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Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO4483

Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund – Microgrids 2020-21

Contact Details

Phone:
13 28 46

Email Address: enquiries@industry.gov.au

Web Address: https://www.business.gov.au/microgrids

Grant Opportunity Documents

GO ID:

GO4483

Agency:

Department of Industry, Science and Resources

Close Date & Time:

27-Jan-2021 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time)
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Co-sponsored with:

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Primary Category:

211003 - Energy Resources

Publish Date:

16-Dec-2020

Location:

ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD, NT, TAS, Administered Territories

Selection Process:

Open Competitive

Description:

The Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund - Microgrids (the program) will run over five years from 2019-20 to 2023-24. The program was announced by the Australian Government as a measure in the 2019 Budget to support feasibility studies into more reliable, secure and cost effective energy supply to regional and remote communities in Australia.

The program will fund feasibility studies looking at microgrid technologies to replace, upgrade or supplement existing electricity supply arrangements in off-grid and fringe-of grid communities located in regional and remote areas. This will be achieved through:

improved regional business, community services and emergency resilience through innovative microgrid solutions
scaled-up and improved microgrid systems in regional and remote communities
increased human capital (skills/knowledge) in the design and deployment of microgrids
demonstrated commerciality and/or reliability and security benefits of deploying and upgrading microgrids
reduced barriers to microgrid uptake in remote and regional communities
increased dissemination of technology and/or project knowledge regarding the deployment and upgrading of microgrids.

There is up to $25.8 million available for this grant opportunity.

The minimum grant amount is $100,000 and the maximum grant is $10 million.

You must complete your project by 30 June 2024.

Eligibility:

To be eligible you must be an entity incorporated in Australia and a trading corporation

Your trading activities must either:

form a sufficiently significant proportion of the corporation’s overall activities as to merit it being described as a trading corporation
be a substantial and not merely peripheral activity of the corporation.

We can only accept applications if your project is located in an inner regional, outer regional, remote or very remote area. These are defined by the Australian Statistical Geographic Standard (ASGS) Remoteness Area.

If you are ineligible you may be able to submit a joint application. Joint applications are acceptable, provided you have a lead applicant who is the main driver of the project and is eligible to apply.

Check the full eligibility details in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

Total Amount Available (AUD):

$25,800,000.00

Estimated Grant Value (AUD):

From $100,000.00 to $10,000,000.00

Instructions for Application Submission:

To apply, go to www.business.gov.au/microgrids

Other Instructions:

business.gov.au provides information and advice to customers via a range of channels including phone (13 28 46), email and web chat. Contact us for assistance.