News & insights

7 May 2020

No stopping the world’s largest cleantech competition in the days of COVID-19

The world's largest green business ideas competition, ClimateLaunchpad, is marching on, and its 2020 edition will take place in 70 countries online, including Australia.

24 Apr 2020

The appetite for PPAs in light of COVID19

On Wednesday 8th April 2020 the Business Renewables Centre Australia (BRC-A) hosted their first instalment of its 2020 webinar series Buying Power. More than 170 renewable energy buyers, project developers and professional service providers tuned in to hear expert insights on Australian corporate renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) market activity amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

9 Apr 2020

Beyond the crisis: Building back better

In managing this new emergency, we have not lost sight of the emergency that is climate change.  How we rebuild after this crisis has the potential to be a great risk, or an enormous opportunity. While the temptation may be to restore things as close as possible to ‘as they were’ before this crisis, the stimulus required to rebuild the economy has the potential to catalyse transformational change and set Australia on a path towards a healthier, more resilient, more inclusive economy and society. 

17 Feb 2020

Why the slowdown in corporate PPAs?

This article was originally published in ecogeneration. To read the original, please click here. All of the bumps and hiccups that accompany the integration of large amounts of renewable energy

29 Jan 2020

Tackling Adelaide’s urban heat by cooling roads

MEDIA RELEASE An innovative way to tackle urban heat is underway in Adelaide’s Central Market District which has the potential to make our city a more attractive place to work

17 Dec 2019

Climate-KIC Australia Annual Report 2018-19 Launched

Dear Climate-KIC Community, As I head off for my annual break, I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on the year that has been, give thanks to you for

19 Nov 2019

70 Australian organisations make the switch to renewable energy

Seventy leading Australian organisations have made the switch to renewable energy in the past two years and procured nearly 2.3 GW of electricity – enough to power about 1.3 million

25 Sep 2019

Ready to take action on climate change?

Climathon 2019 now open for registration

Climate-KIC Australia, is thrilled to invite participants to register for the 2019 Climathon in Sydney! Now more than ever, we need innovative, grassroots action

16 Sep 2019

Catalysing Climate Action – Our strategy for 2019-2022

Our new strategy, "Catalysing Climate Action", will guide our organisation through to 2022, and renew our mission to inspire and enable climate action by being a catalyst for systemic change, through innovation.   

3 Sep 2019

Catalysing Climate Action – Our strategy for 2019-2022

We are delighted to present Climate–KIC Australia’s new strategic plan “Catalysing Climate Action”.   This strategy for growth will guide our organisation through to 2022, and 

9 Aug 2019

Unlocking value and realising opportunity through corporate PPAs

It is by no means controversial to suggest that corporate buyers can benefit from entering into a renewable Power Purchase Agreement. Jon Dee (RE100), a frequent collaborating partner with the

26 Jul 2019

Charity doesn’t scale. Business scales.

This article first appeared on the ClimateLaunchpad global site. To read the original, click here.
An interview with Hans Westerhof, ClimateLaunchpad Trainer and Project Lead.
Hans Westerhof has been part