ARENA Backs Large-Scale Industrial Heat Electrification Project at Rio Tinto Refinery

ARENA backs industrial heat electrification

Image: Rafael Ben-Ari/stock.adobe.comThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide funding for Australia’s largest demonstration of industrial heat electrification, supporting the use of thermal energy storage to reduce fossil fuel consumption in energy-intensive industries. The project will be delivered at Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery near Gladstone, Queensland, and will be one of the first large-scale demonstrations […] Th…

Australia backs industrial heat battery project to cut emissions

CANBERRA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government is backing a major heat battery project at Rio Tinto's Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone, the state of Queensland, to help industry cut emissions by replacing fossil fuels with electricity. The demonstration is expected to cut on-site emissions by around 67,000 tonnes a year. Once operational, it will be one of the world's largest industrial heat battery

ARENA backs large-scale industrial heat electrification project at Rio Tinto refinery

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide up to $41.6 million in staged funding to support a large-scale industrial heat electrification project at Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery near Gladstone, Queensland, aimed at reducing fossil fuel use in heavy industry.

Backing for Yarwun industrial heat battery project - Industry Queensland

The Federal Government has announced backing for Rio Tinto’s Yarwun refinery to establish what it describes as one of the largest industrial heat battery demonstrations in the world. Supported by Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) funding, the Yarwun project will integrate a 360MWh storage/30MW discharge Rondo heat battery into the refinery’s steam system. Federal Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen. Climate Change and Energy …