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Media Release: ARENA launches $7 million funding initiative for renewable energy to deliver system security services
Published 2018
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced a $7 million funding initiative focused on trialling how solar parks, wind farms or enabling technologies such as batteries can provide grid stability and security services.- Download PDF (122 KB) Media Release: ARENA launches $7 million funding initiative for renewable energy to deliver system security services
Why are people reluctant to buy EVs?
Published 2023
EVs are an increasingly popular choice for consumers and business, but in Australia their take-up has been relatively slow. Why?CoGaTI Access and Charging Review
Published 2019
This submission provides insights from ARENA project portfolio to inform the AEMCs consideration of Access and Pricing Regime.AEMC rules on demand response wholesale mechanism
Published 2019
A rule change will make it easier for industrial & commercial energy users to be paid to reduce their demand during peak periods and sell power to the grid.Report: 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.- Download PDF (167 KB) Report: EVExperience Lessons Learnt
The Energy Innovators: Wes Stein on the future of concentrated solar thermal
Published 2018
Concentrated Solar Thermal is popular overseas but Australia is only just beginning to recognise its potential as a renewable energy source.Australian businesses are making one big mistake when it comes to renewable energy.
Published 2017
If there was any doubt that the Australian business community is a little confused about renewable energy, here’s the proof.Australian Hydrogen gets a Headstart
Published 2023
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today opened applications for the $2 billion Hydrogen Headstart program. Announced in the 2023-24 budget, the program aims to catalyse Australia’s hydrogen industry to take advantage of Australia’s unpa…
Submission: ARENA submission to the post 2025-market design review consultation
Published 2021
This submission responds to issues raised in the ESB Options Paper drawing on information and insights from projects funded by ARENA as they relate to integrating distributed energy resources and enabling greater demand side participation.- Download PDF (380 KB) Submission: ARENA submission to the post 2025-market design review consultation
Report: Efficient Solar Hydrogen Generation Mid-Term Activity March 2021
Published 2021
This mid-term report describes progress in the development of a practical system to directly convert solar energy to hydrogen. Successes include the demonstration of over 16% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency using Peroskovite-Silicon tandem cells and low cost catalysts.- Download PDF (333 KB) Report: Efficient Solar Hydrogen Generation Mid-Term Activity March 2021
Rewired podcast episode two – Together in electric dreams?
Published 2020
Rewired podcast episode two is out now with a focus on electric vehicles. Listen today on iTunes, Spotify or your preferred podcast channel.Councils ready to lead on electric vehicles
Published 2018
Councils ready to lead - Could electrifying the cars and trucks used by councils be a way to kick-start our local electric vehicle industry?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
Battery of the Nation study finds 4800 MW of pumped hydro potential in Tasmania
Published 2018
ARENA provided $300,000 for Hydro Tasmania’s project which assessed around 2,000 potential sites for pumped hydro across Tasmania.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…
Solar rolling out in Northern Territory off-grid communities
Published 2018
Remote communities from the Tiwi Islands to the South Australian border are to be connected to solar power as construction begins on the SETuP project.Pricing for the Integration of Distributed Energy Resources
Published 2020
This report is a study that assessed the potential for more cost-reflective pricing to assist in the economically efficient integration of distributed energy resources (DER) with the grid.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.Efficient, affordable solar cells born in Sydney garage
Published 2020
The low cost of solar panels from affordable solar cells is transforming the way we generate electricity, to drive prices down even further.