The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a new AU$60 million (US$39.4 million) funding round to bolster R&D efforts to achieve ultra-low-cost solar.
Robotics company Luminous has received AU$4.9 million (US$3.2 million) via Australia’s Solar ScaleUp Challenge to support deploying its ‘LUMI’ technology at utility-scale solar PV power plants.
ARENA will provide AU$20.8 million (US$12.9 million) in funding to a project focused on operating distributed energy resources (DERs) within Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System (SWIS).
Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, has called on the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to increase funding for community electrification initiatives involving solar PV and batteries.
The United States Studies Centre (USSC), a think tank based at the University of Sydney, has said that Australia has an opportunity to “fill niche gaps in the global solar supply chain” but risks relying on Chinese imported goods.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has provided AU$1.7 million in funding to explore the integration of consumer energy resources (CERs) into the NEM.
National Party of Australia senator Ross Cadell has questioned whether Australia’s Solar Sunshot initiative promotes a ‘Made in Australia’ solar industry.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has allocated AU$5.4 million in funding to create Australia’s first ‘net zero suburb’ in the 2515 postcode of New South Wales.
