Tag: ARENA
New hybrid solar plant to be built at Australian copper mine
An AUS$40 million solar project in Western Australia is due to commence construction shortly, after renewable energy developer juwi Group confirmed it will begin...
Octillion gets ARENA funding to work on advanced lithium-ion battery storage solutions
Thanks to a $6.3 million investment by the Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund, supported by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), Brisbane based Octillion...
Prototype wave power unit to be installed off the coast of Port Fairy in...
Sydney-based renewable energy technology company BioPower Systems (BPS) has completed the construction of its prototype wave power unit to be installed off the coast of Port Fairy,...
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...