Consultation has opened today on the Australian Government’s $523 million Battery Breakthrough Initiative, being delivered by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Announced in the 2024-25 Federal Budget in May, the Battery Breakthrough Initiative aims to fund projects that enhance the development of Australia’s battery manufacturing capability to improve supply chain resilience and provide opportunities…
A new project involving Barwon Region Water Corporation and Viva Energy will look at the potential of pure oxygen – created when splitting water through electrolysis – to create mutual benefits for green hydrogen producers and wastewater treatment plant operators. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced on Thursday that it has committed up to…
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced grant funding totalling $1.98 million to ten companies to assist feasibility studies into adopting lower-carbon technologies. According to a statement from ARENA on Thursday, the studies would generate valuable data, and it would work with industry to share this. “The grants we’ve announced today are for businesses…
Freight and logistics provider ANC has been awarded $12.8 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) Driving the Nation Fund, which will help fund a fleet battery-electric vehicle (BEV) trucks for last-mile deliveries. In a statement on Wednesday, ARENA said 112 trucks would soon be in use through ANC’s “Project Spark”, which…
Eight months after temporarily pausing its energy storage demonstrator’s operations due to an overheating issue, MGA Thermal has received a further nod of confidence in its recovery from the incident with an extra $2.48 million in backing from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA.) The company shared news of the funding – which nearly triples…
South Australian households to take to smart energy appliances Five hundred South Australian households are set to go energy-smart in a new project announced by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and electricity distributor SA Power Networks. ARENA is providing $6.2 million to SA Power Networks’ $13.8 million ‘Energy Masters’ project. The project will see…
Consultation opened on Tuesday morning on the design of the federal government’s Solar Sunshot program, announced late last month. Sunshot is budgeted at $1 billion. It was announced on March 28 by prime minister Anthony Albanese during a visit to NSW Hunter Valley, which has a strong heritage in coal mining, pledging to “invest in…
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $59.1 million in funding supporting 21 R&D and commercialisation projects involving renewable hydrogen and low emission iron and steel. According to a statement from the federal government’s ARENA on Wednesday, the funding supports research teams “from some of Australia’s top universities, research organisations, startups and companies.” The…
Energy infrastructure company Lochard Energy has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support a $6.3 million feasibility study involving hydrogen-based long duration energy storage in Victoria’s Otway Basin. In a statement on Friday, ARENA said the study represents the second stage of Lochard’s H2RESTORE project, which aims…
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…
