The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has awarded A$9.6 million in funding to 12 projects and study initiatives that will look to further integrate distributed energy resources (DER) into Australia’s electricity grid.
Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has made its largest equity investment in renewable energy, with AU$100 million (US$72 million) in the Australian Renewables Income Fund (ARIF), aiming to encourage institutional investors to further expand their reach into clean energy.
Australia is to trial using solar and wind power to produce hydrogen via electrolysis, with the hydrogen then being used for long-term energy storage in the Sydney gas network.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has partnered with Monash University and technology provider Indra Australia to trial a microgrid as a first step to powering Monash’s Clayton campus entirely with renewable energy by 2030.
Amid the ongoing furore about the Federal Government’s proposed National Energy Guarantee (NEG), a 280MW solar PV project and a 52MWh battery project are both set to go ahead in South Australia, it has been announced today.
Genex Power has announced that the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) Board has supported a financing structure for Genex’ Kidston State 2 Project through the provision of an indicative term sheet for a long-term concession debt facility of up to US$382 million.
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced US$23.8 million in funding for the next phase of the US$44.6 million Solar Energy Transformation Program (SETuP) project.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a US$5.2 million funding initiative that will examine how PV projects, wind farms and storage systems can offer grid stability and security services.
Solar hydropanels that can produce clean drinking water from the air alone, using a combination of solar PV with solar thermal technology, are to be trialled across Australia.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) for projects to trial short-term forecasting from large-scale wind and solar farms across Australia.
The first large-scale solar and battery storage project to be connected to the grid in Australia has started providing power to 3,000 homes and businesses in Far North Queensland (FNQ) while forming a test case for deliberate 'islanding'.
Genex Power Limited has appointed UGL as its preferred engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the 270MW Kidston Stage 2 Solar project in Kidston, North Queensland, Australia.
