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Game-changing marketplace shakes up electricity transactions
Published 2020
The Renewable Energy Hub’s project has two parts - developing new hedging contracts and the creation of an energy trader digital marketplace.ARENA targets better, more frequent EV charging stations
Published 2023
The great Australian driving public will be at the centre of a new $70 million funding pool to support the uptake of electric vehicles.Report: Cost-Effective GaAsP Top Solar Cell Grown On A High Performance, Low Cost Silicon Solar Cell
Published 2017
The goal of this project is to develop a cost-effective and high performance GaAsP/SiGe tandem solar cell on Si substrate with an efficiency over 33%.- Download PDF (1 MB) Report: Cost-Effective GaAsP Top Solar Cell Grown On A High Performance, Low Cost Silicon Solar Cell
Presentation: DEIP Access and Pricing on a Page
Published 2020
DEIP Access and Pricing on a Page- Download PDF (123 KB) Presentation: DEIP Access and Pricing on a Page
Media Release: New renewable focussed energy retailer open for business
Published 2017
A new energy retailer is entering the Australian market and pioneering a groundbreaking business model. It will empower consumers to reduce their power usage and potentially use more renewable energy.- Download PDF (112 KB) Media Release: New renewable focussed energy retailer open for business
Concentrating Solar Fuels Roadmap Final Report
Published 2016
This study used various oil and gas price scenarios to determine a range of future plausible commodity market pricesKnowledge 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.Presentation: Summary Pack, Conversion Tracker: Short-Term Forecasting Workshop ARENA / AEMO
Published 2018
Presentation slides.- Download PDF (1 MB) Presentation: Summary Pack, Conversion Tracker: Short-Term Forecasting Workshop ARENA / AEMO
Media release: ACT distributed energy trial to help optimise network integration
Published 2020
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $2.05 million in funding to Evoenergy to trial the integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) in an online marketplace to allow customers in Canberra to make the most of their ‘consumer energy’.- Download PDF (76 KB) Media release: ACT distributed energy trial to help optimise network integration
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.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.New centre helps businesses cash in on renewables
Published 2018
Building on the finding, ARENA has announced $500,000 in funding to help create Australia’s first Business Renewables Centre (BRC-A).Media Release: Battery of the Nation study finds 4800 MW of pumped hydro potential in Tasmania
Published 2018
Pumped hydro could generate 4800 MW of potential capacity across 14 sites in Tasmania, according to a study released today by Hydro Tasmania.- Download PDF (134 KB) Media Release: Battery of the Nation study finds 4800 MW of pumped hydro potential in Tasmania
Submission: ARENA submission to 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 including in relation to Renewable Energy Zones, Marginal Loss Factors and Dynamic Regional Pricing.- Download PDF (161 KB) Submission: ARENA submission to CoGaTI Access and Charging Review
Australia’s rooftop solar produces enough energy to power this city
Published 2017
We love a sunburnt rooftop. A land of energy gains and Australia's rooftop solar produces enough energy to power this city.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
Submission: ARENA submission on the Retailer Reliability Obligation Draft Interim Contract and Firmness Guideline
Published 2019
This submission provides background information and insight derived from ARENA projects as relevant to the AER’s consideration of the Contract and Firmness Guideline under the Retailer Reliability Obligation (RRO) mechanism.- Download PDF (116 KB) Submission: ARENA submission on the Retailer Reliability Obligation Draft Interim Contract and Firmness Guideline
Baffled by baseload? Dumbfounded by dispatchables? Let us explain
Published 2017
Baseload power? Dispatchable generation? National Energy Market? Understand all the essential energy terms and concepts with this handy explainer.New renewable focussed energy retailer open for business
Published 2016
A new energy retailer is entering the Australian market and pioneering a groundbreaking business model. It will empower consumers to reduce their power usage and potentially use more renewable energy. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and SBCVC have backed a $5 million Southern Cross…
Revolutionising the grid: ARENA invests in Adelaide’s second virtual power plant
Published 2018
Adelaide's virtual power plant - Extreme heatwaves put tremendous pressure on the electricity grid as demand for energy outstrips supply.