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ARENA R&D Programme
Information Session
Round 2: Industry-Researcher Collaboration
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Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction
2. ARENA’s R&D strategic context
3. R&D Program objectives and round 2 priorities
4. Q&A about round 2 priorities
5. Application and assessment process
6. Open Q&A
ARENA works with industry and research
partners on two core objectives
OBJECTIVES
HOW
FUNDING
1. Improve
1. Improve the
$2.5 billion to 2022
competitiveness
of renewable
energy
technologies
technical and
commercial
readiness of
technologies in
Australia
2. Increase supply
2. Address current
of renewable
energy
energy issues
through
renewable
energy
Knowledge
$1.0 b committed
$1.5 b still available:
 Projects
 R&D
 Knowledge
Capture &
Sharing
Mandated obligation to collect, store & disseminate knowledge & learning from
renewable energy projects & initiatives that ARENA funds
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ARENA across the innovation chain
Research & Development
Early stage
research
Development
Demonstration
Pilot scale
Large scale
Deployment
Precommercial
Competitive
commercial
R&D Projects
Demonstration & Deployment Projects
Knowledge sharing, collaboration and engagement
ARENA funds projects across the innovation chain: from R&D up to and
including pre-commercial deployments.
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Transformation of Australia’s Energy Systems
Renewables are an important element in the modernisation of
our energy systems. Some of the key drivers for this include:
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Economic
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energy as an enabler of economic growth (renewables increase productivity)
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focus on more cost effective energy outcomes – lower energy bills over time
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Investment potential – renewables are a growth area
Environmental
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transition to a low carbon economy
Technology
- enabler of more efficient and cost effective energy systems
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Consumers
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greater choice - more energy options
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greater engagement – increasingly astute buyers
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Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction
2. ARENA’s R&D strategic context
3. R&D Program objectives and round 2 priorities
4. Q&A about round 2 priorities
5. Application and assessment process
6. Open Q&A
R&D Guidelines page 3
What does ARENA’s R&D programme aim to do?
Programme objectives and outcomes
 Supports R&D projects in priority renewable
energy technologies that:
I.
Maintain or build on Australia’s world class
research position
II. Address conditions specific to Australia
 Increase the skills, capacity and knowledge
relevant to priority renewable energy
technologies
 Increase investment to improve the technology
readiness and commercial readiness of priority
renewable energy technologies
More information about the R&D
Programme at www.arena.gov.au
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R&D Guidelines page 10
R&D Round 2 - Key Priority Areas
Successful markets are about delivering products consumers want at a price they
are prepared to pay.
 For renewables, collaboration between industry and researchers is critical in
delivering competitive and versatile products / energy solutions to the market.
Focus of the R&D Round 2 is on Industry and Research Collaboration.
Key R&D priority areas have been selected on the basis of both commercialisation
potential and Industry-Research collaboration potential.
There are four key priority areas:
 Balance of System cost reduction
 Integration and high penetration of renewables into networks
 Integration of renewable energy for industrial process
 Integration of renewable energy into buildings or building materials
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Balance of System cost reduction
(either on-grid or off-grid)
Development of new technologies or new applications of technologies and/or processes to reduce
renewable energy system payback time and lower levelised cost of energy.
BoS is the non-generation part of the system including both hard costs (e.g. inverter, electronics etc.)
and soft costs (e.g. finance costs, system connection costs).
Examples
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Reducing civil and structural
costs of renewable
installations
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Designs to reduce labour
component of renewable
energy project development,
installation and maintenance
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Reducing costs of supply
chain logistics
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Improving performance
monitoring of systems
Figure 1: Installation of Solar Panels -Walmart via Flickr/CC BY 2.0
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Integration and high penetration of renewables into
networks (either on-grid, off-grid or mini-grid)
New technologies or applications of technologies, including associated financial and economic modelling
to address the challenges of integrating renewables into the grid, and increasing penetration levels.
Examples
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Residential and commercial
low voltage networks
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New technologies to address
network loss factors caused
by renewables
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Distributed energy storage
technologies
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Developing and testing new
business models, incentives
or trials on ‘prosumer’
behaviour
Figure 2 Storage Research – Energy Department (USA) via Flickr/ CC BY 2.0
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Integration of renewable energy for industrial process
(excluding electricity generation )
New applications of technologies, including associated new business models for renewables to provide
process heat or cooling where gas or other fossil fuels are typically used.
