National Australia Bank (NAB) will be the major conference sponsor for Australia’s largest clean energy industry event, Clean Energy Week 2014.
“This major conference partnership between NAB and Clean Energy Week demonstrates NAB’s leadership and forward-thinking strategy for Australia’s future economic development,: said Clean Energy Council Deputy Chief Executive Kane Thornton.
“At a time when energy is at the crossroads and Australia’s Renewable Energy Target is under review, it’s great to see a major player in the finance sector like NAB recognise the importance of the $18 billion clean energy industry both now and in the future.”
NAB’s involvement in Australia’s clean energy future goes well beyond the sponsorship of this event. According to NAB Executive General Manager of Specialised Finance, Swati Dave, it is also the leading arranger of project finance to Australia’s renewable energy sector by market share; having arranged more than $1.8 billion of finance in the past eight years.
“At NAB we recognise the importance of the environment and the role it plays in our long-term sustainability, and the wellbeing and prosperity of our economy and communities,” she said.
National Australian Bank was the first bank to provide finance for a large scale solar project in Australia; the 20MW Royalla solar farm near Canberra.
Clean Energy Week 2014 will be held across two venues and incorporate ATRAA (Australia’s largest solar event), a major trade exhibition and two awards programs.
The Trade Show will be staged across 10,000 square meters of floor space and more than 100 companies from the renewable energy and energy efficiency industry will have a presence.
Clean Energy Week 2014 includes conference sessions focusing on wind power, large-scale solar, energy efficiency, off-grid, geothermal, bioenergy, marine power and cogeneration/trigeneration.
The event will be held in Sydney from 22 to 25 July 2014. Further details can be viewed at CleanEnergyWeek.com.au
