The ACT – the territory that includes Australia’s capital city Canberra –said the auction will be the biggest step yet towards its ambitious 90% renewableenergy target for 2020.

According to environment minister Simon Corbell, staging the processthis year means the ACT can benefit from the wider uncertainty dogging Australianwind development under the less sympathetic regime of a federal Coalition governmentled by Tony Abbott, which is scrapping or reviewing key policies.

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