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Turnbull government announces new directors to ARENA board
Some of Australia’s most prominent clean energy and climate change professionals have been named to ARENA board. Shame about the funds.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 13, 2016

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Solar thermal, energy storage, biofuels, wave energy head $17m ARENA R&D funding
ARENA has announced a group of nine new cutting edge research and development projects to be supported by its latest funding round, including industrial solar thermal systems and sodium-based battery storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 13, 2016

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Solar and storage could be standard for new housing estates: ARENA
Ground-breaking residential solar plus storage trial launched in WA, using approach ARENA chief says could become standard practice for new housing estates.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 13, 2016

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Opal capital’s solar-wind-battery hybrid plant lines up finance
Opal capital’s Coober Pedy wind-solar-battery hybrid plant reaches financial close, to reduce off-grid diesel consumption.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 31, 2016

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Turnbull’s sleight of hand on clean energy investment
Malcolm Turnbull says he will protect the CEFC with one hand, but will take $1.3 billion of ARENA funds with another. A new fund is created to invest in debt and equity in “low carbon” technologies, but R&D in renewables is left high and dry.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 23, 2016

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Hybrid wind and solar farms likely to deliver significant cost savings
Report finds at least 1GW large-scale solar could be added to existing Australian wind farms, boosting renewables development, generation, and cutting costs.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 21, 2016

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ARENA funds 4.5MW solar farm to test network benefits in Queensland
ARENA funds edge-of-grid solar farm in Qld to test network benefits of local generation, against coal power 1,000km away.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 7, 2016

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Australia says it leads R&D on renewables grid integration
Latest stocktake on projects investigating distributed renewables’ impact on centralised electricity grids shows Australia leading the way.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 18, 2016

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Five things we learned this week about Tony Turnbull/Malcolm Abbott
Nearly six months ago Malcolm Turnbull became PM after Tony Abbott was dumped by his own party. What emerged from this shake-up, however, was a shady new composite figure – a Malcolm Abbott, or a Tony Turnbull. Here’s how to recognise him…
Giles Parkinson

Feb 5, 2016

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ARENA considers another round of large scale solar funding
Hunt flags another “equivalent” round of ARENA funding for large scale solar in Australia following overwhelming response to first tender.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 22, 2016

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ARENA tender suggests solar PV costs to fall below $A100/MWh
Origin, Infigen, Neoen, Goldwind, Canadian Solar, FRV, Juwi and Ratch lead ARENA shortlist for big solar funds, with a particular focus on hybrid solar-wind projects – and a sign that solar costs are coming down for big projects.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 14, 2016

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ARENA backs pumped hydro project at disused Qld gold mine
Genex Power’s plan to convert an abandoned Queensland gold mine into one of Australia’s largest pumped hydro storage plants has received $4m from ARENA.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 18, 2015

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