Australasia
20 May 2013
Rio Tinto Energy’s CEO has warned that more than 150 major New South Wales energy and infrastructure projects, with combined values totalling tens of billions of dollars, are at risk following a court decision to block the expansion of one of its coal mines.
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15 May 2013
Wasabi Energy, which is listed in Australia and the UK, will today look to raise $3m (£1.98m) through a rights issue.
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14 May 2013
Canadian investor Northleaf Capital Partners and infrastructure specialist Palisade Investment Partners have acquired a majority shareholding in the 111MW Waterloo wind farm in South Australia from EnergyAustralia.
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8 May 2013
More than 113,000 locals have invested in Mighty River Power shares garnering the company NZ$1.7bn ($1.42bn) ahead of its IPO on Friday, set to be the country’s largest.
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7 May 2013
Energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital has invested $75m in a 1GW portfolio of Australian wind power projects currently under development.
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2 May 2013
A number of banks have been asked to prepare pitches by the end of May for two upcoming initial public offerings due to take place in New Zealand by Genesis Energy and Meridian Energy.
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1 May 2013
Toxfree Solutions will buy two Eastern Australian waste management businesses in Queensland and Tasmania for A$85m ($88m).
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1 May 2013
Richard Branson’s Virgin has partnered with sustainable jet fuel specialist SkyNRG to build a ‘bio-port’ at Brisbane Airport in Australia.
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1 May 2013
Wasabi Energy, a clean technology company dual listed in Australia and London, said preparations for a listing of its Asian subsidiary are well underway with it about to hit the fundraising trail.
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30 April 2013
Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has deployed three hub height and full rotor wind speed measurement systems at the 420MW Macarthur Wind Farm in Australia.
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29 April 2013
King Island, in the Australian state of Tasmania, has extended consultation for the A$20bn ($20.6bn) King Island wind farm because local community opinion is still divided.
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17 April 2013
Biofuels technology business Lignol Energy has taken a 40 per cent stake in Territory Biofuels to restart a major plant and glycerine refinery in Darwin, Australia.
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15 April 2013
The 420MW Macarthur wind farm, located in Victoria, Australia, went live on Friday.
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11 April 2013
China’s biggest coal producer, Shenhua Group, has struck a partnership with Hydro Tasmania for an investment of US$1.7bn by the end of the decade to build Australian wind farms.
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3 April 2013
Australian utility Origin Energy is to hold a series of investor meetings ahead of a potential bond offering.
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3 April 2013
New Zealand hydro and geothermal developer Mighty River Power will progress with its initial public offering this week with offer documents expected to be made public on Friday.
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27 March 2013
At least A$200m ($209m) will be invested into early stage Australian companies by three new venture capital funds supported by the government’s Innovation Investment Fund (IIF).
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26 March 2013
Pacific island nations will receive NZ$635m ($530m) in funding from New Zealand and the European Union for the roll-out of a number of renewable energy projects.
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21 March 2013
Australian energy storage company Ecoult has been awarded $480,000 of Australian government funding through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
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21 March 2013
Algae.Tec, an Australian renewable oil-from-algae company, has signed a memorandum of understanding that will see WorleyParsons support the company in the development of its projects in the EU, US, Australia, and Brazil.
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