LUMI robots ScaleUp solar deployment with advanced automation
ARENA awarded Luminous $4.9 million under its Solar ScaleUp Challenge to deploy its LUMI robot fleet at two Australian solar farms operated by Neoen and Engie.
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Startup · $6.8m raised
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Engie raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) | Grant | $6,850,000 |
Every published round Engie took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Engie has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
Fund closes reported for Engie, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Engie has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Engie did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Engie is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Engie acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Company | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelwood Battery | Acquisition | 22 Jan 2026 | - | RenewEconomy (Thu 22 Jan 2026), RenewEconomy (Thu 22 Jan 2026) |
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Lauri Caspari | Managing Director of Renewables and Batteries | RenewEconomy (Thu 22 Jan 2026), RenewEconomy (Thu 22 Jan 2026) |
| Nick Finch | Grid Connection Lead (former) | RenewEconomy |
| Yves Le Gélard | Chief Digital Officer | RenewEconomy |
| Michele Azalbert | CEO | ARENA, RenewEconomy |
Stories naming Engie. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
ARENA awarded Luminous $4.9 million under its Solar ScaleUp Challenge to deploy its LUMI robot fleet at two Australian solar farms operated by Neoen and Engie.
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Engie has bought out Eku Energy's 30 per cent stake in the Hazelwood big battery, giving the French utility sole control of the storage project built at a Victorian coal plant site.
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RenewEconomy covers Ace Power's Narrabri solar and battery proposal entering the federal environment referral queue, and reports TagEnergy has just bought the developer to expand its Australian renewables pipeline.
Roundup: 1414 Degrees locks in as much as $4.7m from Lind Global Fund II; Queensland Hydro awards Borumba dam contracts; FWPA's research chief is retiring; La Trobe and BIRAC sign a biotech corridor pact.
RenewEconomy profiles Komo Energy's community-backed Grong Grong solar farm as it starts feeding the grid, recounting its crowdfunding and government grant support, battery plans, and lessons on networks and shared ownership for small developers.
Hazer Group has wrapped up an A$9 million placement, with a further shareholder offer chasing up to A$4 million, to help speed its clean-energy projects and global licence push.
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Tasmanian company Line Hydrogen has won approval for its George Town hydrogen facility, targeting production by year's end, with a $5.5 million federal grant and a planned London SPAC listing.
ARENA commits $36.1 million to AGIG's Hydrogen Park Murray Valley 10 MW electrolyser in Wodonga, with Victorian Government and CEFC backing, following Engie's Yuri project as the second such development to reach financial close.
Calix's LEILAC-2 carbon capture project has passed its investment decision and will build a retrofit plant at HeidelbergCement's Hannover site, backed by EU Horizon 2020 grants, with construction expected from 2023.
ARENA announced $24.55 million in grants to five companies including Evie Networks, Ampol and Chargefox to build over 400 public EV fast charging stations across Australia under Round 1 of the Future Fuels Fund.
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Australia's renewable energy agency has conditionally approved 103.3 million dollars in grants for three green hydrogen projects by Engie, ATCO and AGN, chosen from seven shortlisted entries in its 2020 funding round.
ARENA grants $1.28 million to Australian Gas Networks to establish a centre studying hydrogen blending in South Australian and Victorian gas pipelines, with extra support from state governments and energy companies.
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ARENA grants Yara Pilbara Fertilisers $995,000 for a feasibility study into producing renewable hydrogen via electrolysis at its Pilbara ammonia facility, working with ENGIE.
Calix has approval to scale its LEILAC carbon capture technology into a larger demonstration plant at a European cement facility, developed with several partners and backed by European Commission Horizon 2020 project funding.
French energy group ENGIE has taken a controlling stake in Swiss home energy management startup tiko via a capital increase, with existing shareholders Swisscom and Repower keeping their holdings.