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Table 39: All active projects managed by ARENA in 2018-19

ALL ACTIVE PROJECTS MANAGED BY ARENA IN 2018-19 (INCLUDING NEW PROJECTS)

Proponent name

Project status

Project name

Financial assistance committed (ex GST)

Financial assistance paid 2018-19 (ex GST)

Location (State)

Investment priority

Primary technology

Innovation stage

Adelaide University

Active

Establishing the Australian Energy Storage Knowledge Bank

$1,441,811

$127,192

SA

Other

Enabling

Other Study

Adelaide University

Active

Participation in Mission Innovation - Converting Sunlight Innovation Challenge

$494,000

$321,450

SA

Exporting renewable energy

Solar Thermal

Other Study

Adelaide University

Active

Integrating Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy into the Bayer Alumina Process

$4,490,752

$1,453,790

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar Thermal

R&D

Advisian Pty Ltd

Active

Wind and Solar Forecasting for the NEM Project

$499,723

$0

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Market data and information

Demonstration

Aeolius Wind Systems Pty Ltd

Active

Wind Forecasting Demonstration Project

$1,899,000

$0

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Market data and information

Demonstration

AGL Energy Ltd

Active

AGL Energy Application for Demand Response in NSW

$2,624,019

$586,491

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

AGL Energy Ltd

Active

5MW Virtual Power Plant in South Australia (VPP-SA) Project

$5,000,000

$1,000,000

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Deployment

AGL PV Solar Holdings Pty Limited

Active

AGL Solar PV project

$166,700,000

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

Allen Taylor and Co

Active

Hardwood Residue Bio-refinery Feasibility Study

$500,000

$285,000

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Other Study

ANU

Active

ANU - Community Models for Deploying and Operating Distributed Energy Resources Study

$498,650

$149,595

ACT

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

DER Integration

Other Study

ANU

Active

CONSORT: Consumer Energy Systems Providing Cost-Effective Grid Support

$2,895,951

$823,501

TAS

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

R&D

ANU

Active

Monolithic perovskite – silicon Tandem Cells: Towards Commercial Reality

$672,841

$0

ACT

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

ANU

Active

Development of Stable Electrodes for Perovskite Solar Cells

$936,732

$0

ACT

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

ANU

Active

Tandem PV Micro Concentrator

$788,515

$0

ACT

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

ANU

Active

High-temperature solar thermal energy storage via manganese-oxide based redox cycling

$1,193,534

$440,991

ACT

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar Thermal

R&D

ANU

Active

Bladed Receivers with Active Airflow Control

$1,408,327

$0

ACT

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar Thermal

R&D

ANU

Active

Hydrogen Generation by Electro-Catalytic Systems R&D Project

$615,682

$307,841

ACT

Other

Hydrogen

R&D

ANU

Active

Solar Hydrogen Generation R&D Project

$1,637,303

$818,652

ACT

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

R&D

ANU

Active

Direct Water Electrolysis R&D Project

$1,235,407

$1,042,703

ACT

Other

Hydrogen

R&D

ANU

Active

A Robotic Vision System for Automatic Inspection and Evaluation of Solar Plant Infrastructure

$596,183

$0

ACT

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

ANU

Active

Real-time Operational Distributed PV Simulations for Distribution Network Service Providers

$1,198,359

$514,316

ACT

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar PV

R&D

ANU

Active

Next Generation Industrial Bifacial Silicon Solar Cells

$1,977,845

$0

ACT

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

ANU

Active

Advanced Silicon Solar Cells by DESIJN (Deposited Silicon Junctions)

$1,116,142

$0

ACT

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

ANU

Active

Driving Increased Efficiency and Reliability in Silicon Photovoltaics - from ingots to modules

$2,399,392

$0

ACT

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

ANU

Completed

An Atlas of Pumped Hydro Energy Storage

$609,000

$506,500

ACT

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES)

Other Study

ANU

Completed

6-F001: Katherine Booker, Metal-assisted chemical etching of Sliver solar cells

$356,749

$20,749

ACT

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

ANU

Completed

PV Modules for The Australian Environment (PV-MATE)

$502,977

$0

ACT

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

ANU

Completed

Eliminating material quality barriers to low cost, very high efficiency silicon solar cells and modules

