Executive Director Climate Change and Sustainability, Dr Kate Wilson, stated, “We had been very impressed with the range of the candidates throughout a variety of sectors and know-how varieties.

“The Technical Review Committee is assessing the applications and we expect a short list of the best EOI applicants to be invited to submit a full application in March, with funding to be awarded to successful grantees in mid-2023.”

The second-round funding is providing as much as $14 million for analysis and improvement initiatives throughout the three precedence areas set down for 2022–23.

The priorities for Round 2 cowl:

• electrification and vitality techniques: accelerating renewable vitality options and supporting the uptake of electrification in different sectors, 
• land and first industries: coordinating efforts in sustainable major business practices and 
• energy fuels, together with hydrogen: rising an environmentally sustainable NSW energy fuels business, unlocking decarbonisation alternatives for a lot of hard-to-abate sectors past 2030.

“The grants also promote collaboration and knowledge sharing, creating an environment fostering innovation so new technologies are domestically developed, tested and used here in NSW,” Dr Wilson stated.

The grants are a part of NSW’s Net Zero Industry and Innovation Program, which supplies greater than $1 billion to help and companion with business to maneuver in direction of internet zero.

The NSW Government goals to scale back emissions by 70% by 2035 and obtain internet zero by 2050. 

Annual funding priorities will likely be guided by the NSW Office of Chief Scientist and Engineer Decarbonisation Innovation Study. 

By accelerating the event of unpolluted know-how and decarbonisation, New South Wales will develop its financial system, help jobs and considerably scale back emissions.

The funding will likely be obtainable to fund particular person grants of between $400,000 and $3,000,000. Applicants should be capable to match the grant funding with money and in-kind contributions. 

Successful grant recipients are anticipated to be introduced within the second half of 2023.

More data is on the market at Clean Technology Research and Development Grants Program.