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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

Coalition tries for third time to let renewable energy agency fund technologies using fossil fuels

Angus Taylor
With parliament having risen until after the election, Angus Taylor released a new set of regulations for Arena that will apply unless blocked by the Senate of the next parliament. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Morrison government has launched a third attempt to change the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) to allow it to fund a broader range of technologies, including some using fossil fuels.

The Senate has twice in the past year used a disallowance motion to block new regulations introduced by the energy and emissions reduction minister, Angus Taylor, to expand Arena’s remit to include backing technologies such as hydrogen made with gas and carbon capture and storage (CCS).

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