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A new study that will explore how to best integrate renewable energy technology to help strengthen unstable parts of Australia’s energy grid is being backed by the federal government through a grant of $495,680 that will be provided to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to the Monash University’s Grid Innovation Hub. Large renewable resources, … Continue reading Researchers focus on improving renewable connections to the grid →

More than $3 billion of renewable hydrogen projects are vying for funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to build the first commercial scale hydrogen projects in the country. In April, ARENA opened the $70 million Renewable Hydrogen Deployment Funding Round to help fast track the development of renewable hydrogen in Australia. With the initial application … Continue reading Australia ready to fast track commercial scale hydrogen →

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has opened applications for $70 million for two or more large scale renewable hydrogen projects. The funding, first announced in November 2019, is looking to enable hydrogen to be produced in Australia from renewable energy sources at a competitive price, or ‘H2 under $2’. The funding hopes to spark … Continue reading $70m on offer for renewable hydrogen →

Western Australian industry will start to be powered by its own waste, with the approval of Australia’s second energy-from-waste plant in Rockingham Industrial Zone, Western Australia. The East Rockingham Resource Recovery Facility (ERRRF) will take 300,000 tonnes of non-recyclable materials, including 65,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial residual waste. Built by a consortium, the ERRRF … Continue reading Industrial waste used to power Rockingham →

Small businesses will be able to access low-cost finance to support the adoption of renewable energy, in a partnership between the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and councils in NSW and South Australia. The program follows the model set out by the City of Melbourne, where upgrades to buildings could be finances through the council. … Continue reading Low-cost finance scheme for solar extended →

The Australian government has committed funding to develop the nation’s hydrogen industry, following the release of chief scientist Alan Finkel’s report into the potential of the energy source for Australia. $370 million from the budgets of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will go towards developing technology to extract … Continue reading $370m earmarked for developing hydrogen industry →

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will develop a roadmap for bioenergy to be utilised in the decarbonisation of the Australian industrial sector. The roadmap will be developed after Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Angus Taylor, asked ARENA to look into how bioenergy could enable Australia to have a competitive advantage in the transition … Continue reading ARENA to set national bioenergy strategy →

A new centre for research into green manufacturing will enable Australian manufacturers to adopt environmentally-friendly chemical processes. Housed at Monash University, the ARC Training Centre for Green Chemistry in Manufacturing brings together researchers from Monash, Flinders, Deakin and Curtin universities. “New innovations based on green chemistry principles applied in Australian manufacturing will provide technical and … Continue reading Centre for green chemistry opens at Monash University →

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced two grants to ammonia manufacturers to produce renewable ammonia through the use of hydrogen. The first grant, of $1.9 milion to Queensland Nitrates Pty Ltd (QNP) will allow the company assess the feasibility of the constructing and operating a renewable ammonia plant at its current facility near … Continue reading Renewable hydrogen a feedstock for ammonia manufacturing →

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will investigate opportunities for the utilisation of renewables in process heating for manufacturing. ARENA will support the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) with $460,500 in funding to deliver the $900,500 project to replace fossil fuelled heat with heat generated from renewable power sources. Currently, process heating accounts for … Continue reading ARENA selects manufacturing sites for process heat alternatives trial →

For Australians keen to ride the global wave of electric vehicles for their energy, environmental, and economic benefits, one of the stumbling blocks has been the lack of charging stations dispersed outside of major centres. This limitation will be countered by a new plan for 42 charging stations from Evie Networks, which will connect Adelaide, … Continue reading EV charging network spreads across highway system →

The first advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) in Australia will be built in South Australia, near Strathalbyn. While the basic technology behind compressed air energy storage has been available since the 19th century, the technology has been improved and taken up at a larger scale with the uptake of renewable energy sources which fluctuate … Continue reading Compressed air to be utilised as storage for renewable energy →

The second of two grid-scale batteries jointly funded by the Victorian government and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency has been completed in Gannawarra. The 25 MW / 50 MWh Gannawarra Energy Storage System (GESS) began exporting electricity to the grid in October and will be fully commissioned in time for summer. The battery is co-located … Continue reading Victoria’s second grid-scale battery completed in Gannawarra →

An Australian-first trial is creating “green” hydrogen gas made from renewables to power Sydney homes. Energy company Jemena has partnered with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) in a $15 million trial to convert excess solar and wind power into hydrogen gas, which will be stored and used in Jemena’s New South Wales gas network. The … Continue reading New trial in NSW to power gas network with hydrogen →

The federal government has announced that it will provide funding via the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to build an online platform that encourages businesses to start using renewable energy. The Business Renewables Centre Australia will be a resource centre and an online marketplace designed to accelerate the purchase of renewable energy by Australian businesses … Continue reading Renewable energy online marketplace to be established →

The world’s first biorefinery that turns sawmill residue into renewable diesel and bitumen may find its home in New South Wales, following the Federal government’s announcement that a feasibility study will be funded to explore the possibility. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide up to $500,000 in funding to Boral Timber, a subsidiary … Continue reading ARENA funds study into potential biofuels plant →

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $1.5 million to fund Australia’s first green hydrogen innovation hub at Jandakot in Western Australia. In Jandakot, ATCO will trial the production, storage and use of renewable hydrogen to energise a commercial-scale microgrid, testing the use of hydrogen in different settings and applications including in household appliances. … Continue reading Green hydrogen innovation hub to be built in WA →

In a CEFC report, it is said that electric vehicles could represent 90 per cent of all cars and light commercial vehicles on Australian roads by 2050, supported by $1.7 billion in private investment in new charging infrastructure. The modelling forecasts a surge in electric vehicle (EV) sales from as early as 2021, based on … Continue reading Australia set for surge in EVs and infrastructure in 4 years: CEFC →

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced an Australian-first trial of drinking water systems that produce clean drinking water drawn directly from the air using solar power. On behalf of the Australian Government, ARENA will provide $420,000 in funding to US-based Zero Mass Water to deploy 150 of its solar-powered SOURCE drinking water systems across … Continue reading Aussie-first trial will create drinking water from air using solar power →

Australian solar cell research has received a $29.2 million boost from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, and UNSW has 11 of the 22 projects. “Australia is at the forefront of solar photovoltaics technology development – our researchers regularly break world records,” said Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and Energy, announcing ARENA’s funding round at UNSW’s … Continue reading Solar research gets $29.2m boost →