$2,023,407

$306,990

ACT

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

Apace Research Ltd

Active

Ethtec Cellulosic Ethanol Pilot Plant

$11,960,000

$0

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Demonstration

Apricus Energy

Terminated

Intelligent energy storage for thermal comfort in solar powered homes

$496,313

$0

VIC

Improving energy productivity

Solar PV

Demonstration

APT Pipelines Limited

Active

Emu Downs Solar Farm Project

$5,500,000

$0

WA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

APT Pipelines Limited

Active

Darling Downs Solar Farm

$20,000,000

$0

QLD

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Large-scale solar

Deployment

ATCO Gas Australia Pty Ltd

Active

Jandakot Commercial Hybrid Energy H2 Microgrid (ATCO H2 Microgrid)

$1,661,000

$1,130,810

WA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Hydrogen

Demonstration

Ausgrid

Active

Demand Management for Replacement Needs

$1,000,000

$88,387

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

$154,840

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Industrial heating and cooling

Other Study

Australian Association for Hydrogen Energy

Active

Australian Association of Hydrogen Energy (AAHE), International Energy Agency (IEA) Hydrogen Technology Collaboration Program (TCP), Promoting hydrogen implementation and utilization in Australia through International collaboration

$494,000

$227,600

QLD

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

Other Study

Australian Energy Market Operator Limited

Active

Virtual Power Plant Demonstrations

$2,465,140

$0

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

Australian Energy Market Operator Limited

Active

National Energy Simulator Feasibility Study

$500,000

$250,000

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Other Study

Australian PV Institute

Active

Australian involvement in the IEA PV Power Systems, and solar heating and cooling implementing agreements

$440,500

$0

NSW

Other

Solar PV

Other Study

Australian PV Institute

Active

International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programme - PV Power Systems

$668,000

$162,000

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

Other Study

Australian PV Institute

Active

International Energy Agency (IEA) Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) - Solar Heating and Cooling

$383,500

$93,700

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Solar Thermal

Other Study

Barcaldine Remote Community Solar Farm Pty Ltd

Active

Barcaldine 25MW Remote Community Solar Project

$22,800,000

$0

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Demonstration

Bioenergy Australia

Active

Bioenergy Australia paricipation in the International Energy Agency (IEA) Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) on Bioenergy

$885,733

$265,711

NSW

Exporting renewable energy

Bioenergy

Other Study

Bioenergy Australia

Completed

Enhanced Australian Participation in IEA Bioenergy Tasks and Activities

$707,667

$68,649

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Other Study

BioPower Systems Pty Ltd

Terminated

bioWAVE Ocean Pilot at Port Fairy

$11,541,864

$0

VIC

Other

Marine

Demonstration

BOC

Active

Renewable Hydrogen Production and Refuelling Project

$950,000

$0

QLD

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

Demonstration

Bundaberg Regional Irrigators Group Ltd

Active

Adapting Renewal Energy Concepts to Irrigated Sugarcane Production at Bundaberg

$446,011

$101,200

QLD

Improving energy productivity

Enabling

Demonstration

Canadian Solar

Active

Longreach Solar Farm

$1,300,000

$0

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

Canadian Solar

Active

Oakey Solar Farm

$2,162,000

$0

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

Carnegie Wave Energy Limited

Active

The Albany Wave Energy Project

$13,000,000

$0

WA

Other

Marine

Demonstration

Carnegie Wave Energy Limited

Active

Garden Island Microgrid Project

$2,500,000

$0

WA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Marine

Demonstration

Carnegie Wave Energy Limited

Completed

The Perth Wave Energy Project (PWEP)

$13,095,381

$0

WA

Other

Marine

Demonstration

Chargefox

Active

Electric Vehicle Charging Network Project

$6,000,000

$2,000,000

VIC

Improving energy productivity

Enabling

Demonstration

Climate Council of Australia

Active

Climate Council Cities Power Partnership

$493,150

$200,000

VIC

Other

Other

Other Study

Climate KIC Australia

Active

Residential heat pump study

$500,000

$150,000

NSW

Other

Geothermal

Other Study

Climate KIC Australia

Active

Business Renewables Centre Australia

$500,000

$75,000

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Market data and information

Other Study

CSIRO

Active

International Energy Agency (IEA) - SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) Technology Collaboration Program (TCP)

$394,000

$120,200

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar Thermal

Other Study

CSIRO

Active

Feasibility study into dispatchable, cost effective power from forest and mill waste using the direct injection carbon engine (bioDICE)

$432,000

$0

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Other Study

CSIRO

Active

National Low-Voltage Feeder Taxonomy Study

$485,025

$145,508

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

DER Integration

Other Study

CSIRO

Active

Australian Renewable Energy Mapping Infrastructure (AREMI)

