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Registrations are now open!
Register now to secure your place at the most action-focussed decarbonisation and energy event of the year!
Sponsors and exhibitors for our 2025 conference
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Join us in 2025 as a sponsor or exhibitor!
97% of surveyed attendees rated the 2024 conference as 'very valuable or 'extremely valuable'.
This year we are expecting 300 attendees, again with a high number of end users. With an expanded exhibition space in our new venue in the Sydney CBD, we have more options for you to reach the the industry leaders driving the transition to renewable heat. We are now taking sponsorship and exhibitor bookings to be quick to book your preferred package.
Click here to download the ARHC2025 Prospectus.
Why we must accelerate the transition to renewable heat
In Australia, half of industrial end-use energy consumption is for the provision of heat and virtually all is supplied by fossil fuels.
With net zero targets looming, equipment end-of-life spans and with the pressure and instability of energy costs, now is the time to start transitioning to here-and-now renewable sources of industrial process heat, such as heat pumps, biogas and biomass.
Switching to renewable heat will ensure Australian companies are better positioned to reach net zero targets on a low-cost pathway, can lock in and predict costs of heating over coming years and stay competitive in a low-carbon global market.
Why attend the 2025 Australian Renewable Heat Conference?
This conference will be unlike other industry conferences. Instead, this conference will be focussed on the 'how', with attendees walking away at the end empowered and with a plan to accelerate their efforts to decarbonise process heat.
Designed for industrial energy end-users, the agenda will feature case studies and insights from end-users who have already begun this renewable heat transition.
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Learn about the latest renewable technologies which are available right now to provide industrial process heat with less emissions and to control heating costs.
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Hear insights and experiences from innovative industry leaders already carving out practical pathways to decarbonisation
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Benefit from meeting and mixing with 300+ passionate industry and energy professionals
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Support the Australia's clean energy transition by helping to tackle industry's trickiest decarbonisation challenge: heat.
The event will also include a number of exhibitors showcasing innovative technology and solutions to aid the decarbonisation of industrial heat.
Conference program
DAY ONE - Monday 26 August
Session 1: Opening plenary
Featuring very special guest keynote speakers addressing the critical importance of decarbonising industrial heat for meeting net zero targets and supporting the success and growth of Australian industry.
Session 2: Digitalisation, AI, energy efficiency and flexible demand
The business case for renewable heat projects can be dramatically improved by integrating technologies and measures for optimising energy performance and productivity, such as digitalisation, AI, energy efficiency and load-flexing. We will hear about several end-user projects which have done just this.
Session 3: Electrification of industrial heat - using heat pumps and MVR
Heat pumps and mechanical vapour recompression are here-and-now technologies already helping Australian businesses to electrify operations and slash energy use and emissions.
Session 4: Working with retailers, networks and regulations for project success
Networks and retailers are increasingly seeking to partner and/or enable industrial renewable heat projects, recognising the positive impacts they can have networking energy management as well as supporting emission reductions for customers. We will present a number of case studies of how this is being done.
Session 5: Electrification of industrial heat – using eTES, resistance heaters, e-boilers and thermal storage
Electric heating (such as electrode boilers) is a powerful tool for industrial decarbonisation, capitalising on cheap or negatively priced excess generation from the grid. However, combining with thermal storage is a game changer. We will present examples of end-users implementing these technologies for the decarbonisation win.
DAY TWO - Tuesday 27 August
Session 6: Renewable heat – international developments & trends
Where does Australia place on the international leaderboard for industrial decarbonisation? We hear from international experts on current priorities and trends in international markets and where Australia should look to build its momentum and maintain competitiveness in a decarbonising world.
Session 7: How to enable renewable heat with research, policy, grants and incentives
Renewable heat projects that utilise all available funding and support are best placed for internal approvals and overall success. Learn about the unmissable opportunities available to industrial end-users and how to improve your chances for success.
Session 8: Biogas as a tool to decarbonise industrial heat
The potential for biogas to supply renewable heat is consistently underestimated in Australia. We will examine real-world case studies of end-users utilising available biogas resources to significantly lower energy costs and emissions.
Session 9: Biomass as a tool to decarbonise industrial heat
As a renewable heat option, biomass technologies help to answer circular economy challenges as well as energy and emission ones. Hear examples of major manufacturers integrating biomass technologies into new and existing operations and the partnerships that helped to make it happen.
Registration costs
A2EP Members - Is your organisation an A2EP Member? Check here to find out.
Two-day registration - including networking drinks and canapes on the first night
$1660 (ex. GST)
Non-Members
Two-day registration - including networking drinks and canapes on the first night
$2750 (ex. GST)