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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adam Morton and Katharine Murphy

Coalition changes allowing renewable energy agency to fund fossil fuel projects to be scrapped

Solar panels at a solar farm on the northern outskirts of Canberra with a tree-covered hill in the background
The Coalition made last-minute changes before calling the May election to allow the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to fund a broader range of technology. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Albanese government will scrap changes to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency introduced in the dying days of the Morrison government that would have allowed it to fund some fossil fuel developments.

The climate change minister, Chris Bowen, will release a new set of regulations on Friday that he said would ensure Arena was focused on funding renewable energy and technology that supported it.

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