On behalf of the Australian Government, The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $32.1 million for Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation to trial hydrogen calcination technology at the Yarwun Alumina Refinery in Gladstone, Queensland. The $111.1 million ‘Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation Yarwun Hydrogen Calcination Pilot Demonstration Program’ will be the first-of-its-kind deployment … Continue reading World first hydrogen pilot for low carbon alumina
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Renewable energy takes to the skies
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency has today opened a $30 million funding initiative to reduce emissions in the aviation sector. Australia’s aviation industry accounts for roughly 1 per cent of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions and is viewed as a hard to abate sector. Most of these emissions are from … Continue reading Renewable energy takes to the skies
Continue readingIncreasing renewables on the grid through accurate inertia measurement
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $1.43 million in funding to Reactive Technologies to conduct a trial of its real-time inertia measurement technology Grid-Sonar™ across a number of sites in Victoria. Accurately measuring the power system’s inertia in real-time will help the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) operate the system more securely, while … Continue reading Increasing renewables on the grid through accurate inertia measurement
Continue readingInvesting in home grown research for hydrogen and steel
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $50 million for two funding rounds targeting research and development (R&D) for renewable hydrogen and low emissions iron and steel. Funding for successful research and development projects will be provided over two phases, with an initial laboratory-based research phase followed … Continue reading Investing in home grown research for hydrogen and steel
Continue readingVast Solar Concentrated Solar Power reference plant, VS1 Port Augusta, to receive $65 million funding from ARENA
Vast Solar has welcomed the Minister for Climate Change and Energy’s and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) announcement that it has approved funding of $65 million for VS1, Vast Solar’s 30MW/ 288MWh reference plant in Port Augusta, South Australia. The funding is another step forward for the project, which will create hundreds of jobs … Continue reading Vast Solar Concentrated Solar Power reference plant, VS1 Port Augusta, to receive $65 million funding from ARENA
Continue readingSenvion to supply its first off-grid wind power project in Australia’s outback
Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has signed a contract with EDL to supply wind energy to a hybrid micro-grid in Coober Pedy, a remote town in South Australia. In addition to two Senvion MM92 turbines from the company’s two-megawatt (MW) portfolio, the project will also use a unique combination of solar and … Continue reading Senvion to supply its first off-grid wind power project in Australia’s outback
Continue readingFeasibility study to be conducted in Australia for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) hybrid plants
ARENA, Alinta agree funds for Port Augusta Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) study. ARENA announced on Wednesday it would contribute $1million to the study, with $1.2 million to come from Alinta and a further $123,000 from the state government. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has finally come to an agreement with the privately-owned Alinta to co-fund … Continue reading Feasibility study to be conducted in Australia for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) hybrid plants
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