Deadline: 18 July 2024
The Australia-Austria Industrial Decarbonisation Demonstration Partnerships Program provides funding for joint Australian and Austrian decarbonisation projects.
It supports the development of innovative technologies, processes or solutions to decarbonise hard-to-abate energy-intensive industries.
The program supports collaborative demonstration or pilot/test projects between Australia and Austria that strengthen connections between Australian and Austrian industry and support the development of innovative decarbonisation technologies, processes or solutions for hard-to-abate energy-intensive industries.
At present, there are few commercially viable routes to the full industrial decarbonisation of hard-to-abate energy-intensive industries. The program will help demonstrate the commercial viability of industrial decarbonisation solutions and promote their wider acceptance in industry.
The objectives of the program are to:
- advance the development and deployment of innovative technologies, processes or solutions to decarbonise hard-to-abate energy-intensive industries including ironmaking and steelmaking, chemicals manufacturing, the production of lime and cement, or alumina and aluminium production
- incentivise action by industry by reducing the financial and technical risks of industrial decarbonisation demonstration projects
- foster greater collaboration between industry in Australia and Austria
- leverage private and non-Commonwealth funding towards clean energy technologies and projects in Australia
- build industry expertise and share knowledge and information from the program, in line with the aims of the Net-Zero Industries Mission.
What do you get?
- A grant from $150,000 to $3,500,000, to cover up to 25% of eligible project expenditure.
Eligible Entities
- You can apply if you:
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
- are registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST)
- and are one of the following entities:
- an entity, incorporated in Australia
- an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust.
- They can only accept applications:
- where project activities are undertaken in both Australia and Austria
- where you provide all mandatory attachments
- where you identify an Austrian project partner that will or has applied for funding under the Australia-Austria Call 2024: Industrial Decarbonisation (Austrian applicants only).
Ineligible
You can’t apply if you are:
- an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme
- an employer of 100 or more employees that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012)
- an individual
- a sole trader
- a partnership
- an overseas resident/organisation
- a university or research organisation or an entity whose primary purpose is to undertake research (however, they can be a partner in a joint application)
- an unincorporated association
- a trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a trust)
- a Commonwealth, state, territory or local government body (including government business enterprises)
- a non-corporate Commonwealth entity.
For more information, visit Australian Government.
