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In an Australian-first, the CEFC and Cbus Property are targeting industry leading energy efficiency standards for the $1 billion Collins Arch mixed use development, ensuring the building will be a landmark in urban sustainability.
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The CEFC has welcomed publication of the independent statutory review of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act. The review found that the CEFC has facilitated the flows of finance into the clean energy sector, with CEFC’s investments successfully enabling projects that would not have otherwise proceeded, attracting substantial private co-investment to projects.
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The CEFC has received notice of a new Investment Mandate. The CEFC was consulted and constructively engaged in the development of the Investment Mandate.
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The CEFC has confirmed its largest equity investment in renewables, with a $100 million commitment designed to encourage institutional investors to further lift their exposure to renewables.
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The CEFC and specialist infrastructure debt investment manager Westbourne Capital have committed $160 million in finance to construct Stage II of Nexif Energy’s Lincoln Gap Wind Farm in South Australia.
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The CEFC congratulates battery control specialist Relectrify on the news that it is collaborating with Nissan Motor and Sumitomo subsidiary 4R Energy Corp to deliver battery storage products.
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Australian fleet buyers have signalled a switch to electric vehicles (EVs) in the next two years, on the back of a unique EV Drive Day convened by the CEFC.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation Annual Report for 2017-18 has been tabled in the Australian Senate, fulfilling an important part of the CEFC’s transparency, information sharing and regulatory obligations.
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40,000 South Australians can access grants of up to $6,000 from the Marshall Government to help pay for the installation of a home battery system. The CEFC is providing finance to support the program.
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Australia's leading peer-to-peer lender, RateSetter, has signed a $100 million funding deal with the CEFC to deliver the benefits of the South Australian Government’s Home Battery Scheme to South Australian householders and investors.
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The CEFC is committing up to $90 million towards Australia’s first large-scale energy from waste (EfW) project – a state-of-the-art plant at Kwinana in Western Australia capable of producing 36MW of electricity, enough to power up to 50,000 homes.
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Australia’s Visy Industries and the CEFC have announced new plans to significantly increase waste recycling and processing capabilities, in part to offset the impact of changes in the international recycling market.
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Australian property owners – from residential to large-scale commercial – can immediately cut their energy costs and reduce their emissions thanks to a timely new guide from the CEFC and the Property Council of Australia.
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The South Australian Government and the CEFC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deliver CEFC finance of $100 million to support the state’s Home Battery Scheme.
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Australian manufacturers are being encouraged to take immediate steps to manage their energy consumption in the face of escalating energy costs and record gas prices.
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The Climate Bonds Initiative has launched a new report into green infrastructure investment opportunities in Australia and New Zealand, saying green bonds issued in Australia have now reached $8.3 billion.
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EG, one of Australia’s leading real estate fund managers, has acquired 95 North Quay in Brisbane, as its first Queensland asset for the CEFC-backed High Income Sustainable Office Trust (HISOT).
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Ambitious plans to turn Melbourne’s organic waste into high-grade compost are a step closer, with CEFC finance supporting a state-of-the-art composting facility to be built by leading international waste management company Sacyr Group.
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Leading residential developer Mirvac is extending the benefits of clean energy and energy efficiency to families and residents in new build-to-rent homes through an Australian-first investment fund.
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A new resource recovery facility at Wetherill Park in western Sydney is transforming commercial and industrial waste into an alternative renewable fuel source. The plant, co-owned by waste sector leaders Cleanaway and ResourceCo, was officially opened today by Minister for the Environment and Energy, the Hon Josh Frydenberg.
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The CEFC set new records in the number and value of investment commitments in 2017-18, delivering a heightened focus on some of the nation’s toughest emissions challenges through our support for innovative projects, technologies and investment partnerships.
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CEFC finance for the Numurkah Solar Farm is supporting a path-breaking example of how solar energy can deliver a cost-effective solution for Victoria’s energy-intensive manufacturers.
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The CEFC and leading alternative asset manager Morrison & Co have announced plans to spearhead clean energy standards across Australian social and economic infrastructure assets, as part of a specialist $1 billion ‘green’ infrastructure fund.
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The CEFC has announced its largest investment in Tasmania, with a $59 million commitment to the Granville Harbour Wind Farm. The project will deliver a one third increase in Tasmania’s wind capacity.
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The CEFC has congratulated WorkSafe Victoria on the opening of its new Geelong headquarters, a building setting new standards in commercial office sustainability.
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The CEFC has completed its first smart meter technology financing, further extending the benefits of distributed clean energy to Australian households and businesses.
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New Energy Solar has entered into an agreement to acquire the Manildra Solar Farm and will expand its Australian portfolio using a CEFC-financed $50 million acquisition facility.
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Electric vehicles could represent 90 percent of all cars and light commercial vehicles on Australian roads by 2050, supported by $1.7 billion in private investment in new charging infrastructure, according to new modelling produced for the CEFC and ARENA.
