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On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today launched the $40 million National Industrial Transformation (NIT) Program aimed at supporting the reduction of scope 1 and scope 2 emissions at existing or planned industrial facilities in Australia. The NIT Program is an update to the former Industrial Energy Transformation … Continued
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Digital infrastructure is all around us, running our increasingly digital world. As summer approaches, scorching hot temperatures will see demand for electricity spike to a once-in-a-decade high, putting pressure on grid infrastructure and serving as a painful reminder that legacy grid infrastructure is critically unprepared for extreme weather events. According to the Australian Energy … Continued
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, the Hon Chris Bowen MP, of the reappointment of Darren Miller as ARENA CEO for a further 3 years. Since starting at ARENA in 2018, Mr Miller has overseen significant growth for the Agency, culminating in a … Continued
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Australia’s largest battery with grid-forming inverter capabilities is set to go ahead, with AGL today reaching a Final Investment Decision (FID) on a 500 MW / 1,000 MWh grid-forming battery in Liddell, New South Wales. Announced last year on behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) conditionally approved up to $35 … Continued
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On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $9.75 million in funding to utility services provider Intellihub to launch a Demand Flexibility Platform (the Project) targeting 510 MW of aggregated load under control through the enrolment of over 140,000 customer devices. Intellihub’s $22 million Project will initially target … Continued
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Rewiring Australia called for the Australian Energy Market Operator to shift the focus of energy planning to drive electrification and rooftop solar as these will help reduce the cost of energy, while the build-out of large-scale renewables suffers from delays. Dr Saul Griffith, Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Rewiring Australia said: “AEMO has moved considerably … Continued
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The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) drew to a close with landmark progress in the areas of energy and loss and damage. Over the past couple of weeks, delegates from close to 200 nations came together to deliberate, negotiate and forge critical agreements aimed … Continued
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15 December 2023 The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has released the Draft 2024 Integrated Systems Plan today. AEMO says its ISP, released every two years, is a roadmap for the development of the National Electricity Market (NEM) over the next 20 years and beyond. This time AEMO has noted that coal-fired power … Continued
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday 15 December 2023 RAPID RENEWABLE ENERGY investment will secure the country’s energy future as polluting coal is phased out, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) latest roadmap. The roadmap was released a day after New South Wales residents were asked to stop using non-essential appliances and turn up … Continued
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Friends of the Earth Melbourne welcomes the release today of the second edition of the Victorian Gas Substitution Roadmap (VGSR). The first edition of the VGSR released in July last year explicitly named fossil gas and recognised the household and climate savings that can be achieved when households and commercial buildings switch from gas to … Continued
