has launched its first battery storage production plant and will begin production with an annual capacity of 2MWh worth of batteries. The production line...

National EV strategy considers manufacturing revival

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government has opened consultations on Australia’s first national electric vehicle strategy with a brief paper that touts the opportunity of manufacturing batteries and vehicles onshore, and all...