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The CEFC has confirmed a $90 million cornerstone investment in an innovative finance offering to create ‘green’ investment opportunities for fixed income investors such as superannuation funds.
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The CEFC has made its 10th investment in a large-scale wind project – the 135 MW Crudine Ridge Wind Farm near Mudgee in NSW.
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The CEFC is pleased to share this exciting news. The search for cleaner, smarter and more affordable energy has received a major boost with Australia’s first clean energy accelerator program, EnergyLab, more than doubling its latest intake of start-ups.
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RateSetter and the CEFC have today announced an 18 month extension of their innovative green loan marketplace, which is bringing clean energy borrowers and investors together.
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Four new innovative clean energy start-ups are the first to benefit from a new working relationship between the CEFC and clean energy business accelerator EnergyLab, with additional support from the Queensland government.
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The CEFC’s first investment commitment to the hotels sector is addressing energy consumption through lifting the design of the Holiday Inn Express at Southbank in Melbourne.
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Zen Ecosystems – which has developed intelligent energy management solutions that could save Australian businesses up to 25 per cent on their energy consumption – will soon get a boost from the Clean Energy Innovation Fund.
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Australia’s largest infrastructure fund, the $12 billion IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund, is working with the CEFC to reduce carbon emissions at some of the nation’s leading infrastructure assets across ports, airports and electricity infrastructure.
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The CEFC and Lendlease are targeting a new standard of sustainability in large-scale commercial precincts, targeting the delivery of net zero emissions from a $4.5 billion commercial property portfolio as early as 2025.
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EG, one of Australia's leading real estate fund managers, has acquired another Canberra asset - AMA House - for the CEFC-backed High Income Sustainable Office Trust (HISOT).
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First and new home buyers in Sydney and Brisbane will have access to state-of-the-art clean energy homes of the future as part of an industry-first joint initiative between leading Australian developer Mirvac and the CEFC.
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Newcastle City Council has secured a $6.5 million loan from Australia's CEFC to help build the Hunter Region's biggest solar farm.
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With CEFC support Thinxtra is supercharging its Smart Council Program which helps local government save with Internet of Things technology efficiencies.
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The CEFC is targeting major clean energy benefits in Australian agriculture, with its first equity investment in the sector. As part of the CEFC investment, the CSIRO will contribute expert analysis to enable clean energy learnings to be shared across the farming sector.
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A new agreement between the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and major commercial auto and equipment lender Metro Finance will incentivise customers to choose lower emissions passenger and light commercial vehicles to help cut Australia’s vehicle emissions.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which is playing a key role in developing Australia’s green bond market, has made a $25 million cornerstone investment in the first ever green tranche of an Australian residential mortgage backed bond.
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The CEFC is pleased to share our submission to the CEFC Statutory Review, which is considering the effectiveness of the Corporation in facilitating increased flows of finance into the clean energy sector.
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CEFC finance will help leading community housing provider SGCH build over 80 new energy efficient social and affordable units, following the purchase of land at Alexandria from City of Sydney.
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The CEFC is supporting the expansion of the emerging solar generation belt in regional New South Wales, committing $30 million in debt finance to what will be the state’s largest solar farm.
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EG, one of Australia’s leading real estate fund managers, has acquired the East Block in Canberra as its first asset for the CEFC-backed High Income Sustainable Office Trust (HISOT).
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The CEFC is extending its commitment to the Oakey Solar Farm in south-east Queensland, in an investment that will also deliver forecasting technology to enhance grid stability and energy reliability.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation congratulated Moree Solar Farm on reaching a significant financing milestone, which will see full repayment of the CEFC finance for the project.
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The CEFC is aiming to kick start new standards in clean energy for healthcare by investing up to $100 million in the new Dexus Healthcare Wholesale Property Fund.
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The CEFC welcomes the Australian Government’s appointment of three new members to the CEFC Board, effective February 2018.
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The CEFC has reached a major investment milestone for large-scale solar development in Australia, with its latest two investments helping accelerate the delivery of more than 1GW in additional solar energy across 20 projects.
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ANZ has joined with the CEFC to establish a $150 million program to help Australian businesses cut energy costs and reduce carbon emissions through innovation.
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The CEFC is helping demonstrate the diverse potential of energy efficiency programs by helping finance improvements to two buildings, under the South Australian Government’s new Building Upgrade Finance initiative.
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Adelaide Oval has unveiled a world class audience experience created through a CEFC-financed major lighting upgrade that goes all out to put substantial runs on the energy efficiency scoreboard.
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The CEFC is investing $200 million into QIC’s Global Real Estate flagship Shopping Centre Fund to undertake improvements in energy performance across the QSCF shopping centre portfolio.
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Australia’s energy storage transition is on track to meet an important new milestone, with the CEFC announcing finance that includes the first unsubsidised large-scale grid-connected battery, alongside a greenfield wind development.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation Annual Report for 2016-17 has been tabled in the Australian Senate, fulfilling an important part of the CEFC’s transparency, information sharing and regulatory obligations.
