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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.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.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
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 (…
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?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.Knowledge Sharing Costings Table
Published 2022
Knowledge Sharing Costings Table- Download PDF (128 KB) Knowledge Sharing Costings Table
Ballarat Battery Energy Storage System Operational Report 3 & 4
Published 2021
This report outlines the performance of the Ballarat Battery Energy Storage System over 13 to 24 months of operation.A big new battery for South Australia
Published 2017
South Australia will get a second large-scale battery, designed to boost security of the electricity grid and expected to help reduce power billsNew age for industry, powered by renewable energy
Published 2020
Australian manufacturers are seeing the benefits of cheap, dependable power - from food producers, to mine operators and even chemical companies.FAQs: Addressing solar PV end-of-life issues and lowering solar PV cost
Published 2020
FAQS Addressing solar PV end-of-life issues and lowering solar PV cost- Download PDF (130 KB) FAQs: Addressing solar PV end-of-life issues and lowering solar PV cost
Innovative wave energy device lands at Port Fairy
Published 2015
Ocean energy company BioPower Systems (BPS) completed the deployment of its 250kW bioWAVE pilot demonstration unit off the coast near Port Fairy, Victoria.A Critical Decade: adapted from Darren Miller’s Australian Energy Week speech
Published 2021
We are at the start of a critical decade for the world and for Australia. To reach net zero emissions by mid century, ARENA CEO Darren Miller says that we must take steps today.