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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.How much solar energy are Australians using?
Published 2019
How much solar energy are Australians using? AEMO's report says the average level of demand across the NEM dropped to the lowest level since 2002.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?Have your say on proposed Safeguard Mechanism reforms
Published 2023
Have your say on a proposed reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism, which the Government says it expects to deliver a total of 205 million tonnes of greenhouse gas abatement by the end of the decade.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…
Media Release: Latrobe Valley Microgrid Partners Release
Published 2018
Customers to be able to buy and sell electricity ‘peer to peer’ within a local energy marketplace and be paid for ‘negawatts’ – the energy saved by turning off an appliance.- Download PDF (51 KB) Media Release: Latrobe Valley Microgrid Partners Release
The Kennedy Energy Park project is a glimpse of the future with wind, solar and battery storage
Published 2017
ARENA is committing $18 million to Windlab's Kennedy Energy Park project that offers a glimpse of how future renewable energy will work.LSS Competitive Round Merchant Price Forecasts
Published 2018
LSS Competitive Round Merchant Price Forecasts.- Download XLS (22 KB) LSS Competitive Round Merchant Price Forecasts
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.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.Driving Australians to embrace electric vehicles
Published 2018
ARENA is helping to increase electric vehicle uptake in Australia with $172,215 in funding for EVenergi’s Charge Together campaign.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.Media Release: Latrobe Valley virtual microgrid could allow dairy farms to trade energy via blockchain
Published 2018
Latrobe Valley dairy farmers could be buying and selling locally generated renewable energy using blockchain, thanks to a study funded by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).- Download PDF (173 KB) Media Release: Latrobe Valley virtual microgrid could allow dairy farms to trade energy via blockchain
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.ARENA open for business on industrial decarbonisation
Published 2023
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today launched the first funding round of the $400 million Industrial Transformation Stream (ITS) to support emissions reduction at existing industrial facilities in regional Australia. The Industrial Trans…
Access and Pricing Workstream
Updated 2022
The Access and Pricing Workstream examined how network regulations could evolve to address emerging challenges and optimise opportunities.Media Release: Battery storage set to strengthen South Australian grid
Published 2017
The world’s largest battery storage ‘virtual power plant’ is set to land in South Australia, boosting grid stability, reducing power price volatility and supporting renewable energy.- Download PDF (453 KB) Media Release: Battery storage set to strengthen South Australian grid
Media Release: First cab off the rank: First of 12 large scale solar farms completed in Emu Downs, Western Australia
Published 2018
In a landmark achievement, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced Emu Downs is the first of its 12 large scale solar farms funded under its $92 million round to be completed.- Download PDF (125 KB) Media Release: First cab off the rank: First of 12 large scale solar farms completed in Emu Downs, Western Australia
ARENA and friends take over the corridors of power
Published 2017
Renewable energy experts and fans attended a summit hosted by ARENA in Canberra. Speakers including Alan Finkel and Audrey Zibelman shared their vision.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.