$2,197,150

$200,000

NSW

Other

Enabling

Other Study

CSIRO

Active

Missions Innovation Challenge - Smart Grids

$113,750

$94,500

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Other Study

CSIRO

Active

Missions Innovation Challenge - Affordable Heating and Cooling

$37,000

$27,200

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Enabling

Other Study

CSIRO

Active

Methane Fuel Carrier R&D Project

$1,085,553

$542,776

NSW

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

R&D

CSIRO

Active

Hydrogen to Ammonia R&D Project

$1,175,000

$587,500

VIC

Other

Hydrogen

R&D

CSIRO

Active

Liquid Fuel Carrier R&D Project

$1,010,081

$505,011

VIC

Other

Hydrogen

R&D

CSIRO

Active

Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen R&D Project

$2,007,676

$1,003,838

NSW

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

R&D

CSIRO

Active

International Energy Agency (IEA) - Ocean Energy Systems -Technology Collaboration Program (TCP)

$283,500

$0

TAS

Other

Marine

Other Study

CSIRO

Active

Specifying Guidelines for Assessing Perovskite Solar Cells

$932,000

$312,000

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

Other Study

CSIRO

Active

Manufacturing of Printed Perovskite PV Modules

$3,310,248

$0

VIC

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

CSIRO

Active

AIRAH PUSCH Australia - Promoting the Use of Solar Cooling and Heating in Australia

$399,436

$69,436

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Solar Thermal

Other Study

CSIRO

Active

1-SRI002: CSIRO: Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI)

$35,208,747

$3,000,000

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar Thermal

R&D

Curtin University

Active

White Gum Valley: Increasing the uptake of solar PV, using energy storage, monitoring and grid-connected micro-grids within strata

$900,375

$97,000

WA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

R&D

DCP Company Pty Ltd

Completed

EJ004 Solar Rooftop Electricity Retailer

$775,000

$75,000

VIC

Other

Solar PV

Demonstration

Degrussa Solar Project Pty Ltd

Active

DeGrussa Solar PV & Storage Project

$20,900,000

$0

WA

Improving energy productivity

Solar PV

Demonstration

DNV GL

Active

Development of a Proposed Performance Standard for a Battery Storage System connected to a Domestic/Small Commercial Solar PV System

$1,400,000

$700,000

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Battery Storage

Other Study

DNV GL

Active

Multi-Model and Machine Learning Wind Forecast Project

$270,941

$0

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Market data and information

Demonstration

Dynamic Limits

Active

DER Feasibility Study

$292,213

$116,885

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

$0

QLD

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

Feasibility Study

EDL Group Operations Pty Ltd

Active

Coober Pedy Renewable Diesel Hybrid

$18,410,879

$549,234

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Hybrid

Demonstration

Electranet Pty Limited

Active

ElectraNet Energy Storage for Commercial Renewable Integration (ESCRI) Phase 2 (South Australia) - Deployment and Testing

$12,000,000

$5,700,000

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Battery Storage

Deployment

Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation

Active

Alkimos Beach Energy Storage Project

$3,310,000

$100,000

WA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

Element 25 Limited

Active

Pilot studies for Intermittent Dynamic Electrowinning using renewable energy to produce high purity EMM and MnSO4

$490,000

$0

WA

Exporting renewable energy

Enabling

Other Study

EnergyAustralia

Active

Energy Australia Demand Response NSW

$1,435,500

$167,475

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

EnergyAustralia

Active

Energy Australia Demand Response VIC and SA

$6,929,000

$3,695,467

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

EnergyAustralia

Active

Phase 2 of EnergyAustralia South Australian Pumper Hydro Energy Storage Project

$500,000

$0

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES)

Other Study

EnergyAustralia

Completed

South Australian Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) Feasibility Study

$453,000

$0

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES)

Other study

EnerNOC Pty Ltd

Active

EnerNOC Demand Response NSW

$1,800,000

$210,000

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

EnerNOC Pty Ltd

Active

EnerNOC Demand Response VIC

$5,400,000

$630,000

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

EPC Technologies

Active

G.James Glass and Aluminium - a demonstration of medium-scale solar on industrial roof-tops can be effectively integrated into the distribution network

$225,000

$150,000

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar PV

Other Study

ERM Power

Completed

NSW Schools Energy Productivity Program (SEPP)

