Researchers from the University of Queensland have set a new world record for solar cell efficiency with eco-friendly tin halide perovskite technology (THP).Read More
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Work is underway on a new TAFE Gippsland training centre in Morwell that is set to give more Victorians the skills they need to join Victoria’s growing renewable energy workforce. Read More
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced the first recipient from its Hydrogen Headstart Program, with $814 million in funding allocated under round 1 to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) 1,500 MW Murchison Green Hydrogen Project in Western Australia. Read More
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has opened a second round of its Powering the Regions Fund: Industrial Transformation Stream (ITS) program, with $70 million in funding available to support industrial decarbonisation. Read More
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The Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) has opened four new projects in Western Australia that will ensure reliable back up energy infrastructure.Read More
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Vast Renewables has announced it has secured up to $180 million of conditional funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) for construction of its Port Augusta utility-scale clean energy project, Vast Solar 1 (VS1). Read More
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has welcomed the announcement by the minister for Climate Change and Energy, the Hon Chris Bowen MP, of a new appointment to the ARENA Board and the re-appointment of two existing board members. Read More
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A $680,000 investment by the Global Connections Fund (GCF) is set to support international research collaboration between Australia and the Republic of Korea for science and technology. Read More
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The Federal Government has announced a $500 million investment through the Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund to ensure Australian steel manufacturers have the backing they need to scale up and seize the opportunities of the energy transition.Read More
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The South Australian Government is supporting an Adelaide-based start-up who are on a mission to commercialise new technology that will make installing geothermal heat pumps cheaper, safer and more efficient. Read More
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The NSW Government and wind farm developer WestWind Energy has signed a lease agreement to help facilitate a wind farm with up to 201 turbines on Crown land in south-west NSW. Read More
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An international team – led by Swinburne University of Technology researchers – is developing new electrolysers to support Australia’s transition to clean energy. Read More
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Today the Federal Government’s Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2024 passed the Senate in hopes of supporting Australia’s efforts to decarbonise industries and produce and process more of the minerals needed for the energy transition. Read More
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Australian electrolyser company, Hysata, has announced a new agreement with ACWA Power to deliver commercial scale demonstrations of its capillary-fed electrolysis technology in Saudi Arabia. Read More
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Australian clean energy solutions company, Vast Renewables, has achieved a breakthrough with the successful launch of a first-of-its-kind concentrated solar thermal power (“CSP”) receiver tower. Read More
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The Tasmanian Government has declared the Cellars Hill Wind Farm a Major Project under its landmark major project legislation, announcing changes that will get renewable energy projects out of the ground faster and simpler. Read More
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The Future Land Use and Enabling Works project for Liddell Power Station has been approved by the NSW Government, which will see the former power station demolished, remediated and transformed for future industrial land uses. Read More
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ARENA has announced $20.8 million in funding to Western Power for the development of an end-to-end commercial solution focused on operating Distributed Energy Resources (DER) within the Southwest Interconnected System in Western Australia (WA). Read More
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Engineers at UNSW have broken the world record for a specific type of solar cell that has been touted as a potential long-term improvement in photovoltaic (PV) technology. Read More
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The Federal Government is providing an additional $2 billion to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to support the shift to cheaper, clean, reliable, renewable energy. Read More
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