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Carnegie receives $1.5m milestone payment from ARENA
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has granted Carnegie Wave Energy 1.5 million for the manufacture, construction and deployment of CETO units and the commissioning...
Australia’s largest PV power station gets go ahead to feed full capacity into grid
The Nyngan solar PV plant – part of the $440 million AGL solar project, which is supported by $166.7 million from ARENA and $64.9 million from...
New CSIRO laboratory to increase confidence in solar
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has completed its 32–month project which included the design and construction of a new facility to...
Tesla to use Aussie Reposit Power technology
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) provided $445,000 in funding for Reposit Power (Reposit) to trial an on-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) energy storage and...
Southern Hemisphere’s largest solar PV plant hits major milestone
Representatives from ARENA, AGL and First Solar joined Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy Anthony Roberts and NSW Minister for the Environment Mark Speakman...
ARENA opens Round 2 of its R&D Programme for encouraging industry-partnered projects
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a $20 billion funding package under round two of its R&D Programme that promotes industry and...
Major solar research facility switched on at UQ campus
Industry and Science Minister Ian Macfarlane has officially opened the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) research facility in the southern hemisphere at the University of...
$5.2m ARENA funding for Curtin’s Renergi to design and construct a pilot biofuel plant
Researchers from Curtin University’s Fuels and Energy Technology Institute have developed a new technology that converts biomass, such as mallee crops, into biofuels and biochar via...
Australia’s soon to be largest solar plant, a step closer to perfection
On a 250 hectare site, 550 km northwest of Sydney, Australia's soon to be largest solar plant moves a step closer to completion. The...
Experts say Australia’s policy on renewable energy stifles investments in the sector
California-based renewable energy company Solar Reserve has abandoned plans to develop electricity plants for the public market in Australia because of the Government’s hostile...
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