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The Kennedy Energy Park, Australia’s first fully integrated wind, solar and battery project, has secured up to $94 million in finance from the CEFC.
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The Clean Energy Innovation Fund and Right Click Capital today announced an investment of US$7 million (approx. A$8.99 million) into Australian renewable energy start-up Redback Technologies, as part of its Series A-2 capital raising round.
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Melbourne start-up Relectrify is launching ground-breaking battery technology, with a $750,000 equity investment from the Clean Energy Innovation Fund.
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CEFC finance for Victoria’s largest solar farm will help bring stability and diversity to the state’s energy supply, demonstrating solar’s increasing cost competitiveness, while supporting a low emissions transport future.
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Macquarie Leasing and the CEFC are behind a push to accelerate the use of electric vehicles in Australia through a new $100 million asset finance program.
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Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd is accelerating its best practice sustainable waste management activities with an array of projects to be financed through a $90 million corporate loan from the CEFC.
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The CEFC is committing up to $10 million to help scale up a new Internet of Things (IoT) network focused on cutting energy use.
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The CEFC is investing $2 million in clean-tech company Wattwatchers to help expand production of its award-winning measurement device that helps consumers to better control their energy use and costs.
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Victoria-based manufacturer SEA Electric will ramp up its conversion of medium-duty trucks and commercial vans to electric vehicles, using $5 million in CEFC finance though the Clean Energy Innovation Fund.
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A former coal mining hub is the Sunshine State’s solar hot spot with two new large-scale solar farms about to begin construction near Collinsville in north Queensland.
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The CEFC’s first major property investment in Adelaide will drive the development of new student accommodation that sets a benchmark for energy efficiency design.
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CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth has welcomed the announcement of new appointments to the CEFC Board while recognising the contribution of departing Board members.
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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg have announced new appointments to the CEFC's board - a new chair and three new board members.
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The CEFC has recorded a substantial increase in investment commitments in 2016-2017, with almost $2.1 billion to 35 individual transactions.
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The CEFC is making its first investment in clean energy transport infrastructure, committing up to $150 million to a major intermodal terminal in south-western Sydney.
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A West Australian project aiming to produce lithium concentrate – a central component used in electric vehicles and battery storage – has secured a US$15 million (about AU$20 million) investment from the CEFC.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is committing an additional $180 million in finance to the NAB Energy Efficient Bonus program, following its overwhelming success in helping Australian businesses transform their energy use.
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Australia’s property sector is being urged to use readily available existing technologies to improve the long-term prospects for their properties, in a broader industry push towards net zero carbon buildings.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation notes the statement today from the Hon Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and Energy, regarding proposed changes to the CEFC Act to remove the prohibition on the CEFC investing in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.
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Australia’s first peer-to-peer green lending platform, RateSetter’s Green Loan marketplace, has been brought to life with a $20 million investment commitment from the CEFC.
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Artesian has announced the completion of a $26 million capital raise for the Clean Energy Seed Fund, including a $10 million commitment from the CEFC as a cornerstone investor.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has today announced finance for its 10th project through its Large-Scale Solar Program, bringing its total program investment commitments to more than $370 million, accelerating projects with a total estimated project value of $900 million and a total generating capacity of more than 400MW (AC).
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The CEFC has congratulated Dexus and Cbus Property on their award for the sustainable development of the historic 5 Martin Place, Sydney, site.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is working with leading resource recovery company ResourceCo to deliver an innovative alternative fuel plant in NSW.
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The CEFC sees a bright future for Australia’s rapidly developing solar industry, with its own investment commitments to the large and small-scale solar sector surpassing $780 million and unlocking projects and programs valued at over $2 billion.
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Two Queensland large-scale solar projects are on track to begin construction, supported by a $31.5 million commitment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). The projects, at Longreach and Oakey, will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of nearly 12,000 homes.
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The CEFC has committed $19 million to Investa Commercial Property Fund’s first Green Bond – a $100 million Australian dollar issuance certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has financed more than 1,000 specialist energy efficiency projects undertaken by a broad range of small businesses, topping $150 million in CEFC investment. The projects are reducing business energy consumption, with the added benefit of lowering overall emissions.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation will invest a further $80 million in renewable energy in regional New South Wales, bringing to $350 million the amount of finance the CEFC has committed to the State’s renewable energy sector in just four months.
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Four clean energy startups have received an equity investment of $50,000 thanks to EnergyLab’s 12-month Early Stage Clean Energy Acceleration Program.
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The Board of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has appointed Ian Learmonth as its new Chief Executive Officer, to replace outgoing CEO Oliver Yates.
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The CEFC has committed $20 million to the Investa Office Fund (IOF) inaugural Green Medium Term Note, the first certified Australian dollar green bond to be issued by an Australian REIT.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) today congratulated the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on the successful issuance of its first climate bond, a $650 million transaction linked to a broad portfolio of clean energy assets.