$500,000

$500,000

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Solar PV

Demonstration

Evenergi Pty Ltd

Active

Charge Together Australia - Phase 2

$469,380

$117,345

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Enabling

Deployment

Evenergi Pty Ltd

Completed

South Australian Regional Electric Vehicle Adoption Program

$172,215

$68,885

SA

Improving energy productivity

Enabling

Demonstration

Fast Cities

Active

Creating a National Ultrafast EV Charging Infrastructure Network

$15,000,000

$0

QLD

Improving energy productivity

Enabling

Demonstration

Flow Power

Active

Flow Power Demand Response NSW

$1,318,250

$153,796

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

Frontier Carbon Pty Ltd

Completed

Toolkit for Renewable Energy Financing

$467,717

$173,880

VIC

Other

Enabling

Other Study

Fulcrum3D Pty Ltd

Active

CloudCAM Solar Forecasting for the NEM

$490,800

$251,970

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

$177,129

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Market data and information

Demonstration

Genex

Active

Kidston Solar Project

$8,850,000

$0

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

Genex

Active

Kidston Stage 2 Project

$5,000,000

$2,476,805

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES)

Other Study

Genex

Completed

Feasibility study to validate the construction of a large-scale pumped storage hydroelectric energy storage facility at a remote disused mine site in Northern Queensland

$3,996,211

$471,312

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES)

Other Study

Gess Devco Pty Ltd

Active

Gannawarra Energy Storage System (GESS)

$22,735,000

$0

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Battery Storage

Demonstration

Goldwind Australia Pty Ltd

Active

White Rock Solar Farm, co-located with White Rock Wind Farm

$5,400,000

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

Goldwind Australia Pty Ltd

Active

Field Study of Virtual Synchronous Generator at Gullen Range Wind Farm

$400,000

$0

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

$0

WA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Off grid

Deployment

Greatcell Solar Limited

Terminated

Perovskite Solar Cell Technology - Large Area Module Development

$6,000,000

$425,000

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

Demonstration

GreenSync

Active

Decentralised Energy Exchange (deX) Program: scaling common platform requirements for decentralised energy exchanges across Australia

$10,000,000

$1,951,073

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Deployment

Gullen Solar Pty Ltd

Active

Gullen Range Solar Farm - co-located with Gullen Range Wind Farm

$9,900,000

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

Hivve

Active

HIVVE – Sustainable Modular Classrooms

$334,650

$48,919

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Enabling

Demonstration

Horizon Power

Active

Horizon Power Business Model Pilot Project - Phase 1 (Highgarden)

$1,920,000

$660,815

WA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Deployment

HWF 2 Pty Ltd

Completed

Hornsdale Wind Farm Stage 2 (HWF2) FCAS Trial

$271,709

$271,709

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Wind

Demonstration

Hydro Tasmania

Active

Participation in International Engagement Agency (IEA) Hydropower Technology Collaboration Program

$280,000

$139,500

TAS

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Other Study

Hydro Tasmania

Active

Flinders Island Hybrid Energy Hub Project

$5,500,000

$700,000

TAS

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Hybrid

Demonstration

Hydro Tasmania

Active

Rottnest Island Renewable Energy Water Nexus Project

$3,758,010

$0

WA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Hybrid

Demonstration

Hydro Tasmania

Active

Tasmanian Pumped-Hydro Energy Storage Opportunities Stage 2

$700,000

$0

TAS

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES)

Feasibility Study

Hydro Tasmania

Active

Hydro Tasmania: Repurposing the Tarraleah hydropower scheme for the future electricity market - Feasibility Study

$2,500,000

$1,450,000

TAS

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES)

Other Study

Hydrostor Australia Pty Ltd

Active

Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage South Australia Project

$6,000,000

$0

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Other

Demonstration

Indigenous Essential Services Pty Ltd

Active

Northern Territory Solar Energy Transformation Program (SETuP)

$31,500,000

$9,000,000

NT

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Hybrid

Demonstration

Indra Australia

Active

Indra Monash Smart Microgrid Project

$2,974,162

$0

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

DER Integration

Demonstration

Industrial Monitoring & Control (IMC)

Active

Skycam and Multi-Model Solar Forecasting Project

$1,247,841

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Market data and information

Demonstration

Intercast & Forge Pty Ltd

Active

Intercast&Forge Demand Response SA

$323,654

$37,760

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

IT Power (Australia) Pty Limited

Active

Testing the performance of lithium-ion batteries

$1,290,000

$44,500

ACT

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Battery Storage

R&D

IT Power (Australia) Pty Limited

Active

Open Source Grid Integration Model for the National Electricity Market

$624,940

$325,354

ACT

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Other Study

Jeanes Holland and Associates

Completed

A Roadmap for Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST) Power Generation in Australia

$419,324

$126,046

TAS

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar Thermal

Other Study

Jemalong JSS Project No 1 Pty Limited

Active

30MW Concentrating Solar Thermal power plant with thermal energy storage, Jemalong NSW

