The Clean Energy Finance Corporation and Palisade Investment Partners have announced a $1 billion strategy aimed at accelerating the development of Australian renewable energy projects. [ + ]

Armstrong Energy has made an $11 million commitment to University of Sydney spin-off company Gelion. The arrangement will see the solar energy company invest in the start-up's ambitious plan to make commercially viable, nanostructured, gel-based batteries. [ + ]

Victorians who have shown leadership in sustainability and a commitment to improving the environment are encouraged to enter the 2016 Premier's Sustainability Awards. [ + ]

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced nine research and development (R&D) projects to be supported through its latest Industry-researcher collaboration R&D funding round. [ + ]

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is providing $8 million finance to an Australian wind energy development company called Windlab. The company is commercialising atmospheric modelling and wind prospecting and assessment technology originally developed at CSIRO. [ + ]

Agricultural emissions are set to rise substantially in the next two decades, especially in developing countries. However, authors of a research study published in the UK have projected that there is significant potential for the agricultural sector to provide relatively low-cost opportunities for reducing GHG emissions by 2030. [ + ]

Duke University researchers have led a study demonstrating that the level of oxygen in a coal ash disposal site can greatly affect how much toxic selenium and arsenic can be leached from the system. [ + ]

Laing O'Rourke's moveable solar-diesel power plant with advanced control systems has been successfully piloted and will be commercialised through the newly formed SunSHIFT Pty Ltd. [ + ]

Energex is conducting a Battery Energy Storage Systems trial as part of a long-term strategy to manage demand on the network based on customers' ever-changing usage habits. [ + ]

French utility company SUEZ has entered into an agreement to acquire Perthwaste, a waste management service provider in WA, for $87 million. [ + ]

Australian biotechnology company BioGill has been announced as a Top 100 Environmental Technology in the Chinese Government's 3iPET program to address air, soil and water pollution. [ + ]

Singaporean construction companies now have access to A*STAR's Silt Imagery Detection System, which enables them to monitor earth control measures in a manpower-efficient manner. [ + ]

Energy monitoring company Fronius is bringing its energy-efficiency solutions to Intersolar Europe — a conference and exhibition being held in Munich from 21–24 June. [ + ]

Origin Energy will purchase all electricity and large-scale generation certificates (LGCs) generated by Moree Solar Farm for the next 15 years. [ + ]

Some NSW councils are about to amalgamate. As a result, the councils affected will have to plan for eventual integration of their residential and commercial waste services. [ + ]