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The CEFC's support for a new climate bond has attracted strong investor participation, signalling increasing investor appetite for clean energy assets.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) today confirmed it is working with the South Australian Government to develop a financing package to support the accelerated delivery of Australia’s largest grid-scale battery storage project, for the South Australian energy market.
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The CEFC has congratulated the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW and Amélie Housing on its new program to design, construct, operate and maintain 500 energy efficient homes under the NSW Government Social and Affordable Housing Fund (SAHF).
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Australian councils could reap big gains by upgrading their street lighting, cutting their carbon emissions as well as better managing their energy costs, according to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has announced the latest wave of successful transactions under its large-scale solar financing program, investing $77 million in three new projects in Queensland and Victoria.
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The CEFC has made another landmark $130 million finance commitment to community housing provider SGCH, for the construction of 300 new energy efficient homes in Sydney.
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Landmark energy efficient buildings in the heart of Sydney and Melbourne are the centrepieces of a $100 million investment by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) in the AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund (AWOF), which is aiming to deliver a property portfolio of net zero carbon emission buildings by 2030.
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The CEFC is pleased to share our submission to the Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market - commonly referred to as the Finkel Review.
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CEFC Chair Ms Jillian Broadbent AO discusses CEFC’s role in helping transform Australia’s energy future.
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Innovators seeking as much as $88 million in immediate financing met with investors in Sydney on 28 February, in a new push to accelerate investment into Australia’s emerging innovative clean energy sector.
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The CEFC has confirmed another major new investment in North Queensland, with $54 million in finance for an innovative large-scale solar development that also has the potential to spearhead a new pumped hydro storage project.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is looking to attract mid-tier and large institutional investors to support the next wave of renewable energy projects, with a $75 million cornerstone commitment to a new specialist renewable energy fund managed by Palisade Investment Partners (Palisade).
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will invest $20 million in the Ross River Solar Farm near Townsville, providing an economic boost to the region and accelerating the development of Australia’s biggest solar farm.
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Regional New South Wales will benefit from a $150 million investment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), to accelerate the construction of three major solar projects with a total value of $230 million.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have welcomed the opportunity to work together to accelerate the development of flexible capacity and large-scale storage projects that enable certainty of energy supply and smooth integration of renewable energy sources.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $5 million to an innovative Melbourne-based company aiming to bring smart technology solutions to the energy grid of the future, as part of an $11.5 million Series B capital raising by GreenSync.
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Australia's Clean Energy Innovation Fund is to invest in a Geelong-based company that has developed world-leading technology to tackle one of the most difficult to address sources of carbon emissions - light vehicles.
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Central Queensland’s Barcaldine Solar Farm is marking a significant milestone, having generated and fed its first power into the grid. The achievement highlights the potential and growing maturity of the large-scale solar sector in Australia.
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A new debt finance commitment of up to $120 million from the CEFC is demonstrating the bankability of large-scale renewable energy projects.
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The CEFC has received a new Investment Mandate, which comes into effect on 12 December 2016.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has made a $20 million cornerstone investment in the world’s first university-issued certified climate bond, issued by Monash University.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Investa Office Management (Investa) have joined forces to push the boundaries of energy efficiency in commercial property, reinforced by Investa's market-leading commitment to Science Based Targets.
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New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory have the most supportive policies for the deployment of energy from waste and bioenergy projects, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation has found.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation Annual Report for 2015-16 has been tabled in the Australian Senate, fulfilling an important part of the CEFC's transparency, information sharing and regulatory obligations.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation today announced its founding CEO, Mr Oliver Yates, has advised the Board of his decision to step down. Mr Yates has played a central role in the creation of the CEFC, which is now a major investor in clean energy projects around Australia.
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Australian Universities could embrace clean energy technologies to help offset their rising energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions, a new Market Report from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation has found.
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North Queensland-based economist Tracey Lines has joined the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to help accelerate the development of clean energy investment opportunities in north Queensland.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank have launched a new $100 million Energy Efficient Equipment Finance program for Australian businesses and not-for-profits.
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The CEFC has congratulated the Australian Renewable Energy Agency ARENA on the conclusion of its large-scale solar funding round, which will support the development of an additional 480MW of large-scale solar in Australia.
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Artesian Venture Partners has launched Australia's first Clean Energy Seed Fund, which includes a $10 million cornerstone commitment from the Innovation Fund.
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North Melbourne Football Club’s Arden Street headquarters and a local recreation centre are now powered by solar thanks to an investment by the City of Melbourne drawing on CEFC finance, and the Kangaroos.
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Uniting Financial Services (UFS), has joined the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to drive Australia’s commercial property sector towards a higher-performance future. UFS is the Treasury and Investment Services arm of the Uniting Church in Australia Synod of NSW and the ACT.
