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Dispatchable energy warnings issued by AEMO
Published 2017
AEMO has advised the federal government there are issues with our reserves of dispatchable energy. ARENA is working on projects that can help address that.A Critical Decade: adapted from Darren Miller’s Australian Energy Week speech
Published 2021
We are at the start of a critical decade for the world and for Australia. To reach net zero emissions by mid century, ARENA CEO Darren Miller says that we must take steps today.Renewables the lowest-cost future energy source: AEMO
Published 2018
AEMO has projected that 90TWh of new renewables, storage and gas generation capacity could come online within the next 20 years.The secret to a truly ‘noteworthy’ solar cell, brought to you by CSIRO
Published 2017
Researchers at CSIRO in Melbourne, with funding from ARENA, are leading the way in creating perovskite solar cells that are lightweight and printed.Massive expansion planned for iconic hydro plant
Published 2018
Eighty years after its official opening, Tasmania’s Tarraleah hydro power station will be exploring the potential to build 2500MW of new pumped hydroIndo Island Shift
Published 2016
In 2014 Indonesia passed laws that promise to radically change its energy mix. In a little over eight years, 23 per cent of the nation’s electricity must be sourced from renewable sources.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.In times of need – demand response projects respond to AEMO’s January RERT activation
Published 2019
Much of Australia’s southeast sweltered through another heatwave in late January 2019, with record breaking temperatures in parts of South Australia.Sharing the benefits with a dynamic approach to solar
Published 2022
Australia’s solar industry is creating challenges for network operators, but a new approach can increase solar exports & reduce costs.SA Power Networks inverters promise flexible solar exports
Published 2020
SA Power Networks inverters capable of responding to signals from the grid will empower customers to sell more of their excess solar power.What is demand response?
Published 2017
Demand response is a big idea that could help keep the lights on this summer. Find out how it will impact the national electricity market.Compressed air storage project rises from old mine
Published 2019
A new way to store renewable energy will be trialled in South Australia, with funding announced for Australia’s first compressed air energy storage project.Can Tasmania be ‘the battery of the nation?’ It’s an idea that holds a lot of power
Published 2017
Hydro Tasmania and ARENA have funded studies into whether expanding pumped hydro can create a battery of the nation, meeting Australia's storage needs.Darren Miller: Why Hydrogen could be the Netflix of the energy industry
Published 2019
Darren Miller says a low carbon economy can become a reality according to Australia’s energy experts with hydrogen identified as a game-changing technology.Batteries up power poles brings energy storage to the streets
Published 2021
United Energy is trying a world-first approach that puts battery storage right on the customer’s doorstep - above suburban streets.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.Supporting the energy transition with demand response
Published 2021
Everybody from individuals to industrial energy users can play a role managing demand for electricity.Geothermal heat pumps at western Sydney estate
Published 2021
Residents in a development in western Sydney are saving energy and money by using geothermal heat pumps to provide heating and cooling.Get past the yuck factor… This big idea is nothing to be sheepish about
Published 2017
The Southern Meats abbattoir will make electricity from effluent thanks to ReNu Energy as part of the Goulburn Bioenergy Project.Australian solar researchers are leading the world. Let’s help them get even better
Published 2017
ARENA is providing $29.22 million to fund research and development of solar cells technology at some of Australia's leading laboratories.