Sydney – Wednesday 5 June 2019. To coincide with the United Nations’ World Environment Day, the Sydney Opera House announced a number of sustainability achievements and projects, including the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for renewable energy. The …
BRC-A Founding Member Flow Power announces $14m customer savings
Read here the AFR article by Angela MacDonald-Smith. Flow Power’s Managing Director, Matthew van der Linden, announces that the power retailer’s customers have saved $14 million since the start of 2018. The article discusses the fiscal benefits delivered to its …
Media release: BRC-A launches new portal with over 7,000 MW of projects!
Yesterday the Business Renewables Centre – Australia (BRC-A) launched a new online platform to its 100+ registered members, building on the success of WWF’s Renewable Energy Buyers Forum, as well as the growth in corporate renewable Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) …
Overwhelming support for the founding of the Business Renewables Centre-Australia
Friday 14 December Since its launch nearly 2 months ago, over sixty organisations, including councils, project developers and some of Australia’s best known and biggest companies, have joined the Business Renewables Centre-Australia as founding members. These include: Aldi, ANZ, ARUP, …
BRC-A Appoints Inaugural Technical Advisory Panel
Part of BRCA’s role is to bring Tools, Guides and Primers from the US Business Renewables Centre to Australia, and ensure they meet the needs of Australian buyers and project developers. These have been very successful and valuable in the …
How a solar PPA is a win for the environment – and the UTS bottom line
By Patrick Woods UTS recently announced that we have entered a 12-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the 32 MW Walgett Solar Farm, to be developed by Epuron, kick-starting a brand new solar energy project in regional NSW. This is …
New Guide to Corporate PPAs
Last night WWF Australia launched the NSW Guide to Corporate Power Purchase Agreements: Helping energy buyers to make the most of the growing renewable energy opportunity – prepared by Energetics and Norton Rose Fulbright, in partnership with WWF’s Renewable Energy Buyers Forum, …
Technical Advisory Panel Expression of Interest
We are establishing a Technical Advisory Panel to assist us with the development of Tools, Primers and Guides. This will include review and input into work we do. The terms of reference for the panel can be downloaded – BRC Advisory …
Australia’s renewables boom: will Corporate PPAs be the next wave?
We are going through a boom in investment and construction of renewables in Australia at the moment driven by: the retirement announcement of one of Australia’s largest coal power stations, Victoria’s Hazelwood Power Station, in October 2016. the need for …