Australian Renewable Energy Agency
Our purpose is to accelerate Australia’s shift to affordable and reliable renewable energy.
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We fund projects that can help accelerate renewable energy in Australia.
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Explore Projects
Our projects span from early stage research in the lab, to demonstration projects in the field.
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Gain Knowledge
Our Knowledge Bank provides information and insights into the renewable energy industry.
Our projects
MSM Milling biomass fuel switch project
The MSM Milling Biomass Fuel Switch Project involves replacing current LPG fuelled boilers with a 5MW biomass fuelled boiler using locally sourced timber residue as a fuel source.
Business Renewables Centre Australia
This project will establish the first Business Renewables Centre in Australia (BRC-A) – an online resource centre and marketplace platform.
ATCO Hydrogen Microgrid
Australia’s gas distribution network will play a key role in bringing natural gas, ‘clean’ gas, including hydrogen, to customers.
Knowledge and Innovation
Our role is to connect investment, knowledge and people to deliver energy innovation. Since 2012, we have been a major player in building the foundation of the renewable energy ecosystem in Australia.
Our Knowledge Bank is a open-source library of reports, studies and tools that provide guidance and learning to benefit future renewable energy projects.
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Newsletter: ARENA Insights Edition #8
This edition is dedicated to sharing knowledge and insights directly to industry.
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Report: Corporation shift to renewables
An interview with members of the Business Renewables Centre Australia: The University of Western Australia and Frasers Property.
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Report: Lessons from the fringes
This paper examines insights from Australian fringe-of-grid projects to broaden and deepen Australia’s understanding of fringe-of grid systems.Download this (PDF 1MB)
A-Lab is our innovation lab. Through this we aim to create cross-sector partnerships and world-first projects to transition Australia to clean energy.
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Report: A-Lab Impact Report
ARENA’s A-Lab continued to hit goals and bring innovative thinking to the energy sector in 2018. Download this (PDF 2.7MB) -
Video: ARENA A-Lab Events
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The Distributed Energy Integration Program (DEIP) is a collaboration of government agencies, market authorities, industry and consumer associations aimed at maximising the value of customers’ distributed energy resources (DER) for all energy users.
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Blog: ARENA’s ‘DEIP’ Dive into distributed energy
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Video: What are distributed energy resources?
The growth of Distributed Energy Resources (DER), such as rooftop solar, batteries, demand response and electric vehicles has the potential to support a reliable, affordable and lower-emissions electricity grid.Visit link
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Media release: DEIP initiative announced
Read moreARENA has announced a major new initiative that will see the whole-of-the-energy industry working together to harness the potential of consumer owned energy.