Examples
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Low to medium temperature
heat for processes like food
processing
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High temperature heat or
solar chemistry for use in
cement, ammonia, alumina
processing industries and
solar fuels
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Development of new
technologies for co-gen and
tri-gen hybrid
Figure 3 Solar Thermal Plant – Bilfinger SE via Flickr/ CC BY 2.0
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Integration of renewable energy into buildings
or building materials
Development of innovative renewable energy technologies for building integrated applications, or
heating and/or cooling systems
Examples
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Building integrated renewables
(e.g. roofing, walls, windows,
paint)
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Building heating and cooling
systems based on renewables
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Technologies to address ease
of installation
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Smart building management
systems, integrating and
optimising the use of
renewable energy
Figure 4 BIPV Project France – Issolsa via wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0
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R&D Guidelines pages 5 & 9
Industry-Research partnership
Industry
Partner
Research
Institution
Partnership
Who can enter into a partnership?
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Industry partners can be from Australia or overseas
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At least one research partner must be an eligible Australian research institution as
specified on page 9, section 3.3 of the guidelines. Additional research partners can be
from overseas
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Multiple industry partners or research institutions can form a partnership
Who can be an applicant?
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The applicant must be an Australian entity
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The applicant must hold an ABN
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R&D Guidelines page 16
Funding expectations
 All ARENA funding will be in the form of grants
 No grant will exceed $10 million
 ARENA grants are expected to be between $500,000 and $5 million for each
project
 Projects are expected to match ARENA funding 1:1 with cash and/or in-kind
contributions
In-kind contributions are non-monetary resources used on the
project where no cash has been transferred to the recipient’s
account(s) for the project, e.g. salaries and equipment costs
 Projects are expected to include a cash contribution
 ARENA,s other Programmes (e.g. Emerging Renewables Programme) are still
available to applicants.
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R&D Guidelines pages 9, 10 & 23-26
R&D Activities commencing between TRL 2-6
R&D Activities:
 Need to be original, involve
investigation and produce new
knowledge
 Do not include off the shelf
applications of existing technology
 At commencement of project need
to sit between Technology
Readiness Level (TRL) 2-6
 Can advance to higher TRLs as the
projects progresses
Figure 5: ARENA’s TRL and CRI framework
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R&D Guidelines page 11
R&D activities take place in Australia
 R&D activities should take place
primarily in Australia
 Expenditure outside of Australia
must be limited to no more than
10% of total ARENA funds
(equipment and materials excluded)
 Greater overseas expenditure may
be granted in exceptional
circumstances
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How will the process be managed?
Figure 6: R&D Round 2 Indicative Timeframe
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Q&A about round 2 specifications
Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction
2. ARENA’s R&D strategic context
3. R&D Program objectives and round 2 priorities
4. Q&A about round 2 priorities
5. Application and assessment process
6. Open Q&A
ARENA’s assessment process
Two stage
process
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Expression of Interest and Full Application (invitation only)
Same process for both stages.
Must use ARENAnet
Eligibility Criteria
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Seven eligibility criteria
All must be met to proceed to merit assessment
Merit Criteria
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All 5 merit criteria equally weighted
ARENA Advisory Panel will assess applications against merit criteria.
1-5 rating scale to score each criteria. Total score out of 25
Projects ranked – top ranked projects progress
Portfolio
Approach
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(Guidelines, p7)
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Considers how a project uniquely contributes to the Programme
objectives, or as part of a suite of complementary ARENA projects
May choose not to fund if similar to existing ARENA project
Value for money
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Applications assessed for overall value for money and risk against the
merit criteria
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Elements of the assessment process
Party
Applicant
EOI Assessment
Submit
EOI
Receive
Application
ARENA
Advisory
Panel
Eligibility
Assessment
Receive
Notification
Notify
Applicant
Provide
Ineligible
letter
N
Y
Merit
Assessment
Provide
Unsuccessful
letter
Notify
Applicant
N
Y
Invited to
PFA
CEO
Tools
Clarifications
ARENAnet
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Elements of the assessment process
Party
Applicant
EOI Assessment
Submit
EOI
Receive
Application
ARENA
Advisory
Panel
Eligibility
Assessment
Receive
Notification
Notify
Applicant
Provide
Ineligible
letter
N
Y
Merit
Assessment
Provide
Unsuccessful
letter
Notify
Applicant
N
Y
Invited to
PFA
CEO
Tools
Clarifications
ARENAnet
