AusIndustry national webinar series – Connect and Grow: Clean Energy

hello everyone and welcome to the oz industry national webinar series with today's theme focusing on clean energy my name is tracy constable and i'll be your host for the webinar today i would like to acknowledge and honour the traditional custodians of the land on which we're meeting across australia i was born and raised on camilar country and i'm speaking to you today from the tourable and yoga alliance i pay respect to their elders past present and emerging and i extend that respect to other aboriginal and torres strait islander people present today i'd like to note that national reconciliation week started today and with the theme of more than a word reconciliation takes action oz industry and our department are engaging in a number of actions and activities over the coming week we ask that you consider what concrete actions you can take to make reconciliation a reality during and beyond national reconciliation week just some housekeeping for today everyone's on mute the event and we will have some time at the end of the presentations for questions so if you have those as you move through the session can you just make a note of them and then we'll have a specific q a session at the end and this webinar will be recorded and will be available we'll send it out to all registrants in the coming weeks to view as industry delivers a range of programs to support australian small to medium businesses to boost profits create more jobs become stronger and more resilient our programs help eligible businesses strengthen grow and innovate and develop and commercialise new ideas and products locally nationally and globally we connect businesses with support available from across all levels of government from the australian government through to the local level the oz industry network of business development managers regional managers and facilitators are spread across australia we provide you with targeted support and guidance to help you grow your business grow diversify and thrive i'm a business development manager taking care of greater brisbane and my co-host today is craig tundling he's based in toowoomba and covers the darling downs in south west queensland region in addition to the programs we'll outline today there are a number of key initiatives oz industry delivered to support business businesses that invest in research and development are more competitive and profitable so we can help you reduce your businesses income tax liability by offsetting the cost of certain research and development activities the research and development tax incentive helps to offset some of those costs that you put into eligible research and development we also have grants available to help you collaborate with researchers such as innovation connections the cooperative research centers and the cooperative research centre project grants so if you're looking to expand the size and scope of your business cooperate with other organizations or broaden your customer base our national network of business facilitators can help you improve your business take advantage of growth and collaboration opportunities and break into new markets the entrepreneurs program provides a range of services to strengthen and grow your business with expert advice from from business experts who will work with you on your business wherever wherever you are in australia we have different service categories tailored to suit businesses at different stages of development and in different areas of expertise when businesses join the program you'll receive practical advice and mentorship from a dedicated team of facilitators who will work together to help you achieve your business's vision our facilitators can help guide you to be more competitive and productive attract investors and commercialize your products and work with the research sector to develop innovative solutions so on to our topic today australia has exceptional natural resources which offer significant green manufacturing potential in the clean energy sector australia captures only a small fraction of the supply chain for wind solar and battery projects technologies for manufacturing many low emissions commodities and the markets that these current and the markets that value these characteristics are still emerging our aim today is to outline support to help grow your business within the clean energy manufacturing and generation sector the australian government's modern manufacturing strategy is designed to help manufacturers scale up become more competitive and build more resilient supply chains the recycling and clean energy national manufacturing priority roadmap seeks to develop world-leading advanced manufacturers that seize opportunities from sustainability clean energy transition and waste reduction demands we can do this by leveraging australia's advantages in innovation technology renewable and mineral resources and our onshore industrial base cameron buyers is the assistant manager in the roadmap section of our manufacturing division within the department of industry science energy and resources cameron is going to discuss the recently released recycling and clean energy roadmap which is one of six national manufacturing priority roadmaps under the australian government's modern manufacturing strategy cameron worked in partnership with industry leaders to develop this roadmap and it highlights the government's ambition to develop that well world-leading advanced manufacturers that seize opportunities from those sustainability clean energy transition and wage waste reduction demands i mentioned before so bridging the gap between policy development and practical implementation cameron will provide insights on the vision growth opportunities and development of the roadmap in relation to clean energy and over to you cameron thanks tracy and um i'm coming