Countdown to climate change vote begins
http://www.climatechange.gov.au/minister/combet/media/mr15072009.html
SNIPPET: Department of Climate Change. Today starts Australia's countdown to the vote on climate change. The simple fact is the Coalition does not have a clear position on climate change and they are preventing the Government from taking action.'.

Environment and water to Hong Kong
http://www.austrade.gov.au/default.aspx?ArticleID=3847
Hong Kong Business Environment Council. Hong Kong SAR Government.

World's best environmental practice for new mine - media release 14 July 2009
Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/mr20090714b.html
Highlighting the Australian Government's commitment to world best practice environmental standards, a uranium mine in South Australia has been approved subject to strict approval conditions which will ensure no credible risk to the environment. The Government is committed to world best practice environmental standards in uranium mining and in protecting the environment for the benefit of future generations, Minister Garrett said.

New policy statement for wind farm industry - media release 14 July 2009
Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/mr20090714a.html
Mr Garrett said the Wind Farm Industry Policy Statement will help wind farm operators decide whether to refer wind farm proposals for assessment and approval under national environment law. This policy statement is the first of two key documents that will help assess wind farm developments through improved guidance and consistent advice.

Green Precincts funding for high-profile Victorian projects - media release 14 July 2009
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/mr20090714.html
Two Victorian Green Precincts projects demonstrating innovative water and energy-saving initiatives will share in more than $2.5 million in Rudd Government funding through the Green Precincts program. The Doncaster Hill Green Civic Precinct and CERES Zero Emissions by 2012 projects are funded from the Rudd Government's Green Precincts Fund , an initiative to prepare Australia for a future with less water and to encourage local communities to better manage their water and energy use.

NZ consults on 2020 target; energy efficiency agreement out; SA wind power; more
* New Zealand consults on 2020 target * Governments back national forum on local-level power generation * Growth in SA wind power must be backed by network investment, report says * Green Building Council releases new rating tool * Gore set to fly in for regional summit * Oxfam climate change report warns of food shortages » read the full story »

Victoria the worst state for wind farm approvals, inquiry told
Victoria is the ‘most difficult’ state for wind farm developers seeking project approval and it can cost a developer half a million dollars to obtain a preliminary grid connection offer, says a Clean Energy Council submission to a parliamentary inquiry. » read the full story »

Green thumbs up for wind farm
http://www.premiers.nsw.gov.au/Newsroom/Articles/2009_Articles/090603_Green_thumbs_up_for_wind_farm.html
The NSW Government has approved the first stage of the biggest wind farmin Australia creating more than 800 jobs...read mor

Australian Government Media Releases

Solar hot water rebate Rheem's United Nations contract solar hot water industry renewable energy Mt Barker windfarm Christmas Island Roe Highway Stage 8 Solar Credits - transcript 22 April 2009
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
URL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/tr20090422.html
SNIPPET: It is also I think a tremendous vindication of the work that has been done by Solahart as a part of this enterprise here given that they have now received a significant contract - a $7 million contract from the United Nations - for solar hot water systems to go into these housing packages that get located in different parts of the world. Look, the second thing I want to say is that we are very clear that we have the right policy settings in place to see an increase in solar hot water around this country, that we recognise that a healthy manufacturing industry is absolutely essential to sustainable economic growth and that we now have 11,000 applications for the solar hot water rebate - a very strong and positive signal that Australian's are embracing this technology and taking up the Government's policy announcements with great gusto.

$4.2m for new WA wind farm
Minister for Environment, Heritage and The Arts - Media Statement - 22-04-2009

AGL Energy to build $341 million South Aust windfarm

1/04/2009 - AGL Energy Ltd has announced it will build the $341 million Hallett 4 windfarm in South Australia.

$1.9 billion for new wind farms

Trade Minister Simon Crean today welcomed the announcement by Spanish firm Union Fenosa to invest A$1.9 billion in a portfolio of seven Australian wind farms.

The Spanish company has demonstrated a strong commitment to Australia's renewable energy market and the investment will create 225 jobs in the initial construction phase plus 40 operational positions.

A "wind" of change is blowing through electricity market

20/11/2008 - A revolution is taking place in Australia's electricity market - and wind is driving it.

Coal provides the bulk of the nation's electricity, but research released Wednesday points to a massive surge in power from wind and natural gas.

The government's economic research agency - ABARE - has for the first time mapped out all energy projects which are in the pipeline.

Renewable energy for Cape Barren

An Indigenous community on remote Cape Barren Island will soon be able to use the sun and Bass Strait wind to generate much of its electricity.

Ministers for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, today announced the funding to benefit the 30 residences on the Island which is around 50 kilometres from the north-east tip of the Tasmanian mainland.

Carbon Trust leads industry collaboration to slash costs of offshore wind

Five major international energy companies join forces with the Carbon Trust in a £30 million initiative to reduce the cost of energy from offshore wind by 10% or more

US green tax credit uncertainty hitting wind investment

By BusinessGreen.com Staff on News

BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen, Tuesday 12 August 2008 at 13:42:00

Figures show growth in installed capacity slowed during the second quarter as fears over the future of tax breaks take effect

As widely anticipated the US has toppled Germany as the world's largest producer of wind energy, but celebrations from the country's wind industry were muted after new data suggested concerns that renewable...