The sale process for a stake in a wind and solar project in Central Queensland could serve as a litmus test for clean energy funding.
Kate Burgess
Climate, energy and resources correspondent
Kate has spent two decades as a financial journalist in print and online media in Australia, the UK and Asia. Her reporting career began on property trade titles, then BRW and the Australian Financial Review, followed by a stint in London with ICIS and as the founding Asia-Pacific editor of the Inframation news service, owned by Mergermarket.
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ASX-listed EV play Novonix will not need to raise capital until it expands its US manufacturing plant to 20,000 tonnes per annum, which it has not yet committed to.
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Former P&G exec Steve Meller has commercialised asparagopsis, a red seaweed proven to cut cattle methane emissions. His firm, CH4 Global, now plans global exports.
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Following backlash over a failed demerger, a board shakeup and new leadership, AGL Energy is now regaining investor confidence.
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