through okay yes yeah good thanks thanks tracy and um thank you for the intro and uh hello everyone um i'm joining here from the um uh department of industry science energy and resources office in canberra on moon wall country so likewise extend my my thanks and acknowledgement to the indigenous peoples of the land that where we're all dialing from today um i will uh so today i want to talk to you to you a little bit about the um the recycling clean energy um national manufacturing priority um roadmap but i'd like to start off just with a few um extra comments on a little bit of extra brief background on the on the modern manufacturing strategy so the strategy was released in october last year and it's forming a central plank of the government's immediate long-term economic recovery strategy a lot of people have commented with the strategy that it reflects a focus and a bringing of focus to manufacturing policy particularly advanced manufacturing policy that we haven't seen in australia for quite some time um that reflects i think the government's view of manufacturing as really a critical enabling capability for an advanced economy um and this modern manufacturing strategy is you know something that's you know the fruit of uh not just a lot of what we've um um learned and seen through the through the process of well through through covert and over the past year but also the culmination of several years of work um in the department to create a long-term pathway for manufacturing [Music] um there we are just getting my slides moving um so that's so that's the manufacturing strategy and um part of that strategy really is is a view um that we as australia we can't do everything um we need to be able to play us strengths and uh hence the identification within the modern manufacturing strategy of um six national manufacturing priorities of which recycling and clean energy is one the identification of that priority is you know very much an acknowledgement by the government of the manufacturing potential um we see um you know in those global market and policy trends that tracy referred to to towards new ways of using um and sourcing um energy and materials for each of those six nmps um in recent months we've been through a process of developing road maps um with an industry uh in in conjunction with the industry co-design task force um and those road maps um so what we've set out to do with those road maps is a few different things for one um they're set they're there to try and set out a little bit of that vision and show the government's intent for um building building sectors that can scale up and and be competitive um and and also bringing a little bit more of a clearer sense of the definition and boundaries of what's in each nmp what what does what are we really what what really are the opportunities that that we're seeing um you know that that our perspective those are some things we tried to plan some flags on through the road map the process has also been immensely informative to us in drawing in information from industry about those barriers specific to the industry to to growing scale and competitiveness in the priority areas some of that is coming through in the road maps but there's much more to that we understand that we want to continue working on as part of the modern manufacturing strategy in addressing that broader policy landscape that we know is is critical for these manufacturing sectors to to success about you know how they can get on board so so that does come to understanding how what what the government's view is of those opportunities and where we see where we see prospects where where the government's looking to to support co-investment and what we mean by some of those concepts that are underpinning the strategy those concepts like um like collaboration like translation integration these concepts that you know are embedded in the strategy um we want to try and you know draw out through these roadmaps a little bit more about what that means in a specific setting of of this national manufacturing priority area um really the the focus of the road map has been particularly around that that last one we really want the road maps to work as um i guess as addendums to the guidelines for our co-investment initiatives for our program initiatives the roadmaps are um you know there is resources um for um for businesses who are who are looking to you know work with the government through the programs to try and pursue the opportunities that we see in this priority area [Music] um so just to restate that vision that we that we set through the roadmap that we developed with the industry co-design task force about developing world-leading advanced manufacturers that seize opportunities from sustainability clean energy transition and waste reduction demands by leveraging australia's advantages in innovation technology renewable and mineral resources and our onshore industrial base it's a vision that tessellates very strongly with some of the government's other key complementary strategies things like the national hydrogen strategy the technology investment roadmap and the first alarm missions technology statement um and the waste action plan and waste export there if you're you know making products that enable clean energy for example you know the hardware or equipment systems that clean energy projects use or you're making products with clean energy those those green industrial commodities for example we did see those those things as very much part of the the 10-year vision that the roadmap prepares and so to just to be clear the scope of the priority area has been recycling and clean energy so it's really all parts of that green manufacturing with you know different ways of using and sourcing energy and materials it's not just the part of the venn diagram where you can imagine clean energy and recycling overlap so those key