Table 38: ARENA funds contractually committed to new projects in 2018-19
|
Proponent name |
Project status |
Project name |
Financial assistance committed 2018-19 (ex GST) |
Location (State) |
Investment priority |
Primary technology |
Innovation stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Advisian Pty Ltd |
Active |
Wind and Solar Forecasting for the NEM Project |
$499,723 |
QLD |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Market data and information |
Demonstration |
|
Aeolius Wind Systems Pty Ltd |
Active |
Wind Forecasting Demonstration Project |
$1,899,000 |
VIC |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Market data and information |
Demonstration |
|
Apace Research Ltd |
Active |
Ethtec Cellulosic Ethanol Pilot Plant |
$11,960,000 |
NSW |
Improving energy productivity |
Bioenergy |
Demonstration |
|
Apricus Energy |
Terminated |
Intelligent energy storage for thermal comfort in solar powered homes |
$496,313 |
VIC |
Improving energy productivity |
Solar PV |
Demonstration |
|
Ausgrid |
Active |
Demand Management for Replacement Needs |
$1,000,000 |
NSW |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Demand Response (DR) |
Demonstration |
|
Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) |
Active |
Renewable energy for process heat, Australia-wide, Replacing non-renewable systems |
$447,000 |
NSW |
Improving energy productivity |
Industrial heating and cooling |
Other Study |
|
Australian Energy Market Operator Limited |
Active |
National Energy Simulator Feasibility Study |
$500,000 |
VIC |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Enabling |
Other Study |
|
Australian Energy Market Operator Limited |
Active |
Virtual Power Plant Demonstrations |
$2,465,140 |
VIC |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Enabling |
Demonstration |
|
Australian National University |
Active |
Solar Hydrogen Generation R&D Project |
$1,637,303 |
ACT |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
Australian National University |
Active |
Direct Water Electrolysis R&D Project |
$1,235,407 |
ACT |
Other |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
Australian National University |
Active |
Hydrogen Generation by Electro-Catalytic Systems R&D Project |
$615,682 |
ACT |
Other |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
BOC |
Active |
Renewable Hydrogen Production and Refuelling Project |
$950,000 |
QLD |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
Demonstration |
|
Chargefox |
Active |
Electric Vehicle Charging Network Project |
$6,000,000 |
VIC |
Improving energy productivity |
Enabling |
Demonstration |
|
Climate Council of Australia |
Active |
Climate Council Cities Power Partnership |
$493,150 |
VIC |
Other |
Other |
Other Study |
|
Climate KIC Australia |
Active |
Business Renewables Centre Australia |
$500,000 |
NSW |
Improving energy productivity |
Market data and information |
Other Study |
|
Climate KIC Australia |
Active |
Residential heat pump study |
$500,000 |
NSW |
Other |
Geothermal |
Other Study |
|
CSIRO |
Active |
National Low-Voltage Feeder Taxonomy Study |
$485,025 |
NSW |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
DER Integration |
Other Study |
|
CSIRO |
Active |
Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen R&D Project |
$2,007,676 |
NSW |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
CSIRO |
Active |
Methane Fuel Carrier R&D Project |
$1,085,553 |
NSW |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
CSIRO |
Active |
Liquid Fuel Carrier R&D Project |
$1,010,081 |
VIC |
Other |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
CSIRO |
Active |
Hydrogen to Ammonia R&D Project |
$1,175,000 |
VIC |
Other |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
DNV GL |
Active |
Multi-Model and Machine Learning Wind Forecast Project |
$270,941 |
VIC |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Market data and information |
Demonstration |
|
Dynamic Limits |
Active |
DER Feasibility Study |
$292,213 |
NSW |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
DER Integration |
Feasibility Study |
|
Dyno Nobel Moranbah Pty Ltd |
Active |
Expansion of Moranbah - Feasibility of Renewable Hydrogen |
$980,000 |
QLD |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
Feasibility Study |
|
Element 25 Limited |
Active |
Pilot studies for Intermittent Dynamic Electrowinning using renewable energy to produce high purity EMM and MnSO4 |
$490,000 |
WA |
Exporting renewable energy |
Enabling |
Other Study |
|
Evenergi Pty Ltd |
Active |
Charge Together Australia - Phase 2 |
$469,380 |
NSW |
Improving energy productivity |
Enabling |
Deployment |
|
Fast Cities |
Active |
Creating a National Ultrafast EV Charging Infrastructure Network |
$15,000,000 |
QLD |
Improving energy productivity |
Enabling |
Demonstration |
|
Fulcrum3D Pty Ltd |
Active |
CloudCAM Solar Forecasting for the NEM |
$490,800 |
