Governments and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency are backing trials of two energy-dense battery types not seen on electric vehicles to test the feasibility of battery micro-grids to supply those living in off-grid communities. With $2.85 million each from ARENA and the Western Australian government, regional energy provider Horizon Power will pilot two battery technologies…
Jemena’s Malabar Biomethane Project, which is injecting biomethane from processed wastewater in the gas network, has become the first renewable gas project to receive certification under the new GreenPower accreditation program. The GreenPower Renewable Gas Certification Pilot was launched in 2023 and operates nationwide. According to its website, certification enables commercial and industrial users “to…
The federal government’s Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a $1,666,701 grant to Aboriginal Clean Energy Partnership (ACEP) to support Phase 1 of the feasibility study for the East Kimberley Clean Energy and Hydrogen Project. The total value of the Phase 1 study is $3,333,403, and according to ARENA represents “a key step in…
Hamburg-based energy company Mabanaft has received a grant approval from the German Projektträger Jülich backing the construction of a new green methanol plant in Port Augusta, South Australia. Together with Australian renewable energy company Vast, Mabanaft is developing plans to build a demonstration plant with a capacity of around 7,500 tonnes of green methanol per…
By Andrew Gunn, Monash University and Christian Jakob, Monash University The bush is full up – no room for more renewables, according to Nationals leader David Littleproud. Instead, renewables should be restricted to large solar arrays on commercial buildings in the cities. The country-focused minor party presumably hopes to capitalise on rural scepticism of large scale…
The decarbonisation of Australia’s mining and metals refining sector is picking up pace with BHP’s giant Olympic Dam copper mine and metals refinery in South Australia turning to solar power and battery energy storage. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is investing $99 million to boost to Neoen’s Goyder wind farm – which will provide electricity…
Australia’s only manufacturer of solar PV panels, Adelaide’s Tindo Solar has announced ambitious plans for a solar PV gigafactory which could produce a third of Australia’s demand for solar panels. The plan, which would be dependent on support from a state government and backing from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the $15 billion National…
Vast Solar’s rollout plans for concentrated solar power (CSP) plants have been given a boost with French energy company EDF Group committing $16.4 million (Euros 10 million) to develop new projects. Vast is developing a number of Australian projects, including the SM1 solar methanol plant at Port Augusta in South Australia, utilising heat and power…
New project looks at dynamically managing energy loads The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced $864,000 in funding to AGL on Thursday to develop and trial a price intensity forecasting tool to support dynamic load flexing in the commercial and industrial sectors. The $1.78 million project will initially recruit four Melbourne-based customer sites and utilise…
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched the first funding round of a $400 million funding programme to support emissions reduction at existing industrial facilities in regional Australia. The Industrial Transformation Stream (ITS) is part of the Powering the Regions Fund, with ARENA working closely with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment…