areas of growth opportunity that we've identified in the clean energy sector so very much looking at things like uh you know that as i said that hardware that equipment um things like you know hydrogen technologies um hbdc cabling thermal energy and modularized renewable systems a number of other systems related to batteries and other enabling technologies for distributed energy um they're all um you know encourage you to look at the roadmap for for more detail we've tried to take a pretty expansive view of what the manufacturing you know what the manufacturing opportunities in recycling clean energy are and what they mean and really try to send um you know use the roadmap to send signals about where the government sees you know clear promise [Music] so that co-investment in these opportunities you know between the government and private sector through the through the modern manufacturing initiative as i said before we know it's not the be-all and end-all of the modern manufacturing strategy um we know that the broader policy settings um are hugely important for the firms in this area to succeed so that work will continue um but i think um trying to give a little bit of the um context and understanding of what steps we want to make in in co-investing and partnering with you is our main focus today and the road map reflects that um so how do we get there well the roadmap outlines a um a solutions pathway that we um we developed with the with the co-designers for co-investment that tackles those key challenges to building scale and competitiveness we heard really clearly through the through the roadmap process about the need to develop world-leading green tech products um you know so that we can overcome those technical challenges um you know win the race on um solving for sustainability challenges and kind of cracking those those markets that are emerging um but also just to stand out in you know what we've what we've heard and understand are extremely um competitive global markets um and that translation stream through the modern manufacturing issue which i think craig will talk to is very much key but but not the only lever there we heard about the need to support domestic manufacturers to benefit from growth and tap into manufacturing opportunities flowing from those large energy projects and changing markets um we know that there's a clear opportunity for australian manufacturers to be capturing a bigger portion of the supply chain opportunities from that scale-up of project activity and the scale-up of of project activity around the world and very much that modern manufacturing initiative integration stream is is again it's a key but not the only lever so in some cases we'll see those as import substitution opportunities you know capturing those supply chain opportunities in the cleantech sector that are currently met by imported products in other cases those growth markets may well be export oriented and kind of the third sort of broad broad piece in that in that 10-year pathway is around mobilizing large-scale investment in new ways of using energy and materials and that's large-scale investment that we can look to mobilize through those collaborations that really bring it all together consortiums with partners that bring those complementary strengths from different parts of the innovation chain or the value chain or the supply chain um you know working together to collaboratively tackle those barriers to scale and competitiveness together i'll just show a brief example of that of that bringing it all together and collaboration concepts um from the roadmap there are there are a couple in there but i'll just share one um and this is to really show that um [Music] you know what sort of i guess show a little bit about how we understand that these collaborations can work with different businesses and kind of that recognition that um different businesses will bring complementary capabilities to collaborations some may bring scale some may bring volume for some it may be innovation research institutions design firms manufacturing service providers design software um you know that full value chain you know they can all be part of these collaborative solutions for the sector as a whole too in this example we can sort of see you know those large um clean energy mega projects so something that could be export scale or adjacent to renewable energy zones that might be able to pull through those innovations in hardware and components provide supply for energy intensive manufacturing add value for resources our hope really is that you know in this collaboration context we'll be able to see collaborations coming forward for co-investment that make things possible that won't be possible for businesses acting alone and that's that that's really what's at the heart of that idea of collaborating to you know to overcome those barriers to scale and competitiveness we want to see businesses working together to overcome those and um and cooperatively shape that pathway scale um so i think i'll um pause i'll stop there for um you know our summary of you know key messages and what we really want wanted to achieve and get across through the roadmap um really it was a lot of it is there to to guide and send useful signals for how we can work with business on co-investment um and and and really the main um what one of the main leaders that will that we wanna that will be pursuing that co-investment is through the modern manufacturing initiative i think i can hand over to craig who's going to speak more to the details of that thanks for that insight cameron um my name is craig tunnelly and i am the aussie district regional manager for darling downs in southwest queensland as cameron discussed recycling and clean energy is just one of six national manufacturing priorities and the government's modern manufacturing strategy i'm just going to keep these down so