The mandate of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has been expanded under new regulations introduced by the Australian Government.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency Amendment (Powering Australia) Regulations 2022 will allow the agency to support energy efficiency and electrification technologies. These new regulations replace the Australian Renewable Energy Agency Amendment (Clean Energy Technologies) Regulations 2022 introduced by the previous government.

The earlier regulations broadened ARENA’s power to support clean energy technologies including carbon capture and soil carbon, as well as blue hydrogen. ARENA is no longer able to support these negative emission technologies as a consequence of the new regulations.

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