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ARENA CEO Lateline interview
Published 2014
On 15 May ABC Lateline aired a story on ARENA, featuring an interview with ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht. Watch the full interview online via ABC Lateline.
Funding announced for NSW’s big battery
Published 2020
TransGrid will build NSW’s first grid-connected large-battery in a bid to prove batteries are the most effective way to provide inertia as the energy transition advances.Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP)
Started 2012
The Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics project is providing a pipeline to ‘over the horizon’ photovoltaic technology & training.Renewable Energy Founder Forum applications are open
Published 2020
Applications are now open for the upcoming Renewable Energy Founder Forum, hosted in partnership between ARENA and Innovation Bay.Breakfast of (renewable) champions
Published 2017
Rising power costs and an uncertain future in energy markets have hit many Australian businesses really hard in recent months.Composing a distributed energy symphony in Western Australia’s largest energy grid
Published 2021
ARENA announced $8.6 million in funding to Western Power for the development of a pre-commercial pilot focused.ARENA relaunches renewable energy blog ARENAWIRE
Published 2019
ARENA relaunched its new-look blog, ARENAWIRE, one of Australia’s leading online portals for news, analysis and knowledge sharing about renewable energy.Can pumped hydro energy storage work? Let’s sea
Published 2017
Can pumped hydro energy storage work? It’s an idea that could position Australia as a world leader in pumped hydro storage.Substitution of Niche-Market PV Production Tools with Cost-Effective Consumer-Electronics
Started 2020
This project aims to reduce the cost of solar PV manufacturing by using low-cost consumer electronics.Report: Demand Response Consumer Insights Report
Published 2018
Recognising the national and global value of understanding how behavioural change could offer a cost effective solution to managing demand, the ARENA Knowledge Sharing team engaged ThinkPlace, a strategic design consultancy with background in social studies, to explore how the Demand Response trial played out over the first summer in the residential context.- Download PDF (2 MB) Report: Demand Response Consumer Insights Report
Hydrogen hub throws green shoots
Published 2018
With potential to power everything from cars to cooktops, houses and rockets, renewable hydrogen could change the way we consume energy.Will pumped hydro unlock the transition to renewables?
Published 2018
Pumped hydro - Could Australia’s oldest renewable source of energy be the key to a renewable energy future?Network maps to cut power costs and boost renewable energy
Published 2014
ARENA today announced $425,000 funding to create online maps of electricity network constraints to help better inform network investments and increase the use of renewable energy. ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney (…
Consultation open for Solar Sunshot
Published 2024
Consultation has opened today on the design of the $1 billion Solar Sunshot program announced by the Australian Government in March 2024. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), in consultation with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) will design t…
Media Release: Mining success marks turning point for off-grid renewables
Published 2017
A monumental off-grid renewable mining project has been successfully completed in remote Western Australia, demonstrating a confluence between established and emerging Australian industries.- Download PDF (564 KB) Media Release: Mining success marks turning point for off-grid renewables
Energy Cost Study for Bombora Wave Energy Converter
Started 2015
The Bombora Wave Energy Converter study detailed the ‘cost of electricity’ for energy produced by a 60MW mWave™ wave farm.