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Capacity Investment Scheme now open for business: will it solve the capacity conundrum?
Insight 26 Mar 2024

The first standalone Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender round is now well underway, with Stage A 'Project bids' submitted in February. While we wait to see the final form clean dispatchable CISA and to hear the results of the tender round, we consider the current state of play. ...

Safety in numbers: renewables portfolio financing in the Australian market
Insight 18 Mar 2024

In this Insight, we've set out some of the key points for consideration by sponsors and lenders when contemplating the financing of a renewables portfolio. ...

National Electricity and Gas rules update: February 2024
Insight 15 Mar 2024

In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the month of February, as well as take a closer look at AEMO's rule change request in relation to integrating consumer energy resources into the NEM. ...

Safeguard Mechanism 2.0: emitters face first 2024 carbon compliance milestone
Insight 07 Mar 2024

Existing emitters under the Safeguard Mechanism will face their first major compliance milestone. In this Insight, we outline the key components of the emissions-intensity determination and explain what compliance entities for existing facilities need to be considering now. ...

Giving new meaning to 'going off grid': can alternatives to utility scale generation solve the energy transition?
Insight 26 Feb 2024

Challenges facing the energy transition present opportunities for consumers and investors. Can alternatives to utility scale generation solve the energy transition? ...

Opportunities for private capital to increase renewables investment, despite the transmission logjam
Insight 22 Feb 2024

Amid fears that Australia's ambitious grid buildout is falling behind schedule, how are investors continuing to deploy capital in renewables projects? ...

National Electricity and Gas rules update: December 2023 and January 2024
Insight 20 Feb 2024

In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the months of December and January, as well as take a closer look at the AEMC's review of the electricity compensation frameworks in the NER. ...

New year review: contract resets in the infrastructure sector
Insight 30 Jan 2024

A new year often brings with it an opportunity to review, reflect and….reset? The infrastructure sector has been subject to significant and unpredictable pressures in the last five years which has meant that contracts that were once fit for purpose are no longer responding to risks appropriately. ...

What is the future for natural gas in Australia?
Insight 22 Jan 2024

In this Insight, we explore the two possible pathways for the natural gas sector—a fast transition away from natural gas as a source of fuel, or longer-term use of natural gas as a transition fuel in the journey towards net zero — and the related implications for Australia. ...

Allens advises on Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone project financing
News 21 Dec 2023

The first-of-its-kind transaction sees the ACEREZ consortium become the preferred network operator to seek approval to construct and operate the Central-West Orana REZ, which will enable generators ...

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