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Government pushes for First Nations ownership in renewable projects

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... initiative to help First Nations communities benefit from Australia's clean energy future. Under the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS), a new pilot will support First Nations communities to co-own renewable energy projects and to share in the income ...

Institutional appetite outstrips climate investment opportunities: IGCC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... investor practice Duncan Paterson said. The report noted a faltering in the momentum of government's Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) which underwrites revenue for renewable energy generation and clean dispatchable storage projects. "Coupled with structural ...

Investments for solar, wind projects 'sporadic' in 2025: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... 2030, and the government's backing on this front continues to be "strong", displayed by the national Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) and a range of state-based programs currently underway for new developments. "The CIS will be the key driver for new ...

Supercharging investment in the green transition: Australia's year in review

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... the statement described. Funding for these initiatives relied on a range of agencies, including the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) which saw four tenders worth of 6.6 gigawatts of generation and 18.4 gigawatt hours of dispatchable capacity. The next ...

CEFC backs South Australian wind farm

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... first large-scale wind farm in the National Electricity Market (NEM) to secure financing through a Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) agreement. It is also the first to reach the notice to proceed stage in 2025. CEFC head of wind investment Joe Harber ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... for market-based incentives in the electricity sector to replace the Renewable Energy Target and the Capacity Investment Scheme, neither of which will support new investment in renewables after 2030. The report also recommended broadening and improving ...

Capacity Investment Scheme supercharged for energy transition

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced a 25% expansion of the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS), raising the new capacity target to 40 gigawatts (GW). Addressing the Investor Group on Climate Change at Parliament House on Tuesday ...

Clean Energy Council chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... on the top job. His work has helped establish industry policies such as the Renewable Energy Target, Capacity Investment Scheme, Connection Reform Initiative and Hydrogen Headstart program. He most recently initiated and led the industry's latest information ...

Net zero, energy transition key election items: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Resource Rent Tax. Today, about 40% of all electricity is generated by renewables and the government's Capacity Investment Scheme was to see this rise to 82% by 2030. Grattan said this will only happen if the transition goes smoothly, which means coordination ...

Energy market not fit for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... significant gap in renewable capacity - 12-18GW by 2040 and 15-23GW by 2050. Public initiatives like the Capacity Investment Scheme and Renewable Energy Zones are not enough, both argue. CEIG calls on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment ...
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