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Australian Renewable Energy Agency
$2.5 billion
in funding
to 2022
$330 million commitment
target to June 2016
Established in 2012 to:
Improve competitiveness
of renewable energy technologies
Increase supply of renewable energy
in Australia
$1.1 billion
committed
to date
249 supported
projects
58 completed projects
Knowledge | Collect, analyse, interpret and disseminate information
and knowledge
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23 March 2016 - Australian Government announced intention to:
• Retain ARENA and CEFC
• Expand ARENA’s mandate to include energy efficiency and low emissions technologies
- Requires regulation
• Predominantly invest via debt and equity under the Clean Energy Innovation Fund
- Requires regulation
- Jointly managed by ARENA and CEFC
• Retain $1.3 billion in savings from May 2014 Budget
- Requires legislative change
New ARENA Board announced 13 April 2016
Recent announcements
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ARENA Portfolio
110 38 11 3 19 5 48
Solar PV Solar Thermal Hybrid Geothermal Bioenergy Ocean Enabling
$m
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• Integrating renewables and grids (IRG) • Establishing innovation lab to build quality projects to complement existing
portfolio.
• Renewables for industrial processes • Working with industry stakeholders to determine prospective opportunities
to demonstrate renewables (including bioenergy) reduce costs and improve productivity.
• Off-grid areas • Economic challenges of lower diesel prices
• Technical lessons could be relevant to grid applications
• Fringe-of-grid and network constrained areas • Several relevant projects signed recently year
• Likely to consolidate with IRG priority
• Large-scale solar PV • 22 applications proceeding to full application (due 15 June)
Investment Priorities
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Case Study: Queensland University of Technology
Utilising biogas in sugarcane transport and milling
• Biogas using AD with sugarcane trash as feedstock
• Biofuels using HTL with AD solids as feedstock
• Project Partners: • QUT • Griffith University • Manildra Harwood Sugars • Sunshine Sugar • Utilitas Pty Ltd
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Case Study: Southern Oil Refining
Lab Scale
Northern Oil Laboratories
Determine processing requirements
Demonstration
Northern Oil Refinery
Trial requirements in batch runs
Pilot
Pilot Facility
Trial requirements in a continuous facility
Full Scale
Commercial Facility
Full run
ARENA QLD Government
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Case Study: RDA Pentland
Sweet Sorghum at Pentland April 2016
• Bankable feasibility for integrated 1st and 2nd generation bioethanol plant
• Evaluation of sweet sorghum as a alternative sugar source
• Carbon and energy balances comparing 1st and 2nd generation bioethanol production in the Australian context
• Project Partners: • CR Tomlinson Ltd • TOMSA Destil S.L. • Beta Renewables • National Australia Bank
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Find out more at arena.gov.au
ARENA at LinkedIn
@ARENA_aus on Twitter
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$1.1 Billion
committed to support projects
$2.7 Billion
In project value facilitated by
ARENA investment
37 new projects worth $365M announced in
2014-15
Largest solar farm in the southern
hemisphere now sending electricity
into the grid
30+ remote communities & industries to benefit from $140M in ARENA funding for 12 project in remote off-grid &
fringe-of-grid locations
Award winning
World Environment Day Award
(UN)