the government has announced six new national manufacturing priorities targeting sectors australian manufacturing is best placed to scale up and competing globally these sectors have been selected based on extensive analysis of australia's competitive advantages and strategic priorities the six national manufacturing priority areas are space medical products resources technology and critical millions processing recycling and clean energy as you've just heard food and beverage and defense one of the key questions that we regularly get asked is what is included in each priority area and it's important to note that these priority areas are about manufacturing for example we don't anticipate that a project in food and beverage that relates solely to primary production will receive funding support it needs to relate to food and beverage manufacturing robots have been developed against the six national manufacturing priority areas and they outlined the 10-year vision goals and growth opportunities as well as actions that can be taken to drive growth in the sectors the roadmaps are important for grant applicants project alignment to the relevant national manufacturing priority roadmap including the growth opportunities and goals forms part of the assessment criteria for streams of funding under the modern manufacturing initiatives we encourage all prospective applicants to read through the roadmap and think about how their project might connect informing the criteria response for potential brand applications the modern manufacturing strategy incorporates three project funding opportunities all of these programs are designed to work together to drive scale and australian manufacturing and they do this to addressing known challenges that businesses face the largest funding program is the modern manufacturing initiatives which is what cameron alluded to earlier round one is now closed and the results from round one are yet to be announced and we expect that round two will be released in the next financial year funding will also be offered through the supply chain resilience initiative when it opens in a new financial year and the manufacturing modernization fund is closed for applications the government is committing 1.3 billion dollars to the modern manufacturing initiative to make impact the modern manufacturing initiative is not looking to fund business as usual the key focus for the modern manufacturing initiatives is how these grant programs can be used to fund something transformational funding through the modern manufacturing initiative is available to projects that align with one of the national manufacturing priority areas if your project does not fall within one of these then it will not be covered by the modern manufacturing initiative the grant opportunity guidelines provide further detail however what the government is looking to support will be largely consistent within each program for example the manufacturing translation stream will be focused on commercializing research across all national manufacturing and priority areas translating good ideas into commercial outcomes likewise the integration stream will help firms integrate into domestic and global value chains the grants have been delivered through a competitive merit-based grants program and in round one the size of the grants range from 1 million to 20 million for no more than 50 of eligible project expenditure over the coming 12 months the australian government will also deliver four new industrial energy efficiency programs to support businesses making informed choices about how they use their energy and make it easier to save on energy bills the department of industry science energy and resources will deliver free to access information and advice programs along with the new grants program being delivered by arena with further detail later in this webinar the australian government is creating a suite of industrial and energy productivity benchmarks the benchmarks will enable industrial and business energy consumers to identify practical ways to improve their energy use and inform technology investment decisions benchmarks help businesses compare their energy consumption with similar businesses and or to industry best practice and these benchmarks will be available online from september 2021 the ems ready tool is a free to access online tool that will help businesses adopt energy management systems in a step-by-step way managing energy use and importantly reducing the amount of energy being wasted lowers bills and supports business growth the tool will break down elements of the internationally recognized iso 5001 energy management system standard into a series of easy to follow modules the tool is expected to be launched in mid-2022 many australian businesses are making voluntary commitments to reduce their energy use and emissions the energy smart action program will recognize these businesses and help them find energy saving in their operations cut energy use and meet their energy targets in a way that is transparent and accountable the government will provide support and resources to businesses including expert facilitators to give them guidance and help find energy savings the program is expected to be launched in mid-2022 along with ems ready tool excellent thank you craig and thank you cameron uh just a reminder that if anyone has any questions just please write them down and we'll have a q a session at the end of the formal presentations uh the australian renewable energy agency or arena invests in projects to accelerate australia's shift to affordable reliable renewable energy arena funds projects and shares knowledge that drives innovation and commercialization of renewable energy technologies lauren vinson is the manager of business development and transactions at arena lauren has spent the last four years with arena and is currently responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of new funding programs to support the integration of renewables into the electricity grid and to decarbonize industry in addition to this role lauren is responsible for producing arenas innovation program known as a lab lauren's previous 15 years of professional experience branches across engineering science and communications and she holds a master's in environmental science and a bachelor in communications lauren will provide an overview of arena and their program offering supporting clean energy growth manufacturing and generation over to you lauren thank you so much tracy so i will make sure i got control here so as tracy said my name is lauren vincent and i am a manager in arena's business development team and my role at arena is really to support new applicants who might be seeking grant funding so we can kind of help any applicant through the process as needed and also to help assist arena in developing some of its programs that i'll talk through today so firstly what i'll do is give just a bit of a a brief overview of arena and what we do i'm sorry i'm just trying to get the slides working here i don't seem to be able to progress for some reason uh i'm not sure what's going on but great thank you for that um yeah so firstly to speak for today i'll just give a bit of an overview about arena and what we do and how we provide grant funding um give a brief introduction to some of our investment priorities as well as our funding programs so i might need you tracy to push through my slides because i don't seem to have control unfortunately okay next slide please so arena as as introduced earlier as the australian renewable energy agency we were developed in 2012 and over that time our purpose or our focus has has evolved so originally arena was looking at how do we how do we accelerate australia's adoption of renewable energy and as the the industry has has grown we've sort of shifted our purpose to looking at how do we improve the competitiveness of renewable energy and increase its supply and we do it and we do expect that that purpose is going to continue to shift and you will see that reflected in some of the programs that i'll talk about later so for example we are moving towards low emissions technologies as well um energy efficiency because we believe that those those sorts of technologies play a key role in decarbonising our energy sector we are an innovation agency which means that we focus on pre-commercial technologies so next slide please so since 2012 arena has invested over 1.7 billion dollars in close to 600 projects and we've done that across a range of technologies that you can see listed here on screen and and right across the country and so one of the the key core values of arena is to ensure that we're leveraging private investment so if your project is on the earlier stage of the innovation scale so say you're doing r d or a feasibility study then we do expect that that leverage is going to be a little bit lower um oh sorry yeah so you'll be looking at a higher proportion of grant funding and as you progress through the the demonstration and employment stages then that's when we expect the private co-investment to increase but on average for every dollar that arena is spent we've seen about three dollars a private co-investment so next slide please so arena has three key investment priorities uh the first of which which is where the majority of arenas investment has been made is integrating renewables into the electricity system and so this is focused on both the sort of large scale projects as well as going right down to sort of your behind the meter or customer facing projects it's technology agnostic but it includes both sort of traditional renewable energy technologies as well as the more enabling technologies that might help to integrate renewables and improve the reliability of the grid our next key investment priority which you see aligns with with some of the the focus of the modern manufacturing initiative as well is around accelerating hydrogen and so this is both for domestic use so how do we how do we produce we consider to be green hydrogen or hydrogen made from renewables for use domestically but also how do we export that hydrogen because at arena we consider hydrogen to be a key fuel that can enable australia to export its renewable energy and the last investment priority which hopefully will be most relevant to the people listening today is around supporting industry to reduce emissions so i said this is this is a relatively new space for arena um but this is about focusing on how do we say for example electrify processes that might be using gas or how do we look to produce materials using clean resources and decarbonize industry so next slide please so for those of you who may be familiar arena was actually due to run out of funding in june next year but in last year's budget the federal government extended arena for an additional 10 years and provided an additional 1.62 billion dollars so 1.4 billion of this is what we consider to be used for our baseline funding and so that's really for us to invest in accordance with our investment priorities and strategy but an additional 200 million dollars of this was to develop some new programs which we'll talk to in a little bit that focus on some new policy measures and in the graph on the right that just gives you a sense of where arena sits in terms of the national funding landscape so as i said we are an innovation agency we do fund relatively early stage research through our r d program um that's starting at sort of the trl2 so just after that kind of blue sky research phase right through development demonstration and pre-commercial deployment so if you are for example if we do have a commercial technology for example something like solar pv arena actually no longer provides funding for that kind of technology