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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 →

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have announced $11.9 million in funding for Australian biofuel company Ethanol Technologies Limited (Ethtec) to complete the development and demonstration of its groundbreaking advanced biofuel technology. As part of a $48 million project, Ethtec aims to construct a $30 million purpose built pilot-scale facility based in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales. … Continue reading $11.9 million ARENA funding for Ethtec biofuel tech →

The Turnbull Government, through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), has taken the next step in the development of a solar thermal plant at Port Augusta in South Australia. ARENA has requested information from prospective industry participants on the costs and benefits of Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST). This information will help ARENA and the Clean Energy … Continue reading Next step taken in solar thermal development →

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will be conducting a three year pilot in South Australia and Victoria to temporarily free up energy supply during extreme weather and unplanned outages. The pilot demand response initiative will aim to trial 100 megawatts of demand response capacity by this December, with the potential for demand response to … Continue reading ARENA conducting energy security tests →

The federal government has given the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), $54 million for a large scale solar plant which has the potential to support pumped hydro storage, according to The Guardian.  The solar development is Genex’s Kidston Solar Plant in Queensland. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) has already given $4 million to the … Continue reading Federal government pumps funding into hydro storage technology →