Our Strategic Priorities
We support the companies and institutions that are building our future energy system.
Our strategic priorities are focused on strengthening key areas that will help create a smooth transition to renewable energy. These are listed below and included in the latest Corporate Plan and General Funding Strategy.
Priority 1. Optimise the transition to renewable electricity
We are helping Australia move towards a lower-cost, largely renewable electricity system, both on and off the grid, that is able to meet significantly higher domestic and export demand.
Read more about our renewable electricity priorities.
Apply for funding through the Advancing Renewables Program.
Funding may also be available through the targeted Government programs listed under Funding Opportunities.
Priority 2. Commercialise renewable hydrogen
We are supporting industry to find innovative solutions that can help Australia establish a viable clean hydrogen industry and realise our potential as a significant exporter of clean energy.
This will require innovation across the full hydrogen value chain including cheap, firmed renewable electricity, a step change in electrolyser technology, as well as rapid proving and scaling of hydrogen use cases.
Read more about our commercialised renewable hydrogen priorities and our hydrogen project requirements.
Apply for funding through the Advancing Renewables Program.
Funding may also be available through the targeted Government programs listed under Funding Opportunities.
Priority 3. Support the transition to low emissions metals
We will help Australian industry to reduce emissions by investing in innovative and replicable technologies, processes and commercial models that have the potential to lower emissions.
Apply for funding through the Advancing Renewables Program.
Funding may also be available through the targeted Government programs listed under Funding Opportunities.
Read more about our transition to low emissions metals priorities.
Priority 4. Decarbonise transport
We plan to support innovation that will accelerate the decarbonisation of land transport in Australia, with the goal of reaching net zero emissions in this sector by 2050.
Read more about our decarbonising transport priorities.
Apply for funding through the Driving the Nation Program.
Deliver the targeted programs in the 2020-21 Federal Budget
In addition to delivering the above strategic priorities, we are also recognised for our expertise in providing grant funding on behalf of the Australian Government to improve the competitiveness and supply of renewable energy in Australia. As part of the 2020-2021 Federal Budget, the Government provided ARENA with $193 million to deliver the following targeted programs:
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ARENAWIRE Blogs
Dispatch from Dubai: Experts weigh in on the role of innovation
“We’ve got to unlock our renewable energy force. It’s a beast we can awaken.”
Dispatch from Dubai: why Anna Freeman is ‘going home with a sense of urgency’ after COP28
ARENA met with Anna Freeman, Director of Decarbonisation Policy for the Clean Energy Council (CEC) at the Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park, the biggest solar farm in the world, to discuss her agenda after COP28, the key role electrification plays in Australia’s renewables story and gender equality.
Solar and wind power ahead
Solar and wind generation exceed household demand in Australia as transition gathers pace.
