- Part of Cook Government drive to a
decarbonised, diversified economy - Emissions reduction technology grants for
local businesses - Funding supports projects to support
innovation in hard to abate industry
The State Government is investing
$6.58 million to advance technologies and investigate modern solutions that
help remove, reduce or offset industrial emissions.
A total of 10 projects will receive
funding under the second round of the Carbon Innovation Grants Program (CIGP),
which is designed to build the capacity of heavy industry sectors to transition
to net zero emissions by 2050.
The latest grants will support six
pilot projects and four feasibility studies that represent innovative approaches
to carbon abatement and sequestration.
The pilot projects include
establishing a seaweed biorefinery manufacturing
facility that will make plastic alternatives and an initiative to create
by-products from captured carbon dioxideat
an ammonia manufacturing plant.
Funding for
the feasibility studies will allow recipients to assess the viability of new
technologies or methods for reducing emissions, such as a study that will
investigate hybrid electrification of quad trailers for long distance regional
transport needs.
The $15 million Carbon Innovation
Grants Program was a 2021 election commitment made by the State Government.
It funds feasibility studies, pilot
projects and capital works, with a focus on supporting innovative technologies
for carbon abatement and sequestration.
The Department of Water and
Environmental Regulation administers the program through a competitive process –
further details on the program can be found here.
The full list of successful recipients
is available below.
Comments attributed to Energy and Decarbonisation Minister Amber-Jade
Sanderson:
“These grant recipients show the depth of advanced technologies in Western
Australia as we drive to decarbonise and diversify our economy, ensuring it
remains the strongest in the nation.
“Through government support of
scientific and industry partnerships, we can limit industrial emissions by
commercialising innovations that help contribute to our target of net zero
emissions by 2050.
“The potential evident in all
successful applicants is a credit to those involved and I look forward to these
projects succeeding at scale.”
Carbon Innovation Grants Program Round 2
The
successful pilot projects are:
- C Sea Solutions
Pty Ltd: $1.5 million to deliver a pilot seaweed biorefinery manufacturing facility that
will produce alternatives to mainstream plastics; - Airbridge Pty Ltd:
$1.5 million for a pilot project to capture CO2 from an ammonia manufacturing plant
and create by-products from the captured CO2; - FMG Solomon Pty
Ltd: $1 million for a pilot project to test
low emissions explosives for open pit iron ore operations in the Pilbara; - Wallis Drilling
Pty Ltd: $704,000 for a pilot project that
will trial and test electrification of a reverse circulation drilling rig suite; - Warradarge Energy
Pty Ltd: $229,359 for a pilot trial of dual-fuel
(hydrogen and diesel) technology and refuelling infrastructure on trucks; and - Oasis IQ Pty Ltd: $225,376 for a pilot project to trial of scheduling
software for air conditioning systems in mine site accommodation, reducing air
conditioner running time and energy use.
The
successful feasibility studies are:
- DBK Enterprises
Pty Ltd & MAGV Pty Ltd: $500,000 for a
study that will investigate the hybrid electrification of quad trailers for
long distance regional transport needs in WA; - University of
Western Australia: $401,480 for a
feasibility study to investigate compressed air energy storage to support
industrial energy demand; - Craig Mostyn Group
Pty Ltd: $273,000 for a feasibility study to
compare anerobic digestion technologies to manage agribusiness waste streams;
and - Australian Flow
Batteries Pty Ltd: $250,000 for a
feasibility study to assess the viability of establishing a Megawatt scale
vanadium battery manufacturing facility in WA.