Michael Robinson

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The Billion-Dollar Opportunity: Financing the Circular Transition

At Smart Energy Conference 2026 last week, Cyan Ventures' Michael Robinson delivered a keynote on the financing challenge sitting underneath Australia's circular materials transition. The argument was straightforward. Australia is investing hundreds of billions in renewable infrastructure. Most of the materials value…

Michael RobinsonMay 8, 2026

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Cheaper Home Batteries Program: Lessons Learnt and Opportunities for 2.0

At Climate Action Week, Cyan Ventures and Energy Consumers Australia convened a panel on the Cheaper Home Batteries programme to unpack what has become one of Australia's largest and fastest-moving energy subsidies and where it needs to go next. The panel, moderated…

Shaun Chau, Michael RobinsonMarch 12, 2026

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Australia’s untapped energy opportunity: Virtual Power Plants

Australia is sitting on a multi-billion-dollar clean energy asset, and barely using it. Not some future mega-project. Not more poles and wires. The tech is already on roofs and in garages – it’s the home solar and batteries that we should be…

Michael Robinson, Shaun ChauDecember 3, 2025

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The economy needs nature – and we can prove it

Australia is a continent of natural wonders, from the world-famous Great Barrier Reef, teeming with marine life, to lush forests that shelter unique species found nowhere else on Earth. Today, these wonders are under unprecedented threats. The State of the Environment 2021…

Mai Nguyen, Michael Robinson, Shaun Chau, Aidan Farmer, Dr. Fraser ThompsonSeptember 2, 2025

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Unlocking Australia’s Battery Recycling Opportunity

Unlocking Australia’s Battery Recycling Opportunity At the Australian Battery Manufacturing & Recycling Summit, Michael Robinson had the opportunity to share why battery end-of-life systems are no longer a future challenge — they’re a present-day imperative, and one of Australia’s most urgent and…

Michael RobinsonJuly 18, 2025

The Billion-Dollar Opportunity: Financing the Circular Transition

Cheaper Home Batteries Program: Lessons Learnt and Opportunities for 2.0

Australia’s untapped energy opportunity: Virtual Power Plants

The economy needs nature – and we can prove it

Unlocking Australia’s Battery Recycling Opportunity

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