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The Australian government has granted cement maker Boral $30 million under its carbon capture program to assess Calix's emissions-capture technique, part of a wider pre-election round of grants.
The Morrison government quietly granted Zero Degrees Rosella $3 million for a Victorian brown coal-to-hydrogen project, after a $5 million Queensland coal study grant, as election fossil hydrogen funding promises passed $400 million.
Seven South Australian manufacturers, including Bickford's, Orora and Inovor Technologies, have received federal grants totalling $48 million under Round 2 of the Modern Manufacturing Initiative's Integration and Translation streams.
Vast Solar has won $110 million in federal finance to revive a 20MW solar thermal plant with storage at Port Augusta, five years after SolarReserve won the same support then abandoned the project.
Federal grants totalling $58.6 million across nine defence manufacturing projects include $34 million for a Boeing-led aerospace network building the Ghost Bat jet in Queensland.
Australia commits $140 million in Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs grants for Pilbara and Kwinana, plus $4 million critical minerals grants each to Global Advanced Metals and Mineral Commodities.
The Gold Coast rocket maker has won federal co-funding for a 32-member space manufacturing network, backing a Queensland manufacturing hub and a new orbital launch pad at Bowen.
The federal government awarded $52 million to a Gilmour Space-led consortium building rocket and satellite manufacturing, test and spaceport facilities in Queensland, after a $33.4 million grant to a food manufacturing precinct.
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Federal and state ministers announce government backing for a Saab Australia defence combat-systems hub in Adelaide, presented as an election sweetener ahead of the March state vote.
The federal resources minister awarded a $7.5 million grant to Sweetpea Petroleum for Beetaloo Basin gas drilling and $2.1 million to the Northern Land Council, citing Europe's energy crisis; Empire Energy's earlier grant is recalled.
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Canberra is putting $20 million from its Modern Manufacturing Initiative toward a space manufacturing park at Adelaide Airport, adding to state support, while a plant-protein consortium led by Australian Plant Proteins earlier secured $113 million.
The federal government has re-awarded a $19.4 million grant for Beetaloo Basin gas drilling to Empire Energy after a court challenge by an environment group voided the original award.
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Six research projects share four million dollars in federal MERiL grants to test seaweed, legume and synthetic feed additives that could cut methane from cattle and sheep.
Roundup reporting Singular Health's IMCRC grant for 3D-printed medical seals, Viva Energy's fuel security payment, a fine over a worker's death, and the national battery recycling scheme's launch.
Seventeen Australian startups and SMEs share $1.6 million in federal BRII grants for feasibility studies cutting regulatory burdens, including livestock welfare monitoring and real-time analysis of listed-company market disclosures.
Seventeen unnamed startups and small businesses share federal grant funding for feasibility studies aimed at reducing regulatory burdens, under the latest round of a government innovation program.
Twenty-two Australian companies plus Monash University won Accelerating Commercialisation grants worth $12.2 million combined, with recipients including EVOS, BioCarbon, Ripe Robotics and Endua, each receiving matched government funding for commercialisation projects.
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Twenty-seven Australian manufacturers received grants totalling 33 million dollars in the first round of the federal Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, while applications opened for a second round targeting semiconductor and water treatment projects.
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Canberra has granted $44 million across six manufacturers, including Pact Group, Toshiba International and 1414 Degrees, to lift recycling and clean energy production.
Canberra's Modern Manufacturing Initiative has handed out 33 million dollars in matched grants to seven unnamed food manufacturers, its latest funding round across manufacturing sectors since February.
The federal government announced a $30 million grant for Andrew Forrest-backed Squadron Energy's Port Kembla power station, which its backer says will switch fully to green hydrogen by 2030.
Labor plans to refer $21 million in Beetaloo grants to gas company Empire Energy to the audit office over Energy Minister Taylor's involvement, but won't yet back the Greens' move to abolish the program.
Six Australian companies, including Santos and Boral, have received federal government grants from a $50 million carbon capture fund, each worth up to several million dollars, to develop capture, use and storage projects.
A ministerial letter inadvertently disclosed seven recent ARENA grants totalling $79.1 million, including funding for Genex's pumped hydro project, CuString, Raygen, the Australian Energy Council and Rio Tinto's aluminium division.
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Canberra commits a 15 million dollar grant toward a proposed 35MW Darwin big battery meant to cut gas generation, alongside funding for remote microgrids, while Sun Cable eyes Darwin manufacturing.
The national audit office found the $3.3 million grant for a Collinsville coal plant feasibility study breached grant criteria, and questioned minister Angus Taylor's use of private email accounts for confidential documents.
Seven companies, mostly gas and industrial firms, are shortlisted for ARENA's $70 million renewable hydrogen grant round, with past ARENA grants to ATCO and Australian Gas Networks recalled.
Australia's renewable energy agency is committing money to a clean-energy startup accelerator, with industry partners adding matching commitments to help early-stage companies commercialise their technologies.
Federal officials told a senate estimates hearing that no taxpayer money has been committed to a Collinsville coal plant study or to AGL's Liddell generator, despite earlier government announcements suggesting otherwise.
ARENA has awarded $6.2 million toward Logan City Council's Queensland biosolids gasification plant, which will turn sewage sludge into energy and biochar while cutting operating costs.