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The CEFC committed a record $837 million of new investments to Australian clean energy in the 2015-16 financial year, contributing to investment projects with a total value of $2.2 billion. The CEFC’s investment commitments since its inception in 2013 now total $2.3 billion, contributing to projects with a total value of $6.6 billion.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is financing a property development that will create an exemplar green building in Geelong in Victoria, to serve as the new headquarters for WorkSafe Victoria.
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Australian councils should urgently consider tailored debt finance to improve their energy performance and reduce emissions from old and poorly maintained assets.
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Renewables are set to become ‘the’ power source of the future for regional and remote Australia, with energy consumption set to be transformed by innovations in power generation, new lows in solar pricing and the anticipated rapid price reduction in batteries.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $90 million as a cornerstone investor in Westpac’s first climate bond issuance.
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Westpac and the CEFC are working together to provide Australian businesses with an easier way to take control of their energy costs, using low cost finance to support investment in solar, energy efficient technologies and low emissions vehicles.
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The CEFC has received a new Investment Mandate, which comes into effect on 10 May 2016.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has invested $20 million in the first certified green bond transaction of its type in the Australian market, linked to solar PV and renewable energy assets. The CEFC investment is part of a new securitisation issued by FlexiGroup Limited, which includes a $50 million ‘green’ tranche, which has been certified by the global Climate Bonds Initiative.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Palisade Investment Partners (Palisade) have announced a new strategy aimed at accelerating the development of Australian renewable energy projects valued at $1 billion.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is providing $8 million finance to an innovative Australian company which is successfully commercialising CSIRO research to help drive renewable energy in Australia and overseas.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement today that the organisation will have a greater focus around innovation, through the new $1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund (CEIF).
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A newly-completed solar project near iconic Uluru in Australia’s red centre is proving how on-site renewable energy is cleaner and cheaper than alternative sources of energy for many remote businesses and consumers.
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have welcomed the news that the Moree Solar Farm in Northern New South Wales has successfully achieved first generation.
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The CEFC is lending up to $9.1 million to the University of Melbourne to finance emissions and cost-saving initiatives that will reduce the University’s energy bills, while increasing productivity and sustainability.
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The CEFC expects its new $250 million Community Housing Program to contribute to the construction of as many as 1,000 new energy efficient dwellings Australia-wide, via Australia’s network of Community Housing Providers.
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A new report from the CEFC identifies an immediate opportunity to improve energy efficiency, reduce tenant costs and lift the sustainability of Australia’s cities through low cost community housing.
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The CEFC has congratulated the ARENA on shortlisting 22 large-scale solar projects for potential funding, as both agencies work to accelerate the development of large-scale solar in Australia.
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CEFC Chair, Jillian Broadbent AO responds to the consultation draft of the Investment Mandate which became law on 24 December 2015.
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The CEFC has received a new Investment Mandate that will come into effect 24 December 2015.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing up to $20 million in cornerstone debt finance for a large-scale solar farm near the historic Central Queensland town of Barcaldine.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $67 million as part of a five-year, $276 million senior secured debt financing to what will be Australia’s third largest wind farm, at Ararat in Victoria.
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Energy cost savings of 30 to 50 per cent are possible, and Traralgon businesses are well positioned to achieve them with finance for solar and energy efficiency upgrades.
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PARIS (December 7, 2015) – As world leaders gather to discuss global action on climate change, a group of six green banks and two leading non-profit groups today announced they are establishing a Green Bank Network to help meet the urgent need of increasing and accelerating investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency worldwide.
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Australian councils are being encouraged to invest in clean technologies to reduce their energy bills and lower emissions, via a new $250 million program from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation today welcomed the installation of the first solar PV panels at the DeGrussa Copper Mine in Western Australia. The CEFC has committed up to $15 million in finance towards the innovative $40 million project, which is the largest integrated off-grid solar and battery storage facility in Australia.
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Lower waste and energy costs, energy security in remote areas and reducing dependence on natural gas and diesel are some of the potential benefits for Australian businesses when they embrace bioenergy.
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Australia agribusinesses and small-scale manufacturing companies have invested more than $50 million into energy efficient equipment in just five months, drawing on funding provided by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and delivered through the National Australia Bank (NAB) Energy Efficient Bonus program.
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Cairns businesses heard from local experts on 25 November about how solar and energy efficiency can help them save money and make a big difference to their operations.
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Townsville businesses heard from local experts, on 24 November, about how solar and energy efficiency can help them save money and make a big difference to their operations.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has received strong market interest from more than 40 domestic and international project developers pursuing investment opportunities in the development of Australia’s large-scale solar capacity.
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Australia has the potential to double its bioenergy output over the next five years, developing a new energy source that will lower carbon emissions and provide an important energy from waste option for business and local government.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Eclipx Group (ASX: ECX), one of Australia’s largest independent fleet leasing companies, today announce a $50 million transaction to support the increased uptake of low emissions vehicles.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation Annual Report for 2014-15 has been tabled in the Australian Senate, fulfilling an important part of the organisation’s transparency, information sharing and regulatory obligations.