QLD |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Other |
Deployment |
|
Fulcrum3D Pty Ltd |
Active |
Wind Forecasting for the NEM at Pacific Hydro's Clements Gap, Crowlands and Taralga Wind Farms |
$493,242 |
NSW |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Market data and information |
Demonstration |
|
Goldwind Australia Pty Ltd |
Active |
Field Study of Virtual Synchronous Generator at Gullen Range Wind Farm |
$400,000 |
NSW |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
System Security |
Demonstration |
|
Goldwind Australia Pty Ltd |
Active |
Demonstration of a high penetration renewable microgrid on an operating mine in WA |
$13,500,000 |
WA |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Off grid |
Deployment |
|
GreenSync |
Active |
Decentralised Energy Exchange (deX) Program: scaling common platform requirements for decentralised energy exchanges across Australia |
$10,000,000 |
VIC |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Enabling |
Deployment |
|
Hydro Tasmania |
Active |
Tasmanian Pumped-Hydro Energy Storage Opportunities Stage 2 |
$700,000 |
TAS |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) |
Feasibility Study |
|
Hydrostor Australia Pty Ltd |
Active |
Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage South Australia Project |
$6,000,000 |
SA |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Other |
Demonstration |
|
Indra Australia |
Active |
Indra Monash Smart Microgrid Project |
$2,974,162 |
VIC |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
DER Integration |
Demonstration |
|
Industrial Monitoring & Control (IMC) |
Active |
Skycam and Multi-Model Solar Forecasting Project |
$1,247,841 |
NSW |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Market data and information |
Demonstration |
|
Jemena Limited |
Active |
Demonstration projects of innovative grid-based power electronics technology applications to increase network DER hosting capacity and improve the quality of customer electricity supplies |
$1,124,985 |
VIC |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
DER Integration |
Demonstration |
|
Jemena Limited |
Active |
Power to Gas Demonstration |
$5,710,000 |
NSW |
Other |
Hydrogen |
Demonstration |
|
Lake Bonney BESS Pty Limited |
Active |
Lake Bonney BESS |
$5,000,000 |
SA |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Battery Storage |
Demonstration |
|
Macquarie Capital (Australia) Limited |
Active |
Kwinana Waste to Energy |
$23,000,000 |
WA |
Improving energy productivity |
Bioenergy |
Deployment |
|
Macquarie University |
Active |
Biological Hydrogen Production R&D Project |
$1,148,455 |
NSW |
Other |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
Meridian Energy Australia |
Active |
Wind Forecasting Demonstration Project |
$2,180,155 |
VIC |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Market data and information |
Demonstration |
|
Monash Energy Materials and System Institute (MEMSI) |
Active |
Ammonia production from renewables R&D Project |
$913,848 |
VIC |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
Monash Energy Materials and System Institute (MEMSI) |
Active |
Water splitting electrodes R&D Project |
$1,054,209 |
VIC |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
Nectar Farms Management Pty Ltd |
Active |
High Efficiency Off Grid Glasshouse Project |
$1,000,000 |
VIC |
Improving energy productivity |
Enabling |
Feasibility Study |
|
Oakley Greenwood Pty Ltd |
Active |
Pricing and Integration of Distributed Energy Resources Study |
$207,000 |
QLD |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
DER Integration |
Other Study |
|
OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Limited |
Active |
Middleback Ranges Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Project Pre-feasibility Study |
$500,000 |
NT |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) |
Other Study |
|
Origin Energy Eraring Pty Limited |
Active |
Shoalhaven Pumped Hydro Expansion Opportunity Feasibility Study |
$2,000,000 |
NSW |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) |
Other Study |
|
PGWF Pty Ltd atf PGWF Unit Trust |
Active |
Fringe of Grid Battery Microgrid for Port Gregory (WA) Wind & Solar Farm |
$3,000,000 |
WA |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Battery Storage |
Demonstration |
|
Powercor Australia Pty Ltd |
Active |
DER Hosting Capacity Study |
$164,402 |
VIC |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
DER Integration |
Other Study |
|
Proa Analytics Pty Ltd |
Active |
Solar Forecasts Project |
$728,072 |
QLD |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Market data and information |
Demonstration |
|
Queensland University of Technology |
Active |
Hydrogen process R&D Project |
$3,350,000 |
QLD |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
RACV |
Active |
Smart Hot Water System |
$272,998 |
VIC |
Other |
DER Integration |
Demonstration |
|
RE.Group |
Active |
