Government grants up to $100 million for clean energy supply chains

Opening Thursday 21 September 2023 for application.

The Powering the Regions fund will invite eligible applicants to apply for up to $100 million on a 50:50 co-contribution basis to help the Cement, Lime, Alumina and Aluminium sectors to deliver critical inputs for the infrastructure and supply chains needed to develop Australia’s clean energy industries.

Eligible applicants will own, operate or will partner with safeguard mechanism facilities located in Australian in the Cement, Lime, Alumina or Aluminium sectors.

The program objectives are to:

• support and sustain soverieng manufacturing capability during the net zero transformation

• ensure the continued availability of locally produced cement, lime, alumina and aluminium (critical inputs to the clean energy supply chain)

• support the development of low emissions cement, lime, alumina, and aluminium sectors consistent with the Australian Governments climate commitments

• advance the development of new clean energy industries, aligned with Australia’s ambition to become a renewable energy powerhouse

• reduce the risk of carbon leakage which occurs when a business moves emissions intensive production to a country with less stringent policies

• encourage collaboration on decarbonisation planning with each hard-to-abate sector

To check eligibility, and access program guidelines and other key information click here.

Applications will open on Thursday 21 September 2023.