because we consider it to be commercial and able to exist without government funding but if you did have something that was sort of more within that commercial commercial stage you could apply for funding through the clean energy innovation fund which is the fund we run with our sister organization or australia's green bank the clean energy finance corporation or the cefc so there's a number of opportunities that you could get involved so next slide please so also extending on our current investment priorities and strategy was the inclusion of the federal government's first low emissions technology statement which was released um towards the end of last year i know this has already been mentioned before um but along with the cfc and the clean energy regulator uh we're looking to see if we can assist the deployment of some of the priority and enabling technologies that are mentioned in the roadmap uh we do this to the extent where it aligns with our own um investment strategy so there are a range of enabling technologies that arena can currently support um approximately 80 of those listed in the low emissions technology statement we also are trying to focus on some of the more priority technologies many of which already align to what we're doing so for example how do we produce clean hydrogen and getting that cost per kilo down to under two dollars how do we deliver low cost energy storage and really that's about focusing on how do we enable and increase reliability and renewables in our grid and how do we produce low carbon materials so this is really if you've got a process and you're looking to produce say green steel or green aluminium or aluminium then we may be interested in those sorts of projects the last two areas on carbon capture and storage and sequest soil sequestration are both relatively new to arena and at this point we would only fund those technologies to the extent where they involved renewable energy technologies so next slide please so i'm just going to give an overview on some of varena's programs so i'll jump to the next one so the first program that most people who come to arena would be most familiar with is the advancing renewables program so that is what we consider to be an open program so it's non-competitive it is merit-based but you can apply at any time so as the name suggests the advancing renewables program does require all projects to include a renewable energy technology and it focuses more on the sort of demonstration through to early commercial deployment phases so what this means is if you've got a technology that you're looking to explore through a project you do require to have ideally a validated prototype for that technology in place all projects have to align to one of the three investment priorities i spoke to earlier and also be able to demonstrate how it's assisting to develop the technologies listed in the low emissions technology statement so it's pretty broad in terms of what you can do and there are a range of outcomes that you do need to align to and these are all available in the program guidelines that are on our website grants can range from anywhere as small as a hundred thousand dollars right up to 50 million dollars or more um we do require ideally at least 50 co-investment but as i mentioned earlier that kind of varies depending on where your project is in that sort of innovation scale and what it is you're looking to demonstrate there's two key processes in which you can go through so if you require less than five hundred thousand dollars we consider that to be a relatively simple project um and you can progress through with a single stage application but that's not always the case so if you've got a highly complex project but you don't need a lot of money then we may request two stages and on the flip side if you need over 500 000 in grant funding then you generally go through what we consider a two-stage application process but again if your project is relatively simple such as a feasibility study um then you may be able to go through the single stage pathway so if you do have any questions on the advancing renewables program as i said it's open anytime for submissions you can send us through an email to proposals at arena.gov dot a u and somebody from

our team will get in touch the next slide please so the newest uh one of the newest programs that we currently have under development is the industrial energy transformation studies program so at this stage we are expecting to launch this new program in july of this year however that is still currently subject to board approval so there will be multiple rounds of this program um and overall we're looking to provide 43 million dollars to support either feasibility or engineering studies that ideally you're trying to enable an investment decision in either energy efficiency or decarbonization solutions and this is really targeted at industry and the key difference with this program compared to the advancing renewables program as i mentioned is that actually you don't require to have a renewable energy technology involved so if you've just got a process that you're looking to make more efficient or decarbonize and you need to do a feasibility or engineering study on that then you would be potentially eligible so there's three key objectives that we're looking to achieve through this program the first of which is looking for projects that ideally are trying to deliver transformational improvement in energy efficiency compared to bau or looking or and looking to deliver transformational reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and ideally have high replicability across different or similar industrial settings and this program really emerged off the back of the king review which some of you may be familiar with and it aligns to one of the recommendations of unlocking the technologies needed to transform key industrial