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The City of Melbourne is undertaking a $30 million program of clean energy initiatives to help it reach its goal of zero net emissions by 2020, using finance from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
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Investment in cleaner technology is the key driver for Australia’s transition to a more competitive economy in a carbon constrained world, with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) helping accelerate that, Chair Jillian Broadbent AO said.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is working to unlock investment opportunities that will accelerate growth and diversity in Australia’s renewable energy sector.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is working to unlock key investment opportunities for Smart Future Cities in transport, clean energy and greener buildings.
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Hunter businesses have new opportunities to boost their performance and lower costs through innovative energy efficient upgrades and solar with finance through the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
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Essential service workers, including school and hospital staff, are set to benefit from a new energy efficient affordable housing project financed by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and SGCH.
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In an Australian-first, not-for-profit community housing provider SGCH and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have reached an agreement to develop environmentally-friendly social and affordable housing projects.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) today announced a $250 million boost to the construction of large-scale solar developments in Australia. When fully deployed, the CEFC financing program will represent the largest lending commitment to the large-scale solar sector in Australia to date.
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At least four, and as many as 10, new large-scale solar farms will be built across Australia with the help of $350 million in new funding initiatives announced today by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
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Australia’s red centre is continuing its growth as the solar centre with the installation of 1.8MW of Solar PV at the award-winning Ayers Rock Resort.
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation CEO Oliver Yates says there is significant potential for regional Australia to benefit from renewable energy and energy efficient technologies, and now is the time for communities to grasp that opportunity.
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates today congratulated renewable energy company Epuron on the commissioning of the expanded Uterne solar plant at Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation expects to see strong growth in New South Wales for renewables, distributed energy and battery storage, and energy efficient technologies.
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates has congratulated Perth-based New Energy Corporation (New Energy) on the achievement of an important project milestone towards deployment of its innovative gasification technology to generate low emissions energy from waste in the Pilbara.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the Commonwealth Bank are helping businesses finance transformational changes that reduce their energy costs and improve productivity, while reducing carbon emissions.
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation CEO Oliver Yates is encouraging small businesses to consider how managing energy costs could transform their operations.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) committed new investments of close to $500m in the past 12 months, taking its total commitments to invest over the two years since inception to more than $1.4 billion. These projects and programs have catalysed a further $2.2 billion in other investment, confirming the CEFC’s role as a leading driver of investment in clean technology infrastructure and energy efficiency projects in Australia.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing up to $15 million in finance towards Australia’s largest solar and battery storage project to date.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) welcomes the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) updated General Funding Strategy and Investment Plan, which includes a $100 million program to support the development of approximately 200MW of large-scale solar in Australia.
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The CEFC was provided with a draft Investment Mandate by its responsible Ministers (the Treasurer the Hon Mr Hockey, and the Finance Minister the Hon Sen Cormann) under correspondence dated 24 June 2015.
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Queensland-based Landfill Gas Industries (LGI), one of Australia’s specialist landfill gas service providers, will expand its waste-to-energy operations with up to $10 million finance from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). The finance will also support the company’s delivery of carbon credits under the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).
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A $50 million asset finance agreement between the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Firstmac, a leading Australian non-bank lender, will help accelerate business and personal adoption of low emissions and electric vehicles, as well as solar and energy efficient equipment.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Origin have joined forces to further the deployment of solar energy in Australia, via a 12-year $100 million CEFC financing commitment.
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The passage of amendments revising the Renewable Energy Target (RET) to 33,000GWh by 2020 opens the way for continued development of renewable energy in Australia. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will continue its work supporting the flow of finance necessary to fund cleaner energy deployment in Australia, in partnership with project developers, co-financiers and other stakeholders.
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation chair Jillian Broadbent AO sees improving energy productivity as a way to improve economic growth in Australia.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing up to $125 million in a $400 million trust which will invest in older office stock to upgrade their energy performance to revitalise and reposition them in the market.
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The landmark Readers Digest building in Sydney’s Surry Hills is expecting to book dramatic energy savings with property improvements financed under a $1.2 million Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA), co-funded by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing $120 million through the National Australia Bank (NAB) for a major new investment program to incentivise Australian businesses to cut their energy and operating costs and lift business performance.
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The CEFC welcomes the release of the Clean Energy Australia Report 2014 by the Clean Energy Council (CEC) and looks forward to increased certainty surrounding the Renewable Energy Target (RET) in order to enable commercially-viable, proven, utility-scale projects to get access to finance more readily.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) congratulated the ANZ Bank’s first green bond issuance, which has proved a resounding success with private sector investors and for which the CEFC provided a cornerstone commitment of up to $75 million.
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Solar is playing an increasingly important role in Australia’s energy mix and Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates says the CEFC is helping accelerate its potential.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is meeting with Darling Downs business and community leaders to explore means of cutting energy costs and unlocking energy productivity gains using finance for energy efficient equipment and renewable energy technologies.
