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Victorian government to throws legal lifeline to renewable sector

THE Victorian state government plans to introduce legislation to fast-track grid-scale batteries and transmission upgrades as investor confidence in the renewables sector bottoms out due to poor grid connections, high investment risk and lack of federal policy.

Mark Tilly

Grid constraints, lack of policy spoiling investor appetite

Victorian energy minister Lily D'Ambrosio said yesterday the government would make amendments to unlock renewable projects and improve the reliability of its energy supply, overriding what it described...

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