Projects in one remote local government area account for more than a third of the carbon credits purchased so far by the Clean Energy Regulator under ERF contracts.
Two leading Australian energy economists have recommended a reverse auction to manage closure of unwanted brown coal-fired power plants, and the UK government has set a schedule for the end of coal-fired power in that country.
Carbon advisory company Corporate Carbon will work in partnership with another advisory company to supply the Clean Energy Regulator with one million carbon credits through energy efficiency projects.
Multinational waste companies Veolia and Suez are donating between 17.8 million and 20.5 million cheap international carbon units to the Federal Government.