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A major installation at leading Sydney car dealership Col Crawford Lifestyle Cars demonstrates the enormous potential of solar and LED lighting to increase industry productivity and competitiveness.
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Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) today congratulated Hyundai on its progress toward bringing hydrogen-powered passenger cars to Australia.
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The Moree Solar Farm, being developed by Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) and financed by Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), has been named IJ Global’s 2014 Asia Pacific Solar Transaction of the Year.
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The CEFC is meeting with Tasmanian business leaders to explore means of cutting energy costs and unlocking energy productivity gains using finance for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
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Integrated technology innovations are unlocking exciting opportunities for the property sector and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is helping catalyse those opportunities, says its Chairman Jillian Broadbent (AO).
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Australia’s 2.4 million small businesses are being encouraged to take practical steps to reduce their energy bills as a way of improving their competitiveness. Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates said the new Energy Cut initiative provides small businesses with valuable ways to manage energy costs.
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CEFC Chair, Jillian Broadbent has responded to the new Investment Mandate which became law on 5 March 2015, and explains how the CEFC will continue its investments under this Investment Mandate.
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates has met in Darwin with Territory business leaders about opportunities for investment in projects to cut energy costs and boost productivity.
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates has met with Port Hedland and regional business leaders about opportunities for investment in projects to cut energy costs and boost productivity.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is working to catalyse Australia’s growth potential for thermal waste-to-energy technologies, to bring a range of benefits to the broader economy.
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Major supermarket fresh produce supplier Nu Fruit Pty Ltd will install 100 Kw of solar PV at its Wangaratta refrigerated warehouses and cool-rooms using Commonwealth Bank and Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) finance to reduce the energy costs associated with the site.
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Leading apple and pear supplier, Radevski Coolstores in the Goulburn Valley, will boost its operations and cut its overall energy costs by a quarter, by installing solar PV and a state-of-the-art fruit grader financed through Commonwealth Bank and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Energy Efficient Loan (EEL) product.
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Australian businesses are using Commonwealth Bank and Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) finance to accelerate $20 million in energy productivity boosting projects.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is set to provide up to $20 million to global energy solutions provider ET Solar to accelerate the take-up of solar PV in the large commercial sector.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates has congratulated Sundrop Farms Pty Ltd on securing growth capital for its expansion from global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR).
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s Peter Suen has taken out the third prize in the 2014 ModelOff World Championships.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed to provide a cornerstone investment of up to $75 million in the inaugural issue of National Australia Bank’s Climate Bond issuance. This is an Australian first for an Australian dollar denominated and Australian asset linked bond of its kind.
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Bioenergy has the potential to play a significant part in Australia’s renewable energy future, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CIO Ted Dow said. Mr Dow, who addressed the Bioenergy Australia Conference 2014 in Adelaide today, said the CEFC is currently focusing on introducing internationally commercially-proven technologies to the Australian market.
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A Brisbane CBD office block which achieved a five-star NABERS Energy Base Building Rating following CEFC-financed energy efficiency improvements has won the 'Best HVAC and Refrigeration Retrofit or Upgrade’ category at AIRAH’s Awards of Excellence 2014.
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Investment in energy efficiency will boost Australia’s productivity and enhance its competitiveness in international markets, according to Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Chairman Jillian Broadbent AO.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has completed a successful first full year of investing and is developing new financing programs to support Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) projects.
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Australia’s emerging biofuels industry has the potential to be a valuable contributor to the nation’s renewable energy supply, according to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank are helping Bankstown District Sports Club, one of NSW’s largest registered clubs, to make major power savings and invest in efficient solar energy.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is helping increase accessibility to solar energy for businesses, households and regional communities to save on energy costs and to reduce Australia’s carbon emissions.
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The CEFC will finance Bindaree Beef, one of Australia's largest meat processors, for investment in a major on-site waste to energy project, which will halve its power bills, and deliver a significant boost to its competitiveness.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing up to $120 million to finance three new finance programs including leasing and Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) to help expand and deepen the solar PV market in Australia.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing $13 million to finance a major expansion of Epuron's Northern Territory Uterne solar power station located in Alice Springs.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has announced an agreement with the Direct Infrastructure division of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) to establish Australia's first unlisted clean energy direct infrastructure investment platform for institutional investors, the CFS Australian Clean Energy Infrastructure Fund.
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After its first full year in operation, the 2013-14 financial year, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has contracted investments of over $900 million in projects over $3 billion in total value.
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Finance from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) through an Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA) will help improve a 15-storey B-grade commercial office building in Sydney, to reduce its energy use by about 30 per cent.
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Adelaide manufacturers learned how they could slash their energy costs and stay ahead of competition at a Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank-hosted seminar on Thursday, 17 July.
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Shepparton manufacturers learned how to slash their energy costs and stay ahead of competition at a Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank-hosted seminar on Tuesday, 15 July.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (Abolition) Bill 2013 (the Abolition Bill) was again rejected by the Senate on 18 June 2014.
