Australia offers A$750 mln for clean minerals development

Published 06:15 on March 14, 2025  /  Last updated at 06:15 on March 14, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia on Friday continued its clean energy spending, announcing it will invest A$750 million ($471 mln) in critical minerals and their development and processing through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

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Ricoh Australia partners with PrintReleaf to offset corporate paper consumption

Published 14:45 on March 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:45 on March 13, 2025  /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Nature-based, Voluntary

Ricoh Australia has partnered with sustainability platform PrintReleaf to help businesses offset their paper consumption by funding global reforestation projects, the companies announced this week.

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Australia may miss green iron opportunity, think tank says

Published 11:39 on March 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:57 on March 13, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, Middle East

The world’s largest iron ore exporter may miss the jump on greening its product into a higher-quality product thanks to lower gas supplies and high gas prices, a think tank has suggested.

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Rio Tinto signs large solar-battery deal to slash aluminium smelter emissions

Published 05:27 on March 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 05:27 on March 13, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australian miner Rio Tinto has signed two large power agreements with Edify Energy for clean energy supply to one of its largest emitting facilities in Queensland covered by the Safeguard Mechanism. 

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AU Market: ACCU market in a holding pattern, Feb. cancellations doubles

Published 03:36 on March 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 06:17 on March 13, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

The Australian carbon market has trended downward as participants remain on tenterhooks ahead of the upcoming election, and lack of compliance demand keeps trading activity at middling to subdued levels.

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Carbon insurer expands into Australia

Published 16:22 on March 12, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:22 on March 12, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

A UK-based carbon insurance provider active in the voluntary and Paris Agreement Article 6 markets announced on Wednesday it is now authorised to insure companies in Australia.

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More efficient CO2 capture seen as key to scale CCS industry

Published 10:22 on March 12, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:22 on March 12, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

More attention must be paid to capturing post-combustion carbon streams with low CO2 concentrations if the world is to hit climate targets and scale the carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry, a Perth conference heard this week.

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Australian regulator extends carbon abatement contract delivery deadline

Published 07:41 on March 12, 2025  /  Last updated at 07:41 on March 12, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has agreed to reschedule the delivery deadline for carbon abatement contracts (CACs) to the end of the calendar year, as it waits on the government to decide future exit window arrangements.

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Australia set to miss renewable target, think tank says

Published 14:42 on March 11, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:42 on March 11, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia is unlikely to meet its planned target of 82% of electricity sourced from renewable energy by 2030 no matter who wins the upcoming election, but output could be much lower under the conservative opposition, according to a report released Tuesday.

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‘Water-positive’ DAC startup raises $27.5 mln in Series A, project funding

Published 13:58 on March 11, 2025  /  Last updated at 13:58 on March 11, 2025  /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, Middle East, New Zealand, South Korea, US, Voluntary

A startup specialising in water recovery and carbon removal technologies has secured $27.5 million in Series A and project funding.

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