$39,500,000

$1,240,000

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar Thermal

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

$0

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

DER Integration

Demonstration

Jemena Limited

Active

Power to Gas Demonstration

$5,710,000

$0

NSW

Other

Hydrogen

Demonstration

Karratha Solar Power No 1 Pty Ltd

Completed

Karratha Airport Solar Project

$2,300,000

$0

WA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Demonstration

Kennedy Energy Park Pty Ltd

Active

Kennedy Energy Park (KEP)

$18,000,000

$0

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Hybrid

Demonstration

Laing O'Rourke Australia Pty Ltd

Active

SunSHIFT Pre-Commercial Deployment

$2,100,396

$93,783

QLD

Other

Solar PV

Deployment

Lake Bonney BESS Pty Limited

Active

Lake Bonney BESS

$5,000,000

$3,400,000

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Battery Storage

Demonstration

Lakeland Solar & Storage Pty Limited

Active

Lakeland Solar & Storage Project

$17,419,000

$0

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Demonstration

LMS Energy Pty Ltd

Active

Pilot Landfill Solar PV Project

$100,000

$0

VIC

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

Other Study

LO3 Energy Pty Ltd

Active

Latrobe Valley Microgrid - Feasibility Assessment

$370,000

$370,000

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Other Study

Lord Howe Island Board

Active

Lord Howe Island Hybrid Renewable Project

$4,500,000

$68,172

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Hybrid

Demonstration

Macquarie Capital (Australia) Limited

Active

Kwinana Waste to Energy

$23,000,000

$23,000,000

WA

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Deployment

Macquarie University

Active

Biological Hydrogen Production R&D Project

$1,148,455

$574,228

NSW

Other

Hydrogen

R&D

Manildra Solar Farm Pty Ltd

Active

Manildra Solar Farm

$9,810,000

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

Meridian Energy Australia

Active

Wind Forecasting Demonstration Project

$2,180,155

$0

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Market data and information

Demonstration

Microbiogen Pty Ltd

Active

Microbiogen Biocatalyst Optimisation & Deployment Project for efficient production of biofuels

$4,029,467

$1,425,725

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Demonstration

Monash Energy Materials and System Institute (MEMSI)

Active

Participation in International Engagement Agency (IEA) Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) for Demand Side Management

$500,500

$147,150

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Other Study

Monash Energy Materials and System Institute (MEMSI)

Active

Water splitting electrodes R&D Project

$1,054,209

$527,104

VIC

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

R&D

Monash Energy Materials and System Institute (MEMSI)

Active

Ammonia production from renewables R&D Project

$913,848

$457,924

VIC

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

R&D

Monash Energy Materials and System Institute (MEMSI)

Active

Developing a New Type of High Efficiency Building Integrated PV Cell R&D Project

$744,661

$0

VIC

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

Monash Energy Materials and System Institute (MEMSI)

Active

Bringing All-Polymer Solar Cells Closer to Commercialization

$840,000

$0

VIC

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

Monash Energy Materials and System Institute (MEMSI)

Completed

From Plan to Action: Communicating pathways to deep decarbonisation through electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies

$390,000

$0

VIC

Other

Enabling

Other Study

Moree Solar Farm Pty Ltd

Completed

Moree Solar Farm - Design, construction and build 56MWAC PV

$101,700,000

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

Mount Alexander Bioenergy Pty Ltd

Completed

Mt Alexander Waste to Energy Feasibility Study

$146,468

$0

VIC

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Other Study

MSM Milling

Active

MSM Milling Biomass Fuel Switch Project

$2,000,000

$1,000,000

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Deployment

Musselroe Wind Farm

Active

Musselroe Wind Farm FCAS Trial

$499,120

$228,820

TAS

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Wind

Other Study

Nectar Farms Management Pty Ltd

Active

High Efficiency Off Grid Glasshouse Project.

$1,000,000

$349,708

VIC

Improving energy productivity

Enabling

Feasibility Study

Neoen Australia Pty Ltd

Active

Griffith Solar Farm

$4,500,000

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

Neoen Australia Pty Ltd

Active

Dubbo Solar Hub

$4,950,000

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

Neoen Australia Pty Ltd

Active

Parkes Solar Farm

$6,750,000

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

NEV Power Pty Ltd

Active

Narara Ecovillage smart grid

$1,158,660

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Hybrid

Deployment

NOJA Power Switchgear Pty Ltd

Active

NOJA Power Intelligent Switchgear Project

$5,000,000

$1,768,908

QLD

Other

Enabling

Demonstration

Northern SEQ Distributor - Retailer Authority

Active

A feasibility study to undertake an assessment of the commercial viability of a waste to energy project at Unity Water's sewerage treatment plant

