ARENA Archives - Page 22 of 26 - Renew Economy

Turnbull’s Jekyll and Hyde climate and clean energy policy
Greg Hunt this week toured innovative battery storage products, hailing the work of an agency he wants to de-fund, and announcing the sort of grants he wants to close. So when will the Coalition get serious about climate, clean energy and a vision for the future?
Giles Parkinson

Apr 15, 2016

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Sodium-ion battery, thermal energy storage project win ARENA funding
A new take on low-cost sodium-ion battery technology, and solar thermal storage for industrial refrigeration.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 15, 2016

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ANU project to turn households into mini solar power stations, to boost grid, reward consumers
ARENA grants ANU project $2.9m to install solar and battery storage at 40 homes on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, and use Australian-made software to trade electricity with the grid when needed during peaks.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 14, 2016

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ARENA backs plan to use solar energy for alumina smelting
Use of solar in Alcoa alumina smelting operations could lead to solar energy cutting use of fossil fuels in industry by up to half.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 14, 2016

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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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