The renewable energy sector is increasingly outperforming nuclear industry, according to a new report. The Greens have suggested Australia should invest more in renewable energy and less in uranium mining, if they wish to compete in the growing global clean energy industry.
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Two cutting edge London companies are moving their headquarters to Sydney, reinforcing the city’s position as a financial hub in the Asia Pacific region and a strategic location for clean energy industries to access international markets.
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A new Australian venture capital fund, OneVentures, has $40 million to offer for cleantech and other science and technology ventures, including life sciences, new media, IT and telecommunications. With $20 million sourced by lead investor and underwriter BBY Limited and private investors, and $20 million from the Federal Government’s Innovation Investment Fund program (IIF), OneVentures [...]
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Clean energy technology will become the world’s third largest industrial sector, with Australia behind most developed nations, according to a report released by environmental organisation WWF. WWF have released Clean Economy, Living Planet – Building Strong Clean Energy Technology Industries to coincide with the United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark. The report represents the [...]
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A trade delegation of 27 companies due to visit Australia later this month is the largest of its kind from the UK in more than a decade, according to UK Trade & Investment. Australia’s economic resilience is proving to be a magnet for British companies, said Richard Morris, director-general of UK Trade & Investment: “British [...]
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Leading Latin American nation, Brazil will soon be a global power and Australian businesses had better take advantage of their rise. The many similarities between Australia and Brazil give exporters the opportunity to explore and build their business in the burgeoning market. Of all the four BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies, Brazil is [...]
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University of Tasmania researcher Professor Michael Negnevitsky has been invited to speak in Russia under Austrade’s Visiting Researcher Program. He will visit fellow researchers and professors from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and St Petersburg State Technical University. Negnevitsky is one of the recognised world leaders in the areas of power system analysis, intelligent system [...]
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Austrade will sponsor the Carbon Market Expo business lounge at its Gold Coast event next month, with representatives available to meet with companies interested in taking their clean development mechanism products and service to South East Asia and India. Garth Taylor, Austrade’s trade commissioner for the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), will be [...]
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China and the UK have entered a series of trade and investment deals worth US$500 million, which will boost environmentally-friendly industries in both countries. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown identified environmentally-friendly industries as a key growth area for the nation and expressed enthusiasm toward developing trade with an emerging growth economy like China. Included in [...]
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US officials yesterday urged China to lower their tariffs on clean energy technology as part of the two countries’ actions to combat climate change. “Both China and the US have much to lose from potentially devastating impacts of climate change, but much to gain by partnering to develop clean energy technologies that will power our [...]
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