Australian and international investor groups have demanded that oil and gas companies demonstrate that they are effectively controlling fugitive methane emissions, and they want intensive gas users to exert pressure as well.
The consortium originally intended to receive Flagships funding for a large-scale solar PV project has lost out, with Federal Energy Minister Martin Ferguson accepting advice that the grant should instead go to AGL.
The Clean Energy Regulator today revealed how nine coal-fired generators will share in a $5.5 billion assistance package comprising cash and free carbon units.