Browsing: Grants, finance

The 89 recipients of $30m in federal grants announced today expect to achieve major cuts in energy use and emissions, with a Boral brickworks anticipating a 56% reduction in its carbon intensity.

• New carbon and energy grants on offer
  
• CO2 Group reports record profit; Trading revenue grows to $38m
  
• New WA climate change-readiness strategy under fire

Mining projects and remote communities will be among ARENA's targets for renewables funding, its chair Greg Bourne said today.

After hunting down opportunities across its own business, CSR has begun offering comprehensive consulting services to other companies, says its energy efficiency program leader Andrew Rowe.

Low Carbon Australia's Paul Greenop has detailed what companies can expect when seeking funding, while the Clean Energy Finance Corporation's Jillian Broadbent has confirmed LCA will be absorbed into the $10 billion funding body she now heads.

• New report showcases urban water innovators
  
• EPA Victoria details inter-state hazwaste transport terms
  
• Carbon costs 'immaterial', gas pipeline operator tells ASX
  
• Auditor-General reviews renewables program

• Hill and Ridout join ClimateWorks board
  
• Burke invites environment grant applications
  
• Victoria issues new composting buffer zone guidance
  
• Queensland announces new bio-avgas grant

• NGERS failing on coal seam gas, Institute warns
  
• Impacts and adaptation grants now on offer
  
• Patents inquiry to consider sharing of abatement technology

• Fund backs first owners corporation office block retrofit
  
• New head for Greenpeace
  
• Farmers and foresters surveyed on bioenergy
  
• E3 program explains legislative changes

The Gillard Government today announced board members for the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which will be chaired by Reserve Bank board member Jillian Broadbent.