$695,197

$111,239

QLD

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Other Study

Oakley Greenwood Pty Ltd

Active

Pricing and Integration of Distributed Energy Resources Study

$207,000

$82,800

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

$500,000

SA

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

$1,000,000

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

$0

WA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Battery Storage

Demonstration

Planet Innovation Pty Ltd

Active

ZenHQ Virtual Power Plant – delivering rapid distributed demand response and accelerating renewables integration through automated HVAC control

$1,878,404

$201,248

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

Plumbing Industry Climate Action Centre (PICAC)

Active

PICAC Narre Warren - Net Zero Energy Facility

$500,000

$475,000

VIC

Improving energy productivity

Geothermal

Demonstration

Pooled Energy Pty Ltd

Active

Pooled Energy Demand Management and Modulation

$2,500,000

$300,000

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

Powercor Australia Pty Ltd

Active

DER Hosting Capacity Study

$164,402

$65,761

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

DER Integration

Other Study

Powershop Australia

Active

Powershop Australia is developing a behavioural demand response program (Powershop DR Program) utilising a bespoke mobile app notification system directed to Victorian residential retail customers

$1,113,269

$350,254

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

Proa Analytics Pty Ltd

Active

Solar Forecasts Project

$728,072

$238,122

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Market data and information

Demonstration

Queensland University of Technology

Active

Hydrogen process R&D Project

$3,350,000

$1,675,000

QLD

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

R&D

Queensland University of Technology

Active

Integration of biogas from sugarcane residues in sugarcane transport and milling to reduce fossil fuel usage

$2,239,100

$0

QLD

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

R&D

RACV

Active

Smart Hot Water System

$272,998

$0

VIC

Other

DER Integration

Demonstration

RATCH - Australia Corporation Limited

Active

Collinsville Solar PV Power Station Stage 1

$9,500,000

$0

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

RayGen

Active

RayGen PV Ultra Series B Equity Investment Opportunity

$5,750,000

$850,000

VIC

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

Deployment

Re.Group Pty Ltd

Active

Mt Piper Energy Recovery Project, Financial Investment Decision Study

$1,000,000

$300,000

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Other Study

Re.Group Pty Ltd

Completed

Feasibility Study into Mt Piper Hybrid W2E Project

$400,000

$0

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Other Study

Relectrify Pty Ltd

Active

BMS-Inverter Hybrid Project

$338,000

$0

VIC

Other

Enabling

Demonstration

Renergi Pty Ltd

Active

A Low Emission Biofuel Technology

$5,473,000

$773,000

WA

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Demonstration

Renewable Developments Australia Pty Ltd

Active

Investment Case for the Pentland Integrated Biofuels Project

$3,000,000

$0

QLD

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Other Study

Restech Pty Limited

Active

The Enerverter (Project Aztec)

$700,000

$100,000

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

RMIT University

Active

Melbourne Hydrogen Storage and Transport R&D Project

$805,026

$402,513

VIC

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

R&D

RMIT University

Completed

1-USOMUSIC: RMIT University: Micro-urban solar integrated concentrators (MUSIC)

$4,921,191

$150,000

VIC

Other

Solar Thermal

R&D

Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation

Active

Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment

$3,160,669

$457,567

ACT

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Other Study

Santos Limited

Active

Conversion of remote crude oil beam pumps to solar & battery project

$4,200,000

$0

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar PV

Demonstration

SAPN

Active

Advanced VPP grid integration

$1,032,000

$179,542

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

DER Integration

Demonstration

Scouller Energy Pty Ltd

Active

Normanton Solar Farm

$8,380,000

$0

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Demonstration

Sea Box International Pty Ltd

Completed

Sea Box Container Roll Out Warehousing System - Photovoltaic (CROWS-PV)

$289,725

$0

ACT

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

Demonstration

Simply Energy Solutions

Active

Simply Energy Virtual Power Plant (VPPX) Project

$7,700,000

$1,939,355

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar PV

Deployment

SM Project Company Pty Ltd

Completed

Goulburn Bioenergy Project

$2,100,000

$20,000

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Deployment

Smart Storage (Ecoult)

Active

Project Fulfil

$4,100,000

$512,500

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

R&D

Snowy Hydro Limited

Completed

Snowy Hydro Limited's Project 2.0 Feasibility Study

$8,000,000

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES)

Other Study

Solar Analytics

Active

Enhanced Reliability through Short Time Resolution Data around Voltage Disturbances

$491,725

$190,000

NSW

Other

DER Integration

Demonstration

Solar Analytics

Active

Accelerating the growth development of energy monitoring for solar households and small businesses

