AGL said the Power Australian Renewables Fund expects to support up to A$3bn ($2.13bn) of projects.

The utility will seed the fund with the 155MW from its solar projects at Nyngan and Broken Hill.

AGL will also take an equity stake worth about A$200m in the fund, with invitations to “a small number of partners” and a “broad mix of banks and funds” contributing debt.

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