AUSTRALIA: Research and Development Programme

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2013
Effective Start Year: 
2013
Effective End Year: 
2022
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Programme
Economic Sector: 
Energy
Energy Types: 
Renewable, Solar
Issued by: 
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Source: 
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
File: 
Research and Development Programme
Overall Summary: 
The Research and Development (R&D) Programme supports renewable energy technologies that will increase the commercial deployment of renewable energy technology in Australia.
Technology
R&D renewable energy: 
Up to $300 million in grants has been allocated to develop ARENA’s R&D portfolio from 2013 to 2022.---Providing support to world-class research and development projects [...] to increase the use of renewable energy technologies in Australia by making them competitive with conventional energy sources.---Round 1: Solar excellence [...] ARENA is providing $21.5 million funding for 12 cutting edge solar R&D projects, ranging from enhancing existing technologies to advancing emerging technologies in solar photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal and solar storage.---Round 2: Industry-researcher collaboration [...] The second round of the R&D Programme promotes industry and research partnerships that seek to develop and commercialise renewable energy technologies, and to provide a broader range of energy options to reduce future energy costs.