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Deployment

Solar Analytics

Active

Solar Monitoring for Better Energy Outcomes for Residential Solar PV

$2,144,000

$200,000

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

Deployment

Solar and Storage Modelling Pty Ltd

Active

Solcast nowcasting solutions for solar farms and the Australian energy sector

$781,740

$154,769

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Market data and information

Demonstration

Solpod

Active

Solar PV Demonstration Project

$975,000

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

Demonstration

South Australian Govt DMITRE

Terminated

Solar Storage Diesel Hybrid System at Marree

$3,180,000

$0

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Hybrid

Demonstration

Southern Cross REVC Trusco Pty Ltd

Active

Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund

$60,000,000

$1,096,153

NSW

Other

Enabling

Demonstration

Southern Oil Refining

Active

Commercialisation of renewable crude oil production from wastewater treatment plant waste

$4,000,000

$250,000

QLD

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Demonstration

Southern Oil Refining

Active

Project Rudolf (Measure) - Australian Biofuels from Australian Resources

$3,188,630

$1,010,050

QLD

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Other Study

Spotless Sustainability Services

Active

Ballarat Terminal Station Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)

$2,265,000

$0

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Battery Storage

Demonstration

Sustainable Melbourne Fund

Active

Expansion of the Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA) market in Victoria

$821,369

$272,180

VIC

Improving energy productivity

Solar PV

Other Study

Swinburne University of Technology

Completed

Towards an Australian capability in arrays of ocean wave-power machines

$770,728

$0

VIC

Other

Marine

Other Study

TasNetworks

Active

Tasmanian and Victorian Second Bass Strait Interconnector Feasibility Study

$10,000,000

$4,000,000

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

$150,000

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

Demonstration

Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd

Active

Toyota Ecopark Hydrogen Demonstration

$3,076,000

$0

VIC

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

Demonstration

United Energy Distribution Pty Ltd

Active

Peak Demand Reduction using Solar and Storage

$450,000

$0

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Battery Storage

Demonstration

United Energy Distribution Pty Ltd

Active

United Energy Dynamic Voltage Management Demand Response (Product 2)

$5,762,000

$1,613,360

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

United Energy Distribution Pty Ltd

Active

Voltage-Controlled Frequency Regulation System

$900,000

$0

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

University of Melbourne

Active

Advanced Planning of PV-Rich Distribution Networks Study

$203,867

$61,160

VIC

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

DER Integration

Other Study

University of Melbourne

Active

Hydrogen Fuelled Reciprocating Engines R&D Project

$2,594,747

$1,297,374

VIC

Improving energy productivity

Hydrogen

R&D

University of Queensland

Active

PV Penetration Project

$1,190,000

$400,000

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Other Study

University of South Australia

Active

Maximising solar PV with phase change thermal energy storage

$995,290

$379,765

SA

Improving energy productivity

Enabling

R&D

University of Tasmania

Active

Optimal DER Scheduling for Frequency Stability Study

$527,582

$158,275

TAS

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

DER Integration

Other Study

University of Tasmania

Active

Tidal Energy in Australia – Assessing Resource and Feasibility to Australia’s Future Energy Mix

$2,494,860

$615,885

TAS

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Marine

Other Study

University of Technology Sydney

Active

Develop lithium-sulfur batteries for large-scale electrical energy storage

$830,000

$180,000

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Battery Storage

R&D

University of Technology Sydney

Active

Networks Renewed: Using innovative inverter and battery storage technologies to improve network power quality, reduce costs and support solar PV

$1,599,340

$472,185

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Demonstration

University of Technology Sydney

Completed

UTS ISF Renewable Energy and Load Management (REALM) Stage 1 - Study

$293,578

$293,578

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Enabling

Other Study

University of Technology Sydney

Completed

Social Access Solar Gardens

$239,930

$189,930

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

Other Study

University of the Sunshine Coast

Active

Control and manage the moisture content of woody biomass to create certainty in the quality and supply for bioenergy

$300,000

$240,000

QLD

Improving energy productivity

Bioenergy

Other Study

University of Western Australia

Active

Methanol from Syngas R&D Project

$1,079,875

$539,938

WA

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

R&D

University of Western Australia

Active

From single to multiple wave energy converters: Cost reduction through location and configuration optimisation

