Grant funders

Australian Renewable Energy Agency

Government, Australian Capital Territory

Also known as ARENA

Australia 4 open calls
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Open calls 4
Given in 2025 -
Typical grant AUD 45.0m Middle half AUD 24.2m to AUD 55.0m
New grantees in 2025 100% first grant from this funder

Open calls

The Driving the Nation Program is continuously open for applications that contribute to the Program Objectives:Overcome barriers to accelerate uptake of ZEVs Rolling, no deadline Open The Advancing Renewables Program is continuously open for applications that address ARENA's investment focus areas:Ultra low-cost solar Optimise the transition to renewable electricity Commercialise Rolling, no deadline Open The Industrial Transformation Stream (ITS) is open for applications supporting a range of industrial decarbonisation solutions, including but not limited, to electrification, energy efficiency, low em Rolling, no deadline · Up to AUD 400.0m Open The Future Made in Australia (FMA) Innovation Fund (the Program) administered by ARENA will provide up to $1 Rolling, no deadline · Up to AUD 1.5bn Open

Giving by year

100% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 0% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

New South Wales 6 grants · typical AUD 45.0m
Victoria 2 grants

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

Orica Australia PTY LTD Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub (Phase 1): This project will deploy 50MW of electrolyser capacity powered by renewable energy to produce around 4,700 tonnes of hydrogen each year. 30 Jun 2026
Murchison Hydrogen Renewables Pty Ltd Murchison Hydrogen Renewables Project 30 Mar 2026
Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) (Phase 3) 23 Feb 2026
Hunter Valley Solar Foundry Pty Ltd Hunter Valley Solar Foundry Project 31 May 2025
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) The core outcome of the ASTRI project is to develop the next generation of CSP technologies, in order to deliver a cheaper and more reliable supply of electricity in Australia. AUD 3.5m 29 Apr 2024
Vast Solar 1 Pty Ltd To construct VS1, a first-of-a-kind 30 MW / 288 MWh concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Port Augusta, South Australia. AUD 65.0m 17 Jan 2023
University of New South Wales The Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) was designed to provide an institutional framework for a coordinated, national approach to solar PV research in Australia. It aims to develop over the horizon PV technology to create a pipeline of AUD 45.0m 18 Jun 2022
Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) Phase 1 3 Dec 2012

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