Mt Piper Energy Recovery Project, Financial Investment Decision Study |
$1,000,000 |
NSW |
Improving energy productivity |
Bioenergy |
Other Study |
|
Relectrify Pty Ltd |
Active |
BMS-Inverter Hybrid Project |
$338,000 |
VIC |
Other |
Enabling |
Demonstration |
|
RMIT University |
Active |
Melbourne Hydrogen Storage and Transport R&D Project |
$805,026 |
VIC |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
Santos Limited |
Active |
Conversion of remote crude oil beam pumps to solar & battery project |
$4,200,000 |
SA |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Solar PV |
Demonstration |
|
SAPN |
Active |
Advanced VPP grid integration |
$1,032,000 |
SA |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
DER Integration |
Demonstration |
|
Solar Analytics |
Active |
Accelerating the growth development of energy monitoring for solar households and small businesses. |
$1,000,000 |
NSW |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Enabling |
Deployment |
|
Solar Analytics |
Active |
Enhanced Reliability through Short Time Resolution Data around Voltage Disturbances |
$491,725 |
NSW |
Other |
DER Integration |
Demonstration |
|
Solar and Storage Modelling Pty Ltd |
Active |
Solcast nowcasting solutions for solar farms and the Australian energy sector |
$781,740 |
NSW |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Market data and information |
Demonstration |
|
Solpod |
Active |
Solar PV Demonstration Project |
$975,000 |
NSW |
Accelerating solar PV innovation |
Solar PV |
Demonstration |
|
Southern Oil Refining |
Active |
Commercialisation of renewable crude oil production from wastewater treatment plant waste |
$4,000,000 |
QLD |
Improving energy productivity |
Bioenergy |
Demonstration |
|
TasNetworks |
Active |
Tasmanian and Victorian Second Bass Strait Interconnector Feasibility Study |
$10,000,000 |
TAS |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Other |
Other Study |
|
The Trustee for Lastek Unit Trust |
Active |
Measurement guidelines for multi-junction solar cells with perovskite layers, CSIRO PV Performance Laboratory |
$732,038 |
NSW |
Accelerating solar PV innovation |
Solar PV |
Demonstration |
|
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia LTD |
Active |
Toyota Ecopark Hydrogen Demonstration |
$3,076,000 |
VIC |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
Demonstration |
|
United Energy Distribution Pty Ltd |
Active |
Voltage-Controlled Frequency Regulation System |
$900,000 |
VIC |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Enabling |
Demonstration |
|
University of Melbourne |
Active |
Advanced Planning of PV-Rich Distribution Networks Study |
$203,867 |
VIC |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
DER Integration |
Other Study |
|
University of Melbourne |
Active |
Hydrogen Fuelled Reciprocating Engines R&D Project |
$2,594,747 |
VIC |
Improving energy productivity |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
University of New South Wales |
Active |
Module Design for Lower Field Operating Temperature and Improved Yield |
$285,816 |
NSW |
Accelerating solar PV innovation |
Solar PV |
R&D |
|
University of New South Wales |
Active |
Addressing barriers to efficient renewable integration |
$982,000 |
NSW |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Enabling |
Other Study |
|
University of New South Wales |
Active |
Photovoltaic Electrolysis to Generate Hydrogen R&D Project |
$1,319,105 |
NSW |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
University of New South Wales |
Active |
Waste Biomass to Renewable Hydrogen R&D Project |
$1,045,770 |
NSW |
Improving energy productivity |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
University of Tasmania |
Active |
Optimal DER Scheduling for Frequency Stability Study |
$527,582 |
TAS |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
DER Integration |
Other Study |
|
University of Western Australia |
Active |
Methanol from Syngas R&D Project |
$1,079,875 |
WA |
Exporting renewable energy |
Hydrogen |
R&D |
|
Vestas Wind Systems A/S |
Active |
Wind Forecasting for the NEM Project |
$405,754 |
SA |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Market data and information |
Demonstration |
|
Wave Swell Energy Limited |
Active |
UniWave200 King Island Project |
$4,035,628 |
TAS |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Marine |
Demonstration |
|
Windlab Limited |
Active |
LIDAR for Wind Forecast Projects |
$393,107 |
QLD |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
Market data and information |
Demonstration |
|
Zeppelin Bend Pty Ltd |
Active |
Publishing operating envelopes to the node to support the integration, orchestration and coordination of high-penetration DER in electricity distribution networks |
$4,292,632 |
ACT |
Delivering secure and reliable electricity |
DER Integration |
Demonstration |
|
TOTAL: 79 |
$188,122,168 |
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