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Arena's latest $40 million R&D funding round is intended to support projects that align with the agency's Solar 30 30 30 target of 30% module efficiency and 30 cents per installed watt at utility scale by 2030.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has announced a $100 million competitive funding round for grid scale batteries equipped with advanced inverters.

Western Australia’s largest solar farm on a remote network, the 60 MW Alinta Energy Chichester Hub Solar Farm in the Pilbara region, has begun production for Fortescue Metals Group. 

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has allocated $11.3 million in funding to aluminium manfacturer Alcoa to demonstrate technology that can electrify the production of steam in its alumina refining process using renewable energy.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has conditionally funded three commercial-scale renewable projects worth $103.3 million. Arena says these projects will further the government’s goal of ‘H2 under $2’.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed $47 million to support Queensland pumped hydro plant operator Genex Power's Kidston Stage 2 Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) project.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is offering $16.5 million in grants to expand the network of electric vehicle chargers.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has allocated $1.6 million in funding to energy infrastructure company Jemena to undertake a residential electric vehicle (EV) managed charging trial with four other electricity networks in the ACT, Victoria and Tasmania.

Seven companies have been shortlisted and invited to submit a full application for the next stage of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s $70 million hydrogen funding round.

The Australian Government has funded the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to the tune of $2.4 million to run a vehicle-to-grid trial in Canberra, using 51 Nissan Leaf electric vehicles.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is seeking input from stakeholders in the bioenergy sector to underpin the development of a bioenergy roadmap aimed at identifying the role the sector can play in Australia’s energy transition and to help meet emission reduction commitments.

Melbourne based renewable energy startup RayGen has been allocated $3 million in funding by the Australian Renewable Agency (ARENA) to conduct a technical and commercial feasibility study for a 4 MW “solar hydro” power plant to be built in north-western Victoria.

ACT-based electricity and gas distributor Evoenergy has received $2.05 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to trial the integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) in an online marketplace.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $1.25 million in funding to Stanwell Corporation to assess the feasibility of a renewable hydrogen demonstration plant to be co-located near Stanwell Power Station in Central Queensland.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced funding for two hydrogen prjoects as it continues to ramp up the allocaton of funds for the development of renewables.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $2.7 million in funding for digital energy technology company Wattwatchers to develop a consumer-facing energy data hub - ‘My Energy Marketplace’ - that will give greater visibility over household energy use.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is developing a roadmap to identify the role that the bioenergy sector can play in Australia’s energy transition, and in helping Australia meet its emission reduction obligations.

An iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region will be Australia’s first major iron ore mining operation to be run entirely off renewable energy during the day, according to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched its new investment plan, setting out three new priority areas aimed at further improving the competitiveness of renewable energy technologies and increasing the supply of renewable energy in Australia.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is set to spend $7 million on testing how solar parks, wind farms or enabling technologies such as batteries, can provide grid stability and security services.