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Elements of the assessment process
Party
Applicant
EOI Assessment
Submit
EOI
Receive
Application
ARENA
Advisory
Panel
Eligibility
Assessment
Receive
Notification
Notify
Applicant
Provide
Ineligible
letter
N
Y
Merit
Assessment
Provide
Unsuccessful
letter
Notify
Applicant
N
Y
Invited to
PFA
CEO
Tools
Clarifications
ARENAnet
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Elements of the assessment process
Party
Applicant
PFA Assessment
Submit
PFA
Receive
Application
ARENA
Advisory
Panel
Eligibility
Assessment
Contract
Negotiation
Notify
Applicant
Provide
Ineligible
letter
N
Y
Merit
Assessment
Board
Tools
Clarifications
Provide
Unsuccessful
letter
Notify
Applicant
N
Y
Approval
ARENAnet
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Elements of the assessment process
Party
Applicant
PFA Assessment
Submit
PFA
Receive
Application
ARENA
Advisory
Panel
Eligibility
Assessment
Contract
Negotiation
Notify
Applicant
Provide
Ineligible
letter
N
Y
Merit
Assessment
Board
Tools
Clarifications
Provide
Unsuccessful
letter
Notify
Applicant
N
Y
Approval
ARENAnet
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Elements of the assessment process
Party
Applicant
PFA Assessment
Submit
PFA
Receive
Application
ARENA
Advisory
Panel
Eligibility
Assessment
Contract
Negotiation
Notify
Applicant
Provide
Ineligible
Letter
N
Y
Merit
Assessment
Board
Tools
Clarifications
Provide
Unsuccessful
Letter
Notify
Applicant
N
Y
Approval
ARENAnet
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Recap on eligibility criteria
A. Eligible applicant
Hold an ABN, and be either:
 an eligible research institution
or
 an Australian entity
incorporated under the
Corporations ACT 2001 (Cth)
D. Intellectual property
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Own, have access to, or
beneficial use of, any
intellectual property necessary
to carry out the project
B. Eligible project – Part 3.4
 Meets definition of R&D activities
 Involves a renewable energy
technology
Programme Guidelines pages 9-12
C. Take place in Australia
 Expenditure outside of Australia
must be limited to no more than
10%
 Develop an industry-researcher
partnership
 Address technology focus area
E. Workplace gender equality
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Comply with the Workplace
Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth)
F. Knowledge sharing
 Agree to publicly share
knowledge and information
from the project
G. Comply with other requirements as set out as mandatory
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Merit Criteria
Merit criteria A
Programme Guidelines page 13
Quality, capability and capacity of the applicant, and partners
Quality
 Relevant accreditations, quality standards and benchmarks
Capability
 Successful progression of relevant research outcomes towards
commercial readiness, in a relevant field.
 Technical and research expertise and experience of key
personnel
Capacity
 Awards, peer recognition or other validation of credentials
 Other relevant significant R&D projects within last 5 years
 Resources used to deliver the project for its duration
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Merit criteria B
Programme Guidelines page 14
Project contribution to Programme objectives
 Extent to which Project contributes to Programme’s objectives
 Priority for Projects that have good prospects for commercialisation, has world
class position, and/or that address conditions specific to Australia
Demonstrating Merit
 The innovative nature of the technology proposed
 Complementary to existing or emerging areas of research in similar fields,
nationally and globally
 How the Project will develop and lead to greater collaboration between
industry and researchers and develop skills and capacity
 How improves commercial readiness of the technology
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Merit criteria C
Programme Guidelines page 14
Project Design and Methodology
 Technical strength of the project and how well the Project is designed and
planned, including managing risks.
 Technical feasibility.
 Projects should have clearly defined objectives, research methodology
Demonstrating Merit
 Describing objectives and deliverable of the Project
 Technical feasibility and research methodology of the Project
 How well designed and planned the Project is
 Approach to identify and manage technical and techno-economic risks to
the Project
 Compliance with funding arrangement
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Merit criteria D
Programme Guidelines page 16
Financial viability and co-funding commitment
 Financial capacity and level of commitment to deliver the Project successfully
 At least match ARENA grant on a 1:1 basis, with combination of cash and in-kind
 Cash contribution from either research or industry partner (or both)
 Lower proportion of ARENA funding = higher merit
 Closer to commercialisation = larger co-funding commitment
 Higher cash = higher merit
Demonstrating Merit
 Detailed budget of the Project
 Evidence of support including commitment and financial capacity from
applicant and partners
 R&D projects in similar field that applicant or project partners received
funding from govt. (state, federal) in the last 3 years
 Why ARENA funding is needed
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Merit criteria E
Programme Guidelines page 17
Knowledge sharing
 Value of knowledge and information generated and the extent to which it will be
collected, analysed, stored, used and shared
Demonstrating Merit
 How the knowledge the project generates contributes to ARENA’s and the
Programme’s objectives
 How well that knowledge is targeted and reaches audiences in broader
energy sector
 Commitment to share project results beyond project consortium
 The extent to which the data, information and lessons learned from the
Project will be made public
 Any constraints in knowledge sharing – e.g. IP
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Open Q&A
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