A Melbourne City-led alliance has won draft ACCC approval for a renewables bulk-buy, seven councils are jointly tackling energy efficiency and the Municipal Association of Victoria is working with VicRoads on a plan to upgrade lights on major roads.
A company with plans to help some of Australia's large-scale diesel users switch to LNG now has a potential source of carbon credits to help offset the emissions arising from liquefying the gas.
Melbourne City Council and big power customers including NAB and two universities today joined forces to issue a tender for 110GWh of renewable energy.
The ACT Government will sell its stake in up to 60 companies because it considers their fossil fuel exposure makes them too risky, and will source 100% of its electricity from renewables by 2025.