ARENA Funds Australia’s First Community-Led Electrification Trial Updated On Thu, Oct 24th, 2024 by Saurenergy Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and its partners Brighte, Rewiring Australia and Endeavour Energy, are set to electricity 500 households in New South Wales, in a new project announced recently announced by the organization. ARENA is providing $5.4 million in funding for the “Electrify 2515 Community Pilot” to support the electrification of 500 homes in […] Read more
Australian Renewable Energy Agency Invites EOI For Grid-Connected Community Batteries Updated On Tue, Apr 4th, 2023 by Saurenergy Last year, Australia’s government made an announcement about the $200 million in grant funding for the Community Batteries for Household Solar Program. The initiative is aimed at delivering community batteries to lower electricity bills and emissions while also aiding storage of excess solar energy, and curbing grid pressure. Now, a new round of grant funding […] Read more
Vast Solar Gets $65 Million Funding from ARENA for Australia’s Concentrated Solar Plant Updated On Tue, Feb 14th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) has announced a funding of $65 million to renewable energy developer Vast Solar to help the firm deliver its VS1, the 30 MW/ 288 MWh concentrated solar plant in Port Augusta, South Australia. The funding is expected to create hundreds of jobs and be the catalyst for an Australian […] Read more
Australia & Germany Collaborate for Solar Powered Methanol Project Off Australia’s Port Augusta Updated On Mon, Jan 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy Australian cleantech company Vast Solar has revealed that the company along with the Solar Methanol Consortium have been selected to receive A$ 19.48 million and EUR 13.2 million from a collaboration between the Australian and German Governments for the development of a green methanol demonstration plant, SM1 in Port Augusta, South Australia. Vast Solar claims […] Read more
Aussie Solar Start Up 5B Feels the Need for Speed: ARENA Updated On Wed, Jan 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $14 million in funding for 5B to accelerate the automation of its innovative utility scale solar array, 5B Maverick. Launched in 2017, the 5B Maverick is a modular, prefabricated solar array that can be built and pre-wired in a factory and […] Read more
Australian RE Agency Grants $40 M to Drive Ultra Low Cost Solar Updated On Tue, Jan 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced up to $40 million in funding to support research and development (R&D) that aims to support the achievement of the Government’s ultra low cost solar stretch goal. The R&D funding round will build on ARENA’s previous R&D investment into solar […] Read more
ARENA Grants $100 M to Support Grid Scale Batteries Updated On Tue, Dec 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a $100 million competitive funding round for grid scale batteries equipped with advanced inverters to support the grid. ARENA’s Large Scale Battery Storage Funding Round will provide up to $100 million in funding to new battery energy storage projects of 70 […] Read more
$50 M to Ramp up Microgrids in Regional Australia: ARENA Updated On Fri, Sep 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced the launch of the $50 million Regional Australia Microgrid Pilots Program (RAMPP) to support microgrid pilot projects across regional Australia. Announced in the 2020-21 Federal Budget, the six year program aims to improve the resilience and reliability of electricity supply […] Read more
Transforming the Grid with Pole-mounted Batteries: ARENA Updated On Tue, Aug 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $4 million of ARENA funding to United Energy to trial the use of pole-mounted batteries to support more rooftop solar and manage peak demand across the low voltage distribution network in south Eastern Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. The first of […] Read more