$994,198

$170,000

WA

Other

Marine

R&D

University of Wollongong

Active

The Smart Sodium Storage System for Renewable Energy Storage

$2,678,307

$734,562

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Battery Storage

R&D

UNSW

Active

Addressing barriers to efficient renewable integration

$982,000

$163,600

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Other Study

UNSW

Active

Mission Innovation Challenge - Off-Grid Access to Electricity

$228,000

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Enabling

Other Study

UNSW

Active

Photovoltaic Electrolysis to Generate Hydrogen R&D Project

$1,319,105

$659,552

NSW

Exporting renewable energy

Hydrogen

R&D

UNSW

Active

Waste Biomass to Renewable Hydrogen R&D Project

$1,045,770

$522,885

NSW

Improving energy productivity

Hydrogen

R&D

UNSW

Active

1-A060:UNSW: Development and Commercialisation of High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cell Technology

$6,472,980

$509,000

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

1-UFA002:UNSW: Multi-Junction c-Si Solar Cells Based on Virtual Ge Substrates

$1,455,000

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

2-A002: UNSW, 40% Efficient Photovoltaic “Power Cube” Power Tower Receiver

$1,400,000

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

1-SRI001: UNSW: Australia-US Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics (AUSIAPV)

$64,999,005

$9,221,997

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

1-USO028:UNSW : Low-cost, high-efficiency Copper-Zinc-Tin-Sulphide (CZTS) on silicon multi-junction solar cells

$2,612,358

$561,683

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Towards Ultimate Performance Commercial Silicon Solar Cells

$2,970,702

$720,000

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

High-Efficiency Silicon/Perovskite Tandem Cells and Modules: Demonstration and Commercial Evaluation

$3,599,459

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Accelerating industrial solar cells efficiency by development of plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) - based metal oxides

$503,389

$150,000

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Metallised Encapsulant for Silicon PV Modules: A Path to Reduced LCOE for PV

$1,160,000

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Improving World-Record Commercial High-Efficiency n-type Solar Cells through Recombination Analysis and Innovative Passivation

$1,785,000

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Hydrogenated bifacial PERL Silicon PV Cells with laser doping and plated contacts R&D Project

$1,100,000

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Hydrogenated and Hybrid Heterojunction p-type Silicon PV Cells R&&D Project

$1,735,000

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Development of Beyond 20% Efficiency Kesterite (CZTSSe) Solar Cells: win the PV race with sustainable low-cost, low-toxic and stable materials

$1,331,098

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Advanced high-efficiency silicon solar cells employing innovative atomic scale engineered surface and contact passivation layers

$2,019,456

$605,837

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Next Generation Silicon sub-cells for high efficiency III-V/Si multi-junction solar cells

$1,144,628

$228,926

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Integrating industrial black silicon with high efficiency multicrystalline solar cells

$500,000

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Development of novel hydrogen trapping techniques for breakthrough Si casting and wafering technologies

$1,968,000

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Efficient Adamantine Thin-Film on Silicon Tandem Cells: The Next Step in Commercial Cell Evolution

$3,184,166

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Active

Module Design for Lower Field Operating Temperature and Improved Yield

$285,816

$0

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

UNSW

Completed

6-S011: UNSW, Adrian Shi, Copper-Zinc-Tin-Sulfide (CTZS) thin-film solar cell on stell for BIPV application

$51,041

$4,148

NSW

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

R&D

Vast Solar Pty Ltd

Active

Vast Solar 6MWth grid connected CSP research, development and demonstration facility with thermal energy storage

$9,896,960

$0

NSW

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar Thermal

Demonstration

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Active

Wind Forecasting for the NEM Project

$405,754

$89,658

SA

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Market data and information

Demonstration

Voyages Indigenous Tourism

Active

Yulara 1.8MW Dispersed Solar PV Project

$447,525

$97,525

NT

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Solar PV

Demonstration

Wave Swell Energy Limited

Active

UniWave200 King Island Project

$4,035,628

$0

TAS

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Marine

Demonstration

Weipa Solar Farm Pty Ltd

Terminated

Weipa Solar PV Project

$3,500,000

$0

QLD

Improving energy productivity

Solar PV

Demonstration

Whitsunday Solar Farm Pty Ltd

Active

Whitsunday Solar Farm

$5,359,706

$0

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Large-scale solar

Deployment

Windlab Limited

Active

LIDAR for Wind Forecast Projects

$393,107

$340,607

QLD

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

Market data and information

Demonstration

WorleyParsons

Completed

Tidal Turbine Reef Feasibility Study

$280,000

$0

WA

Other

Marine

Other Study

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

$380,000

ACT

Delivering secure and reliable electricity

DER Integration

Demonstration

Zero Mass Water (Australia) Pty Ltd

Active

SOURCE Hydropanel Demonstration Project

$420,000

$230,000

SA

Accelerating solar PV innovation

Solar PV

Demonstration

TOTAL: 254

$1,226,970,805

$127,534,491