sectors so next slide please so within the program again as i said you can either apply for a feasibility study or an engineering study or feed study if you're looking for to develop a feasibility study then the grants maximum grant available would be 500 000 which we would consider to be quite a large study noting that you would also require some co-investment with that and that would be a single stage process if you do have a much more if you say for example have already completed a feasibility study and you're looking to move to the next stage and you need to keep i need to complete engineering analysis or a feed study then you could apply for up to five million dollars in grant funding and that would be carried out through a two-stage process uh we are not funding options analysis or concept studies um within this program so ideally you do need to have a technology or a process that you're looking to explore further but otherwise it's fairly broad you could be for an existing facility or a new build you may have one large site that you're looking to investigate or a number of small sites that you want to aggregate or say a precinct that you're looking to aggregate together into one project and when we talk about greenhouse gas emissions we're talking about scope 1 and scope 2 emissions as i said at this stage we're expecting this to launch in july but do watch this space next day next slide please so in terms of target sectors again very broad so your project needs to ideally align to one of these the following sectors so it could be in agriculture mining manufacturing data centers gas supply and that does exclude general electricity supply water supply or waste collection services so if you do have any questions on this program you want to get in touch the best place to go is the arena.gov dot au forward slash funding page or additionally or alternatively you can send us an email at the proposals inbox which we'll share later on so next slide please so just want to touch on a couple of more further programs that are under development quite briefly so the first of which is our regional australian microgrids pilot program and this was another budget measure that the federal government asked us to deliver in october last year and so this program has 50 million dollars in grant funding that's been allocated to support pilot projects for microgrids in regional remote areas across australia and if you're wondering what is a regional remote area essentially that is anywhere on the map on the right that isn't in the dark green which is the majority of australia outside of our sort of major city centres so if you do want to apply for the program you will need to have completed a feasibility study already and can demonstrate that the project is feasible um in terms of what we're sort of looking to in terms of outcomes to demonstrate through the project we want to see projects that are including the deployment of equipment and technology that can enable microgrid demonstration projects need to demonstrate how they're improving the resilience and reliability of the electricity system in which is impacted and this really came off the back of the bush fires of course floods cyclones that we've seen and trying to see what we could do to provide more resilient uh electricity supply for those customers and and lastly we need to see that projects are able to resolve some of the remaining barriers to final investment and so these may be technical barriers commercial regulatory or customer facing and so i will say this will be a non-competitive program so you will be able to contact arena if you've got a feasibility say already in place and you're looking to explore what that project could look like please do get in touch um we do expect this program to launch in the back half of 2021 so next slide please so the final program i wanted to touch on is our future fuels fund so we have just closed uh round one but we are in the development of round two so the future fuels fund was really aiming to support um the adoption of new cleaner vehicle technologies so be these electric vehicles hydrogen or buy a few fueled vehicles and the associated infrastructure so round one focused on providing grant funding for fast charging stations in metropolitan areas and major city centres around australia and we're expecting to announce the successful projects from that round towards the end of this financial year but we as i said we are in the development of round two so we are looking to talk to anyone who may have a project that links to one of the remaining target areas so we are still looking for opportunities within public charging but if i say for example your business has a fleet that it's looking to decarbonize we're really interested to hear from you and find out what arena could do to support those future projects um alternatively if you have a new innovative technology or you know someone that's looking to test something out please get in touch as i said it can be related to anything associated with clean vehicle technology and we would be expecting the round two of that fund again to be launching in the back half of 2021 so next slide please so that's all from me um as i said if you do have any questions and you wouldn't want to get in touch about any of our programs please do send us an email at proposals at arena.gov dot au and you'll be able to speak to him either myself or a member of the business development team but all information on our programs is available on our website so thank you so much thank you lauren that's awesome and there's certainly a lot of programs coming through there and some new opportunities that uh business can engage with to support um to support their activities um we are going to move forward through to questions um and at this point i'm going to stop the recording

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