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Warrnambool City Council is set to become the first in Australia to use highly efficient LED technology for a bulk changeover of residential street lighting, using finance from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has agreed it will provide up to $50 million in senior debt finance for development of Western Australian waste-to-gas facilities by New Energy Corporation (New Energy), using world-leading, Australian designed technology.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) congratulates Tumut Shire Council on transforming its administration building and reducing its electricity costs by an impressive 66 per cent.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing up to $100 million of debt finance to Balmain Corporation for deep retrofits to commercial properties that will help reinvigorate Australia’s ageing building stock and improve its energy productivity.
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The CEFC has made a submission to the Joint Select Committee into Northern Australia.
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In its first wave energy investment, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) provided a $20 million five-year loan facility to Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (Carnegie) to help accelerate the final stage of development for its CETO wave power technology.
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CEFC Chair, Jillian Broadbent has addressed the Senate Standing Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry into the Government’s Direct Action Plan
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Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA) finance of up to a joint total of $80 million (with up to $30 million from CEFC) is available through National Australia Bank (NAB), the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Eureka Funds Management for retrofits to improve performance of commercial buildings.
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CEFC and Commonwealth Bank's finance for equipment to increase energy efficiency helps manufacturers and food processing businesses save on their energy costs and boost competiveness.
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The CEFC has made a submission to the Environment and References Committee Inquiry into the Government’s Direct Action Plan.
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CEFC Chair, Jillian Broadbent has addressed the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills.
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The CEFC has made a submission to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills
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Letter from Jillian Broadbent AO, Chair of CEFC Board to the Hon Tony Abbott MHR, Leader of the Opposition concerning application of the caretaker convention to the CEFC.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Sundrop Farms have announced in-principle agreement for CEFC to co-finance a major greenhouse development near Port Augusta, South Australia which will use solar-thermal technology to desalinate seawater to provide irrigation, and to heat and cool the greenhouses.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has reached agreement to provide $60 million of senior debt finance to Moree Solar Farm for the development and construction of a 56MW solar photovoltaic power plant.
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New Forests and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) today announced that they have jointly executed a collaboration agreement to finance new bioenergy and biofuel developments. The new investments could include combined heat and power projects or renewable fuels projects featuring biodiesel or syngas associated with forestry investments in regional Australia.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and National Australia Bank (NAB) are to co-finance an innovative waste-to-energy project at Darling Downs Fresh Eggs, a major Queensland poultry business.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is financing street lighting upgrades which help councils make significant savings on their energy bills and cut carbon emissions.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation and National Australia Bank (NAB), are co-financing solar installations for Australia’s largest beef cattle producer the Australian Agricultural Company Limited (AACo), as part of a broader solar investment strategy.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing $75 million to Energy Developments Limited (EDL) for investment in new projects generating energy from waste coal mine gas and landfill gas as well as remote hybrid renewables projects.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has welcomed ClimateWorks' new major research project, Tracking Australia's Progress towards a Low Carbon Economy.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will highlight the opportunity for Australian business and industry to benefit from investing in renewable and energy efficiency technologies at a Clean Energy Week panel discussion on Wednesday, July 24.
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A study commissioned by the CEFC identifies how a cooperative approach to saving energy could cut billions of dollars from the nation’s electricity bills.
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The CEFC will continue its focus on working with business and the financial sector to deliver its mission of assisting the move to a more competitive clean energy economy.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing $37.5 million in senior debt finance for the construction and operation of the Taralga Wind Farm, 45 km north of Goulburn, NSW.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is investing $50 million as part of the refinancing of Victoria’s $1 billion Macarthur Wind Farm. This is the CEFC’s first transaction in the wind sector.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $50 million to support businesses looking to improve their energy productivity.
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates will give key wind farm industry figures insights into finance opportunities at a Wind Farms 2013 conference in Melbourne on Wednesday, May 29.
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Commercial property owners in Lake Macquarie will discover how they can unlock the potential of their buildings at a luncheon to be hosted on Tuesday, 28 May, in Warners Bay.
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The Chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), Ms Jillian Broadbent AO, welcomes the Australian Government's issue and release of the Investment Mandate for the CEFC which provides the Board with the Government's expectations concerning the Corporation's investment approach and corporate performance benchmarks.
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The Boards of Low Carbon Australian Limited (LCAL) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) are pleased to announce their in-principle agreement on the merger of LCAL's energy efficiency programs, staff, systems and platforms into the CEFC.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Board is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mr Oliver Yates as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the
CEFC. The appointment of Mr Yates is an important milestone for the CEFC as it continues
with its establishment. Mr Yates will commence this role on 26 November 2012.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer and the Minister for Climate
Change and Energy Efficiency announce the appointment of Ms Jillian
Broadbent AO as Chair of an expert review to advise on the design
of the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister and
Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister for Climate Change and Energy
Efficiency Greg Combet announce the Clean Energy Future
package.
