Australia’s most renewable suburbs
Published 2017
Which are Australia's most renewable suburbs? As a nation we are wild for the power of the sun. Australia boasts 1.7 million homes with solar panels.Residential rooftop solar with battery storage a step closer
Published 2015
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced $3.3 million funding for Synergy to trial a combination of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) with battery storage at a new housing development in Alkimos Beach, north of Perth in Western Australia. ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said the mod…
WA’s first co-located solar farm powers ahead
Published 2016
Western Australia’s Emu Downs Solar Farm is expected to begin construction within weeks after signing a funding agreement with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Western Australia’s Emu Downs Solar Farm is expected to begin construction within weeks after signing a funding agreem…
ARENA’s 2019-20 wrap shows energy transition advancing
Published 2020
ARENA’s 2019-20 Annual Report shows Australia’s renewable energy transition is entering a new phase.New SolShare technology breaking down solar barriers
Published 2020
ARENA announced funding to Allume to deliver their rooftop solar pilot project with The Salvation Army and Green Peak Energy.Media Release: Solar and batteries powering Brisbane classroom
Published 2018
Brisbane high school students are being taught in Australia’s first solar and battery powered portable classroom, as a trial of renewable classrooms expands to Queensland.- Download PDF (119 KB) Media Release: Solar and batteries powering Brisbane classroom
Media release: ARENA Commits $47million for Genex Kidston Pumped Hydro Plant
Published 2021
Australia’s first pumped hydro plant in 37 years is one step closer, after the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) committed to support Genex Power’s Kidston Stage 2 Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) project.- Download PDF (106 KB) Media release: ARENA Commits $47million for Genex Kidston Pumped Hydro Plant
Media release: Second energy from waste plant to reduce waste going to landfill
Published 2019
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $18 million in recoupable grant funding to develop Australia’s second large scale energy-from-waste plant in Western Australia.- Download PDF (74 KB) Media release: Second energy from waste plant to reduce waste going to landfill
Media release: New Solshare technology breaking down solar barriers
Published 2020
An innovative new technology created by Australian startup Allume Energy is set to revolutionise the way multi-tenanted buildings can access and benefit from rooftop solar.- Download PDF (72 KB) Media release: New Solshare technology breaking down solar barriers
Media release: Redeployable solar to be trialled on shopping centres
Published 2019
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced funding for an Australian start up Solpod Pty Ltd (Solpod) to trial installing redeployable rooftop solar on commercial and government buildings.- Download PDF (141 KB) Media release: Redeployable solar to be trialled on shopping centres
ARENA commits $47 million to Queensland pumped hydro plant
Published 2021
Australia’s first pumped hydro plant in 37 years is one step closer, after ARENA committed to support Genex Power’s Kidston Stage 2 Pumped Hydro Energy Storage project.Hydrogen gives new life to Toyota’s Altona car manufacturing plant
Published 2019
ARENA announced funding for Toyota to start the transformation of its decommissioned manufacturing plant into a renewable energy hub to produce hydrogen.Increasing customer participation in distributed energy
Published 2021
ARENA announced $446,000 in funding to technology company UPowr Pty Ltd (UPowr) to explore customer insights.Second energy from waste plant to reduce waste going to landfill
Published 2019
ARENA)has announced $18 million in recoupable grant funding to develop Australia’s second large scale energy-from-waste plant in Western Australia.Charting a course to grow bioenergy industry
Published 2020
ARENA is inviting submissions to develop a roadmap scoping Australia’s bioenergy industry opportunitiesWorld’s biggest hydrogen plant could power Australia’s first fully decarbonised ammonia facility in Brisbane
Published 2022
Australia’s first large scale project to decarbonise an existing ammonia plant using renewable hydrogen is set to get underway.Federal and state governments get behind Tasmania’s second interconnector
Published 2022
Project Marinus, supported by ARENA to boost underwater electric cable links between Tasmania and Victoria, moves closer to realisation.Dynamically managing energy loads for a smarter electricity grid
Published 2023
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $864,000 in funding to AGL to develop and trial a price intensity forecasting tool to support dynamic load flexing in the commercial and industrial sectors. AGL’s $1.78 million project will i…
REWIRED Episode 3 – Viva Las Parkes. Parkes Solar farm podcast transcript
Published 2017
REWIRED Episode 3 - Viva Las Parkes. Parkes Solar farm podcast transcript.- Download PDF (145 KB) REWIRED Episode 3 – Viva Las Parkes. Parkes Solar farm podcast transcript
Kidston ground-breaking shows bright future for Aussie solar
Published 2017
The Sunshine State’s big solar boom is continuing with the first of six Queensland solar farms to be funded through ARENA’s competitive large-scale solar round now underway. ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht joined Queensland’s Energy Minister Mark Bailey, project owner and developer Genex and pr…