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        • Australia

        • 2021

        First NDC of Australia

        Australia aims to reduce its GHG emissions by 26 to 28% below 2005 levels by 2030.

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        • Australia

        • 2015

        Australia's Energy Productivity Target

        40% improvement in the  ratio of economic output (GDP) to primary energy use compared to baseline year  of 2015.

        Source: National Energy Productivity Plan

        • Policy

        • Australia

        • 2004

        Australia - Methane to Markets Partnership

        Australia joined the Partnership at its launch in November 2004, seeking to collaborate on the recovery and use of coal mine methane with China.The M2M Partnership is a voluntary, non-binding framework for international cooperation to advance cost-effective, near-term methane recovery and use as a clean energy source. The M2M Partnership was launched at the Ministerial Meeting in Washington, D.C. in November 2004. The Partnership now includes 26 member countries as Partners. It encourages the development and implementation of projects that can result in direct methane emissions reductions

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        • Australia

        • 2002

        Australia - USA Climate Action Partnership

        The Australia - USA Climate Action Partnership (CAP) aims to foster the exchange of scientific expertise, technology and innovation between government, businesses and scientists of the two countries, in the field of climate change mitigation and greenhouse emissions abatement.The initial work programme for the CAP was announced in Washington by the Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage and US Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, in 2002. The work programme includes 19 projects under six areas of co-operation.The key areas of focus for the initial work programme are:Climate Change Science and Monitoring.;Stationary Energy Technologies…

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        • Australia

        • 2024

        Australian Government National Hydrogen Strategy 2024

        The National Hydrogen Strategy, released in September 2024, provides a framework to guide Australia’s production, use and export of hydrogen and aims at positioning Australia to become a global hydrogen leader. The Strategy outlines a five-year plan to develop a clean, innovative, safe and competitive renewable hydrogen industry in Australia. The Strategy is built around four objectives and underpinned by 34 actions to focus efforts.

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        • Australia

        • 2020

        Australian Hydrogen Research Network (AHRN)

        The AHRN, initiated and funded by the Australian Government, brings together individuals and organisations with an interest in Australian hydrogen research and development (R&D), from across Australian Universities, Cooperative Research Centres, governments, industry and other research organisations. It has been established to foster and extend connections across Australia’s hydrogen research community and internationally.

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        • Australia

        • 2021

        Australian Capital Territory Government - renewables reverse auctions.

        Part of reverse auction commitments is to support local industry such as hydrogen related projects. Details of funding is not publicly available. Examples include:
        - Hydrogen refuelling station at Fyshwick
        - ANU hydrogen scholarship: Global Power Generation Australia Scholarship in The Hydrogen Economy
        - 2 x Australian Research Council projects
        - Canberra Institute of Technology's course development for hydrogen training for fuel cell electric buses

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        • Australia

        • 2021

        Australian Future Fuels Fund

        The Australian Future Fuels Fund aims to address barriers to the roll out of new vehicle technologies. The opening round of Future Fuels Fund will provide 16.5 million AUD in grants to support EV fast-charging stations across capital cities and regional centres. The Fund is being administered by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). This announcement adds to the 21 million AUD the government has already invested through ARENA for two major EV charging networks across Australia. Target sites include: NSW Central Coast, Wollongong, Geelong, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast. Each location is expected to receive…

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        • Australia

        • 2022

        Australian Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub

        The Australian Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub will build on pre-existing critical minerals research capabilities by bringing together expertise from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Geoscience Australia and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) for the benefit of the critical minerals sector as a whole. With funding of up to $50.5 million, the AUD Hub will:scale-up and commercialise critical minerals R&D; help coordinate, guide and prioritise critical minerals R&D efforts across Australia; connect critical minerals projects to the technical and research expertise they need;support strategic international…

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        • Australia

        • 2019

        Australian Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund

        The Australian Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund will provide up to AUD 50.4 million over 5 years from 2019-20 to 2023-24. The Fund supports feasibility studies that examine microgrid technology as a way to replace, upgrade, or complement existing energy supply arrangements in off-grid and fringe-of-grid communities in regional and remote locations. Microgrids could provide more dependable, secure, and cost-effective electricity supply choices for Australia's regional and distant towns.  The intended outcomes of the Fund are:  - viable projects to support scale-up and implementation of microgrid systems in regional and remote…

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