Browsing: <a href="/tag/nsw">NSW</a> <i class="grey">•</i> <a href="/tag/energy-efficiency">Energy efficiency</a>

• Victoria proposes $40-per-tonne penalty for energy efficiency target scheme
  
• NSW water law now in force
  
• Perth joins 'solar cities' ranks

The NSW Government will push for a national energy efficiency target scheme but, in the meantime, will press ahead with plans for its own scheme starting on January 1, according to a state government discussion paper.

NSW is making it mandatory for companies to implement energy savings measures. But are the company energy savings plans that list these projects out of date? Has the state government ensured a level playing field by scheduling all companies that trigger the threshold? And has too much grant money been redirected from business to households?



Meanwhile, Australia's energy ministers are sitting on a cost-benefit analysis of the merits of a mandatory energy efficiency measure.

The NSW government will carve out and strengthen the energy efficiency component of its Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme into a new energy efficiency target scheme involving tradeable certificates.



It will also require the state's top 200 energy users to implement identified energy savings measures, under a plan unveiled by NSW Premier Morris Iemma today.

NSW flags assessment fee hike for chemical destruction technologies

* Wong steers steady course in international talks

* Australia's forests offset 9% of emissions, government report says

* Turnbull slams solar rebate means test

* National Pollutant Inventory overhauls fuel tanks manual

* New Zealand Budget flags major push on energy efficient homes

* Pew Centre looks at trading lessons from the EU

• National Water Commission to scrutinise water use by mines
  
• Federal energy program issues detailed efficiency guide
  
• NSW issues exemptions for land-applied wastes
  
• Shipping company fined $35,000
  
• Queensland council fined $40,000
  
• National Pollutant Inventory offers training on new reporting system
  
• Queensland EPA offers sustainability grants
  
• GM crops a boon for regional economies, ABARE says

• NSW court rules alienating prime farm land inconsistent with ESD principles
  
• Industry body highlights rising energy audit charges
  
• Help to power generators needs 'careful consideration', Climate Institute says
  
• Company ordered to pay $50,000 after chemical fire

The NSW Government should fast-track an energy efficiency trading scheme and should make it clear that neither power generators or energy retailers will be indemnified for their carbon liabilities, says today's report of the advisory committee reviewing the state's power station privatisation plans.

NSW pollution prosecutions steady * Uranium exploration company investigated * Australia and New Zealand tackle inefficient chillers * Wong to attend U.S. climate summit * NZ government says 2025 free allocation deadline not fixed in stone *



WBCSD launches 'eco-patent commons' scheme * Asia-Pacific Partnership releases 'clean steel' handbook * Victoria and Queensland issue new eco-efficiency tips