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How to use an electric car battery to power your home
Published 2017
Melbourne startup Relectrify will take batteries form electric vehicles and reuse them for home battery storage. That's clever.EV charging stations on the up
Published 2022
ARENA is backing an electric vehicle (EV) charger that takes up no street space, needs no off-street parking and can service up to 10 homes.New buyer tools to boost electric vehicles
Published 2019
Tens of thousands of electric vehicles are predicted to hit Australian roads within five years under a the Charge Together Fleets initiative.Report: Lessons Learnt – Hydrogenated Bifacial PERL Silicon PV Cells with Laser Doping and Plated Contacts
Published 2019
This report discusses the project results and lessons learnt to date for the UNSW Project, Hydrogenated Bifacial PERL Silicon PV Cells with Laser Doping and Plated Contacts.- Download PDF (127 KB) Report: Lessons Learnt – Hydrogenated Bifacial PERL Silicon PV Cells with Laser Doping and Plated Contacts
South Australia pumped for new energy storage
Published 2019
ARENA has announced $40 million in funding to fast track the development of South Australia’s first pumped hydro energy storage project.REWIRED Episode 1 – Mining the sun. Kidston Solar farm podcast transcript
Published 2017
REWIRED Episode 1 - Mining the sun. Kidston Solar farm podcast transcript.- Download PDF (144 KB) REWIRED Episode 1 – Mining the sun. Kidston Solar farm podcast transcript
REWIRED Episode 1 – Mining the sun. Kidston Solar farm podcast transcript
Published 2017
REWIRED Episode 1 - Mining the sun. Kidston Solar farm podcast transcript.- Download PDF (144 KB) REWIRED Episode 1 – Mining the sun. Kidston Solar farm podcast transcript
Top marks for new off-grid solar classroom
Published 2018
The school bells have rung and class has started in Australia’s first 100 per cent solar and battery powered relocatable new off-grid classroom.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.Federal and state governments get behind Tasmania’s second interconnector
Published 2022
Project Marinus, supported by ARENA to boost underwater electric cable links between Tasmania and Victoria, moves closer to realisation.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…
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…
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.Knowledge at the frontier: DeGrussa copper mine
Published 2017
Integration of renewable energy technology at the DeGrussa copper mine provides an exciting glimpse into how these challenges can be managed.Report: Hydrogenated Bifacial Perl Silicon PV Cells with Laser Doping and Plated Contacts
Published 2021
This report details the successful outcomes of three ARENA projects to develop the next generation high-efficiency solar cell, based on the three key technologies developed in these projects: laser doping, advanced hydrogenation, and simultaneous bifacial plating.- Download PDF (218 KB) Report: Hydrogenated Bifacial Perl Silicon PV Cells with Laser Doping and Plated Contacts
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.Media Release: Goulburn abattoir powering itself using bioenergy
Published 2018
A Goulburn abattoir has teamed up with a Queensland energy provider to turn its waste into energy, thanks to funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).- Download PDF (121 KB) Media Release: Goulburn abattoir powering itself using bioenergy
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.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.Harnessing clean drinking water using solar power
Published 2018
ARENA today announced an Australian-first trial of drinking water systems that produce clean drinking water drawn directly from the air using solar power.