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How is demand response working in Australia?
Published 2017
How is demand response working in Australia? Eight innovators are behind demand response and here is a breakdown of what is happening.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.Power to gas trial to inject hydrogen into Australia’s gas grid
Published 2017
ARENA announced a power to gas trial which could see excess renewable energy stored in the gas grid used to decarbonise Australia’s gas supply.Relectrify giving electric vehicle batteries a second life
Published 2017
Relectrify is set to launch its ground-breaking technology which repurposes used batteries from electric vehicles for use as household energy storage.Optimising renewable energy output through weather forecasting
Published 2020
ARENA has today announced $994,685 in funding to Solcast to conduct its Gridded Renewables Nowcasting Demonstration project.Media Release: ARENA launches $12.5 million distributed energy resources funding initiative
Published 2018
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced a $12.5 million funding initiative for pilot projects and studies to integrate distributed energy resources (DER) into the electricity system.-
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Media Release: First panels installed at Australia’s biggest solar plant
Published 2017
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency today celebrated a major milestone with the installation of the first solar panels at AGL’s large-scale solar plant in Nyngan, NSW.-
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Media Release: Three months on and Nyngan is flying
Published 2017
The largest solar power plant in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere in Nyngan, NSW, is fully operational and has generated 60,000 MWh of renewable energy to date, according to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).-
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Media Release: Valuable collaboration advancing solar thermal industry
Published 2017
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.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.-
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Media Release: Renewable hydrogen to be produced at Brisbane gas facility
Published 2019
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced $950,000 in funding for gas company BOC for a renewable hydrogen production and refuelling project in Queensland.-
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Commercialisation of R&D FAQs
Published 2019
Frequently asked questions.-
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Commercialisation of R&D FAQs
Published 2019
Frequently asked questions.-
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Media Release: Paving the way for concentrated solar thermal in Australia
Published 2018
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today released a report outlining how concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology could be a commercially viable form of dispatchable renewable energy within a decade.-
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Study identifies 22,000 potential pumped hydro sites
Published 2017
Media Release: An ARENA funded study by the Australian National University finds 22,000 potential pumped hydro sites across Australia.More than $3 billion of hydrogen projects bid for ARENA funding
Published 2020
Renewable hydrogen projects with a collective value of more than $3 billion are competing for Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding.Repurposing power stations for renewable thermal energy storage solutions
Published 2022
ARENA announced $422,582 in funding for AGL to investigate the viability of retrofitting the Torrens Island Power Station B in South Australia.Renewable hydrogen, iron and steel researchers, step on up
Published 2023
ARENA is seeking applicants for two separate research & development funding rounds worth a total of $50 million.EV charging: Pocket-size power point up a pole
Published 2023
No off-street parking? EV drivers in NSW will soon have 50 new, super handy streetside EV charging points.Report: Hydrogenated and Hybrid Heterojunction P-Type Silicon PV Cells
Published 2019
This report discusses the project results and lessons learnt to date for the UNSW Project, Hydrogenated and Hybrid Heterojunction p-type Silicon PV Cells.-
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Submission: ARENA Submission in response to the Facilitating Access to Consumer Energy Data Consultation Paper
Published 2018
This submission focuses on specific issues relating to data access identified through the joint ARENA-AEMO demand response competitive funding round which included small customer demand response aggregation.-
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