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Oliver Yates teams with Simon Corbell in Clean Energy Derivates Corp
Yates, Corbell team up to create new renewable energy investment fund that will write contracts and tap into huge pipeline of wind, solar, storage projects.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 16, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Greens’ Rattenbury to replace Corbell as ACT climate minister
Shane Rattenbury to replace Simon Corbell as ACT climate minister, marking second time a Greens member appointed in any Australian ministry.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 31, 2016

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Featured

Canberra power play: How one man’s vision took ACT to 100% renewables
Amid the toxic politics about climate and clean energy in Canberra, Simon Corbell has engineered a plan to take the ACT to 100% renewable energy within four years, laying down a blueprint and a vision that will be followed by other states, if not the federal government.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 14, 2016

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Storage

Eight energy companies win ACT battery storage auction
ACT names 8 winners of $2m funding to roll-out 2MW solar-integrated battery storage across 600+ homes and businesses.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 1, 2016

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Storage

Corbell slams AEMO’s “conservative” view on battery storage
ACT Energy Minister says AEMO’s conservative estimates on battery storage value highlights institutional barriers to low-carbon shift.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 31, 2016

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Renewables

Record low wind energy price in ACT auction, but solar not far behind
ACT achieves new record low price for wind energy in Australia, but the wind projects were challenged by the falling cost of large scale solar.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 23, 2016

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Solar

Installation begins on 500kW solar array for Canberra Hospital
ACT govt-funded installation of 500kW solar array is underway at Canberra Hospital, part of project that will save it $490,000 by 2017-18.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 28, 2016

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Renewables

Attack on renewables fatuous, misleading and ideological
Politicians line up to accuse media and Coalition members of misleading, fatuous and ideological campaign against renewable energy. Industry says it is price to pay for success.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 27, 2016

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Solar

ACT opens solar scheme to low-income households
ACT opens $2m pilot program to provide access to solar rooftop to those households least able to afford it – or high electricity bills.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 20, 2016

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ACT reports 15 bids, “impressive prices” for latest 200MW wind + solar auction
ACT says receives more than 1,000MW of wind and solar proposals and “impressive” prices in latest renewable energy auction.
Giles Parkinson

May 26, 2016

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Policy & Planning

Australia heads back to bottom of barrel on climate, clean energy
Only one minister, the ACT’s Simon Corbell, has had the courage and vision to stand up to incumbent bully-boys and introduce policies and targets that match the climate science. Yet the Coalition and most media continue to peddle nonsense dismissed most cogently by the new chief sloganeer, Malcolm Turnbull.
Giles Parkinson

May 2, 2016

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ACT lifts 2020 target to 100% renewable energy, as Australia stalls
ACT to nearly double size of next wind auction to 200MW, enabling it to reach 100% renewable energy by 2020. ACT minister Simon Corbell says the stagnation in national market caused buy Coalition policies is an opportunity too good to miss.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 29, 2016

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