Tag: Clean Energy Finance Corporation

CEFC backs $50m fund for early-stage clean tech startups

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Startups pursuing decarbonisation and energy-efficient technologies for heavy industry are the target of a new green investment fund set up by a top venture capital group with backing from the...

Queensland AgTech secures $30m for on farm robots

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Queensland-based agtech company SwarmFarm Robotics has secured $30 million to accelerate the rollout of its autonomous farming robots and expand into North America. The Emerald-headquartered startup raised the funding...

Canberra tips $5b into industrial Net Zero push

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The Albanese government has unveiled a $5 billion Net Zero Fund to accelerate industrial decarbonisation and scale up low-emissions technologies across heavy industries, backing up an ambitious emissions target...

Australia’s clean fuels opportunity upgraded to $36bn

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australia has a $36 billion opportunity to build a sovereign low-carbon liquid fuels industry by 2050, according to a new report commissioned by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)....

Govt tips extra $2b into clean energy fund

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has secured a $2 billion top-up from the federal government to help households and small businesses lower emissions amid the race to meet 2030...

Beyond the NRF: The nation’s search for industry policy

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
Back in August, just after the announcement of the National Reconstruction Fund Board, Industry and Science minister Ed Husic reminded us that “policy is shaped by the times it...

Rewiring the Nation: $3b lined up for WA grid transformation

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has committed $3 billion in funding to private sector electricity transmission projects in Western Australia to support the roll-out of renewable energy programs. The concessional loans...

Australia’s biggest battery build raises $500m

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia’s largest battery storage development in New South Wales has secured a $500 million investment following a capital raise led by the world’s biggest funds manager, BlackRock. The capital...