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Solar

ARENA makes its biggest single solar tech grant to help Fortescue test new ideas for expanding PV plans
ARENA is funding Fortescue’s Pilbara solar hub concept with $45 million to test new technologies in the harsh outback, where building PV farms can be dusty and boring.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 10, 2025

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Solar

Arena backs rollout of automated pile-driver tech by US solar tracking giant
Arena has funded another automated solar installation tech that promises to slash the time it takes to install the foundations of a large-scale solar farm by 20 per cent.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 28, 2025

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Hydrogen

Another $2 billion on table in second round of Hydrogen Headstart program, with new focus on feedstocks
ARENA is launching the second $2 billion Hydrogen Headstart round with a focus on hard-to-abate sectors and cost.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 13, 2025

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Renewables

Australian drone-based solar inspection tech gets federal funds to leap from lab to market
Australian drone-based solar inspection technology that could dramatically transform the way in which large-scale solar farms are monitored gets federal funding.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 15, 2025

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Renewables

“More confident than ever:” Australia set for stunning low price for solar, with help of robots and AI
Australia’s path to ultra low cost solar and a game-changing price of just $20/MWh is being made easier by breakthroughs in robot and AI technology.
Giles Parkinson

May 23, 2025

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Renewables

Labor woos landowners with developer ratings pilot, land potential website
The federal government is wooing landowners by launching the Developer Ratings Scheme and funding a website that assess land for wind, solar potential.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 27, 2025

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Solar Thermal

Vast Energy secures $180m grant for first-of-a-kind solar thermal hub at Port Augusta
Vast’s latest ARENA grant will underwrite at least half of what it needs to build the concentrated solar project.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 13, 2025

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Solar

ARENA lobs $2m at hyper-accurate solar yield software
The digital twin software can calculate how billions of rays of light – including light reflected off the ground – will affect solar panel output.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 19, 2024

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Renewables

“Substantial learning curve:” Lessons from Australian-first green hydrogen microgrid
Ground-breaking trial reveals first round of lessons learnt from integrating renewable hydrogen generation and storage into a remote solar and wind microgrid.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 12, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Electrification and geothermal heating: Arena backs new ways to cut industrial emissions
Producers of pet food, barramundi and wine will receive federal funding to study ways to save power and cut pollution, spurring others to fish for change.
Marion Rae

Jun 27, 2024

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Storage

Arena triples bet on “clean steam” storage hopeful, in bid to green up Australian industry
Australian Renewable Energy Agency tips more money into steam-dispatch technology that it says can help decarbonise hard-to-abate industries.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 18, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Digital platform to harness value of home solar, batteries, electric cars
A digital platform for household solar energy, electric cars and batteries to communicate across the electricity grid could cut power bills by $1500 per year.
Marion Rae

May 30, 2024

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