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‘True energy impact’: Di Pilla defies gloom, appoints Gillard to $2b fund

Ben Potter
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David Di Pilla’s HMC Capital will defy a gloomy market outlook around the stalled shift away from fossil fuels and will target superannuation investors as it attempts to build a $2 billion fund centred on the transition to clean energy.

The former UBS investment banker has appointed former prime minister Julia Gillard to chair the new vehicle, known as HMC’s Energy Transition Fund, which is targeting a 15-gigawatt portfolio of wind and solar energy generation, battery storage, biofuels and emerging technologies over the medium term.

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Ben Potter writes on energy, climate change and innovation, and has been Washington correspondent, opinion editor and companies editor. Connect with Ben on Twitter. Email Ben at bpotter@afr.com

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