On June 2, representatives from investors of the ARENA Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund, an industrial fund under the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), visited Benan Energy Jiangsu Branch. The two sides held practical, in-depth and forward-looking consultations on Benan Energy’s global market layout and the implementation roadmap to accelerate the launch of production lines in Australia.
Established in 2011, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is an independent government institution founded by the Australian government to drive the global energy transition. It currently manages billions of Australian dollars in renewable energy funds. Initiated and administered by ARENA, the Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund is not only Australia’s largest dedicated venture capital fund for renewable energy, but also a major shareholder of Benan Energy and a steadfast long-term partner accompanying the company’s growth journey.
This long-standing trust is no accident. At the end of 2025, ARENA launched the new Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund with a total scale of 1.5 billion Australian dollars, focusing on supporting the manufacturing of renewable energy technologies and related industries. Against this backdrop, the Australian investors clearly expressed their hope for in-depth cooperation by inviting Benan Energy to set up local manufacturing facilities overseas during this visit. As an international green energy enterprise with a global vision, Benan Energy has long made forward-looking plans for global manufacturing and service deployment. The two parties share identical aspirations for industrial chain integration.
From the visit of the ARENA delegation in 2024 to the current in-depth cooperation with its industrial fund, it fully demonstrates the Australian market’s sustained recognition of Benan Energy’s competitiveness. More importantly, it marks that Benan Energy’s international strategy is evolving from simple product exports to the in-depth integration of capital, technology and local overseas industrial chains. The investors made it clear that they will continue to increase capital and resource support for Benan Energy, and jointly advance the global commercial application of green energy storage technologies.
China and Australia feature strong economic complementarity in clean energy, energy storage and other sectors. Benan Energy’s sodium-ion energy storage products fully meet the overseas market’s urgent demand for energy storage backup of critical facilities and power grid services.
