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Smart pool initiative keeps energy grid cool over summer
Published 2018
Residential swimming pools consume three to five megawatts of power depending on their size, often making up 30-40% of total household energy consumption.Mapping Network Opportunities for Renewable Energy
Started 2014
The Mapping Network Opportunities for Renewable Energy project will create online maps of electricity network constraints to inform network investments.ARENA-funded Hydrogen R&D Project Presentations
Published 2021
The 16 research teams working on ARENA's Hydrogen R&D projects joined in an online roundtable event in February 2021.Business Renewables Centre Australia
Started 2018
Business Renewables Centre Australia will establish an online resource centre and marketplace platform, supported by face to face events and training.A new way of providing energy to isolated communities? Look to the Horizon…
Published 2017
ARENA is funding a trial in the WA town of Carnarvon that will show how distributed energy resources can be integrated with Horizon Energy's microgrid.New testing platform could fast-track large scale grid connections
Published 2022
ARENA announced funding to UQ to develop & test a platform that will help speed up the process of connecting large scale renewable projects.Help us shape Hydrogen Headstart
Published 2023
ARENA wants hydrogen industry and stakeholders to help create a transformative scale up of Australia’s renewable hydrogen capacity.Business Renewables Centre Australia raises speed limit on renewable energy transition
Published 2022
How an ARENA-backed business collaboration far exceeded its goals, and the lessons it learnt along the way.Proving solar benefits at the edge of Australian grids
Published 2016
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced $8.4 million funding support for Canadian Solar and Scouller Energy to construct a 5 MW DC (4.5 MW AC) solar farm near Normanton in far North-West Queensland. ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said Normanton Solar Farm would help demonstrate h…
Who’s missing out on renewables? It’s time to talk about energy justice
Published 2017
Not everybody has equal access to renewable energy. And that means there is a growing need for energy justice, Griffith University researchers are arguing.Presentation: Summary Pack, Conversion Tracker: Short-Term Forecasting Workshop ARENA / AEMO
Published 2018
Presentation slides.- Download PDF (1 MB) Presentation: Summary Pack, Conversion Tracker: Short-Term Forecasting Workshop ARENA / AEMO
Pumped hydro plant could unlock New England Renewable Energy Zone
Published 2020
ARENA is providing $951,000 to Oven Mountain Pumped Storage (OMPS) to undertake a PHES study on the development of the New England Renewable Energy Zone.What is tidal energy and how does it work?
Published 2017
The University of Tasmania, with funding from ARENA, is mapping the best spots for tidal energy to be harnessed. An idea with real potential.Wattwatchers smart energy hub allows users to track usage in real time
Published 2020
Wattwatchers are setting out to install their “super smart” energy devices in 5000 homes and businesses, as well as 250 schools.Alcoa aluminium producer to trial renewable energy
Published 2021
ARENA has announced support for a new project trialling renewable energy in the alumina refining process at a facility in Western Australia.Cost-Effective GaAsP Top Solar Cell Grown On A High Performance, Low Cost Silicon Solar Cell
Published 2017
UNSW and its partners undertook a project to develop a cost-effective and high performance GaAsP/SiGe tandem solar cell on Si substrate.Report: Highlights of the Barriers, Risks and Rewards of the Australian Geothermal Sector to 2020 and 2030
Published 2017
In 2013 the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) sought advice on the barriers to, and opportunities for, the commercial deployment of geothermal energy in Australia.- Download DOC (6 MB) Report: Highlights of the Barriers, Risks and Rewards of the Australian Geothermal Sector to 2020 and 2030
EVExperience Lessons Learnt
Published 2020
This report outlines the key learns around developing the consumer EV product (now named EVExperience application), an online platform targeting consumers to provide them with a tool to prepare for a life with EVs.Can community batteries plug an energy storage gap?
Published 2023
Could community batteries fill the gap between household and utility scale energy storage systems? ARENA intends to find out if, and how.Over $100 million to build Australia’s first large-scale hydrogen plants
Published 2021
ARENA announced that it has conditionally approved $103.3 million towards three commercial-scale renewable hydrogen projects.