Minister for Energy and Resources, Victorian Government
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Breakthrough Victoria announces putting $20 million into RayGen Resources, a Victorian solar and thermal energy storage maker, to support clean energy, local manufacturing and the company's growth alongside its existing backers.
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Victoria's first funding round under its expanded neighbourhood battery program backs 25 batteries across six projects, with AusNet and its Mondo arm taking the largest share and several community energy groups also funded.
Ampcontrol has unveiled a hydrogen-based off-grid power system built by its subsidiary Boundary Power with utility Horizon Power, supported by a Victorian government grant, at its Ringwood factory.
Manufacturing briefs: XRF Scientific posts record results, Universal Biosensors receives an R&D tax rebate, Imugene and SMC appoint executives, FWPA promotes forestry in a new campaign, and AGL agrees a Loy Yang transition fund.
Manufacturing roundup: Memphasys IVF birth and Japanese orders, FIAL chair change, DroneShield's DroneGun Mk4, Austeng's hydrogen burner grant, UNSW recycling hub launch, Symbio laboratory, apprentice award, and MathWorks joining Universal Robots' ecosystem.
Breakthrough Victoria's chief executive reviews the investment firm's first operating year, recalling backing for several startups, a university pre-seed fund platform, a quantum technology facility, and a new environmental challenge program.
Victoria is funding more than $7 million in grants for renewable hydrogen ventures, supporting hydrogen bus trials, a refuelling station, hydrogen production facilities, and the state's first hydrogen-powered cremation prototype.
Victoria's government has granted $5.7 million to six recycling projects, funding new or expanded facilities for composting, organics, glass and textile processing, which it expects to create 75 jobs.
Geelong plastics recycler GT Recycling has received a $3 million federal and Victorian government grant toward a $4.7 million expansion that will lift its plastic processing capacity by 8,000 tonnes a year.
A Victorian recycler has opened a new sorting plant near Melbourne, backed by a state government grant, adding jobs and expanding into metals and plastics.