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Clean hydrogen and carbon capture investment
The Australian Government has announced AUD 539.2 million investment in clean hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) as part of emissions reduction and economic recovery efforts in the 2021-2022 Budget, which is expected to create 2,500 jobs. This announcement includes: - AUD 275.5 million to support the development of four additional clean hydrogen hubs in regional Australia, trial a hydrogen certification scheme, and fund legal and market reforms. - AUD 263.7 million to support the development of CCS/CCUS projects and hubs.
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National Energy Efficiency Initiative - Smart Grid, Smart City
The Australian Government's Smart Grid, Smart City project has demonstrated Australia's first fully integrated, commercial scale smart grid. The project trialled a range of customer and grid side smart grid technologies and applications, to help quantify the benefits of smart grids and to inform broader industry and consumer acceptance and adoption of smart grids across the Australian energy market. The project has gathered robust information about the costs and benefits of smart grids and is being used to inform future decisions by government, electricity providers, technology suppliers and consumers across Australia. Reports and data, including data interrogation tools…
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Fuel Security Package - Support for diesel storage
The Australian Government will provide up to AUD 260 million in competitive grants to support the construction of an additional 780 megalitres of diesel storage in Australia. The program will run over 3 years to 2023–24. The 10 projects are expected to start construction in mid-2021 and be completed within 3 years.
Along with the additional diesel storage, these projects will also deliver 202 megalitres of additional petrol and jet fuel storage funded by the private sector.
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Ethanol and Biodiesel Production Grants
The Australian government introduced production grants for biofuels in 2002. These are administered by AusIndustry within the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, on behalf of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, which has policy responsibility for this programme.The 2003-04 Federal Budget Government announcement ensured that the effective rate of excise tax for biofuels is zero, with grants of AUD 38.143 cents per litre for fuel ethanol and biodiesel until 1 July 2011. Ethanol Grants are payable to an Ethanol Producer (or as the Ethanol Producer directs) in respect of the volume of ethanol produced…
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Gabon
Almost two-thirds of the population of Gabon has access to electricity. The country can partially rely on its 150 thousand barrels per day hydrocarbon liquids production and has recently implemented a new petroleum legislation.
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- Energy mix
- Emissions
- Electricity
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Cambodia
Cambodia’s electrification rate is the second-lowest among South East Asian countries. Cambodia plans to increase its power generation capacity by building hydropower and coal-fired plants by 2025, which can contribute to improve self-sufficiency of power supply.
- Overview
- Energy mix
- Emissions
- Electricity
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Thailand
Thailand’s energy policy focuses on reducing dependence on natural gas to enhance energy security. With the costs reduction of variable renewable energy, conventional Thai power generation starts giving way to alternative sources. The country’s energy policy must evolve to accommodate this change.
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- Energy mix
- Emissions
- Electricity
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Energy Savings Package - Energy Upgrades to Social Housing
The Australian Government is delivering a six-year program aimed at providing energy performance upgrades to existing social housing in partnership with state and territory governments. The Australian Government is providing AUD 800 million (AUD 1.09 billion inclusive of state and territory co-funding) for the Initiative. The purpose of the program is to reduce energy consumption, support power bill savings and make homes more comfortable for residents in more than 100,000 social housing properties by 2028-29.
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Energy Bill Relief Fund 2024-25
The Australian Government is providing $3.5 billion to extend and expand the Energy Bill Relief Fund and provide electricity bill rebates to Australian households and eligible small business electricity customers in 2024-25 to ease cost of living pressures.
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Investment in technologies reducing GHG in agriculture, manufacturing, industry and transport
The Australian government has launched a $1.9 billion future technology investment package to be provided over twelve years from 2020-2021 to continue funding the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), expand investment in the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), and invest in low emissions technologies, network infrastructure, power generation and supplies in the National Electricity Market (NEM). The budget also includes a provision allowing ARENA to use up to $50 million of existing resources to encourage the commercialization of breakthrough clean energy technology through the use of new financial tools. New legislation will be introduced to ensure that both…
