Solar edges out coal in historic event
Published 2022
“Coal is king” or so the saying goes, but for a brief period of time on one Australian afternoon in mid-August, solar was supreme.World-first ‘solar hydro’ power plant addresses need for longer duration energy storage
Published 2021
ARENA announced $15 million in funding to RayGen to construct its first of a kind ‘solar hydro’ power plant.Prestigious award for Australian Solar Mapping Tools
Published 2015
The Australian PV Institute (APVI) has been awarded the national ENERGY GLOBE Australia Award for its suite of live generated solar photovoltaic (PV) maps and tools. ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht congratulated the APVI on the significant win and for its ongoing efforts to improve the mapping resour…
Report: Monolithic Perovskite – Silicon Tandem Cells: Towards Commercial Reality Project Results and Lessons Learnt
Published 2019
This report discusses the project results and lessons learnt to date for the ANU Project, Monolithic Perovskite Silicon Tandem Cells - Towards Commercial Reality.-
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Solar Insights update
Published 2017
Driving down the cost of new renewable energy is a big part of why ARENA exists – hence, the importance of understanding the cost components of applications to our recent large-scale solar funding round.Media Release: Scaling up concentrated solar PV technology in Victoria
Published 2017
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $4.8 million in support for Victorian company RayGen to continue commercialisation of RayGen’s solar power system PV Ultra, including construction of a 0.5MW concentrated solar PV demonstration project of the Australian developed technology.-
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Submission: ARENA Submission to the Economics and Industry Standing Committee Inquiry into microgrids in Western Australia
Published 2018
This submission seeks to provide the Committee with information and insights attained through ARENA’s ongoing portfolio of investments. The submission focuses on the potential for microgrids and associated technologies to contribute to the provision of affordable, secure, reliable and sustainable energy supply, in both metropolitan and regional WA.-
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Mapping Australian solar power
Published 2014
The Australian Photovoltaic Institute has developed a live solar PV map with $270,000 funding from ARENA. The map tracks the contribution of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Australia’s energy mix and provides a guide to the location and capacity of PV installations across the country. Live s…
Australia’s first commercial diesel displacement solar plant starts operation
Published 2015
Groundbreaking solar photovoltaic project supplies renewable energy to remote mining operation. BRISBANE, Australia, 29 September 2015 – First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), Rio Tinto and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced Australia’s first commercial diesel displace…
Australia’s red hot solar future. Where is this fast-growing industry headed?
Published 2017
Australia's high rates of concentrated solar energy mean only good things for the country's growing solar power industry,.Report: A Robotic Vision System for Rapid Inspection and Evaluation of Solar Plant Infrastructure
Published 2020
This project investigated the feasibility of automated collection and analysis of visual data for predictive inspection and evaluation of the condition of concentrating solar power (CSP) and solar photovoltaic (PV) plants.-
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First cab off the rank: First of 12 large scale solar farms completed in Emu Downs, Western Australia
Published 2018
In a landmark achievement, ARENA announced Emu Downs is the first of its 12 large scale solar farms funded under its $92 million round to be completed.$20 million to promote excellence in solar research
Published 2015
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency today opened the first round of a research and development (R&D) program dedicated to advancing renewable energy knowledge and expertise in Australia. ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said the first round of the R&D program would provide up to $20 million…
Valuable collaboration advancing solar thermal industry
Published 2015
The Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI) has held a symposium as part of its ongoing efforts to advance the concentrating solar thermal industry in Australia.Media Release: Final panel installed in Southern Hemisphere’s largest solar PV plant
Published 2017
The final solar panel has been installed at the Southern Hemisphere’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Nyngan, New South Wales, paving the way for more utility scale solar plants to be built in Australia.-
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World-leading solar technology, born in Melbourne? That’s ultra-cool.
Published 2017
Melbourne company RayGen is attracting plenty of attention with its world-leading concentrated solar renewable energy technology. ARENA is proud to support.RayGen aim to making dispatchable solar a reality
Published 2023
Some might say it’s a solar unicorn. RayGen’s unique power plant promises to generate dispatchable electricity even when the sun is not shining.The Generator Operations Series: Forecasts vs Actuals from the LSS Projects
Published 2022
The fourth report in the Generator Operations series shares insights into the projects funded under ARENA's Large-scale Solar PV Competitive Round.