The Clean Energy Council has released The Clean Energy Australia Report 2013, a comprehensive overview of Australia's renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors. [ + ]

Australian water utility Trility has been appointed as operator of four water-treatment plants in regional Victoria. Trility will operate the plants for the next 13 years in conjunction with the plants' new owner, investment manager AMP Capital. [ + ]

Researchers from the UTS Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater have developed a new way of desalinating water for irrigation. The process, designed by Dr Hokyong Shon and his colleagues, is called fertiliser-drawn forward osmosis (FDFO). [ + ]

CEDA has released 'The Economics of Climate Change', a report which examines the economic impact of climate change for Australia, explores the responses of other nations and considers what policies will be most effective for Australia to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. [ + ]

MobileMuster, the not-for-profit recycling program of the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, has announced the winners of its 2014 Local Government Recycling Awards. [ + ]

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) was saved yesterday after the Senate, led by the Labor Party and Greens, rejected legislation to abolish the scheme for a second time. [ + ]

NSW Treasurer Andrew Constance has handed down the 2014-15 Budget for NSW. The state government's investment in the water industry has been welcomed by the Australian Water Association (AWA). [ + ]

Australian Sustainability Week will be held for the first time from 15-16 October 2014 in Melbourne, where it will be held every year from now on. [ + ]

The City of Sydney is conducting a trial to explore the potential for light-coloured pavement to reduce temperatures in surrounding areas. [ + ]

Queensland water utility Unitywater has extended its contract with TaKaDu, an integrated water network management company. An initial 12-month trial provided Unitywater with a smart water network monitoring service designed to find hidden leaks and identify service abnormalities. [ + ]

New Zealand's largest microinverter installation has been successfully installed at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The 50 kW rooftop system was installed by What Power Crisis utilising microinverters from Enphase Energy. [ + ]

CSIRO has developed cost-effective technology, called Virtual Curtain, which can treat mining wastewater and reduce sludge by up to 90%. [ + ]

Business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has released the study 'Global Municipal Solid Waste Management Services Market', covering the collection, landfilling, recycling, biological treatment, incineration and re-use segments of the market. [ + ]

Waste Expo is a business-to-business event showcasing the latest technologies, service and solutions across all areas of waste management, recycling and sustainability. The 2014 expo will take place from 15-16 October at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. [ + ]

Yingli Green Energy, the vertically integrated photovoltaic module manufacturer known as Yingli Solar, plans to become the first ever carbon neutral sponsor of the FIFA World Cup. [ + ]