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Contents
Overview 2
Financing clean technologies 4
... will support the transformation of our energy sector 5
Creating and deploying clean energy 6
... from renewable resources 7
Helping communities and regions 8
... become more energy efficient 9
Boosting support for farmers and landholders 10
... to improve productivity, sustainability and resilience 11
Supporting skills in land management 12
... and unlocking the benefits of biodiversity 13
Helping business 14
... move to a clean energy future 15
Improving our energy efficiency 16
Helping small business 17
Helping households save energy 18
On the move to more efficient transport 19
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For more information vist www.cleanenergyfuture.gov.au
The Government has developed a comprehensive plan to move to a clean energy
future. The plan will cut pollution and drive investment in new clean energy sources,
such as solar, gas and wind. This transformation is vital if Australia is to meet the
environmental and economic challenges of competing in a low-pollution world.
The Government’s plan includes:
• introducing a carbon price
• promoting innovation and investment in renewable energy
• encouraging energy efficiency
• creating opportunities in the land sector to cut pollution.
The countries that develop the technologies and products that allow the world to
decouple production from pollution will prosper in the 21st century.
The carbon price is fundamental to transforming the Australian economy, in order
to allow us to grow industries and jobs with less pollution. The Government will
complement this market signal with targeted investments to bring forward new
technologies at as low a cost as possible.
For those investing in emerging technologies there are ‘knowledge spillovers’. This
means that investments in emerging technologies will be lower than desirable because
investors cannot capture the full benefit of their investment to the community. By
researching and trialling new ideas, the whole country learns more about our clean
energy future. The Government is establishing the Australian Renewable Energy
Agency (ARENA) to more ef fectively coordinate support for renewable energy research
and development.
Technologies that are more developed can still face a range of obstacles in attracting
financing. Large scale renewable energy projects often have large up-front costs.
Financial institutions may treat these new technologies with caution as they do not
have the information required to properly assess the risk of investing in them.
Overview
Pricing carbon will
shift demand towards
cleaner energy
New t chnologies to provid
clean and af f ordable alternative
ener y sources a the potential
to s gnifican ly reduce he costs
of tack ling climate chan e. A
ca bon price will encoura e new
in estment in renewable energy,
s ch as solar a d ind, an mor
e ficien use of electr city.
Treasury mo elling sh ws t at
ith a carbon price, e ergy from
t e renewables sector is pro jected
t account f r around 0 per cent
of our lectri ity generation
b 205 , a si nifican incre se
f r m its current ev l of around
1 per c nt.
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The Government is establishing a commercially oriented Clean Energy Finance
Corporation (CEFC) to boost private sector investment in renewable energy and clean
energy projects.
These initiatives will work together with the Government’s Renewable Energy Target
(RET) and complement the carbon price.
The Government’s plan for a clean energy future represents a historic move to increase
Australia’s investment in clean technologies, in particular renewable and clean energy
technologies and generation.
Energy efficiency measures allow households, businesses and communities to lower
energy costs while at the same time contributing to cutting carbon pollution. The plan
includes a number of new measures that will create jobs and allow all Australians to
benefit from improved energy efficiency.
Current barriers to cut ting pollution in the land sector limit farmers and landholders’
ability to contribute to and benefit from tackling climate change. Around $1 billion
will be spent over the next four years to overcome barriers to participation, reward
emissions reductions and recognise important biodiversity co-benefits.
This document highlights the most significant measures that will complement the
carbon price and help transform the Australian economy.
Record support for
renewables
The transf ormation of our
ener y sector will drive arou d
$10 billion in investment
in he renew bles se tor
over the p riod to 205 . The
Governm nt’s plan to su port
t is inve tment includes:
com ercialisation and
deploymen of ean tec nolog es thro gh th
co mercially oriented
$1 billion Clean E ergy
Finance orporatio
• research, development
and commercialisation of
renewab e energy t an arly
sta e thr ugh the $3.2 illion Australian ene able E ergy
Age cy
research and develop ent
of cle n technologies
throug the $200 m llion
Clean Te hnology Innovatio
rogram
• increased use of renewable en rgy through the carb n
pric and the Renewable
Energ Target.
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Mechanisms overseas
ther natio s are embr cing
the opportunities to transi ion
to a clean energy f uture. Th
Conservative United K ingdo (UK )
Government has mmitted to
esta lishing Green I vestment
Ba k to ad ress barriers which re
co straini g the flow of nance to
cl an tec nologies.
T e bank will pen n April 2012, ak ing the UK the fir t cou try
i the orld to create a bank
exclusi ely dedicated t gre n
i vest ents. There will be an
i itial over ment co mitment
of £3 illion A$4.5 billion)
anticip ted to mobilise £15 billion
in priva e inves me t by 2014-15.
The Unit d States Depart ent of
En rgy Lo n Programs Of fice ha
co mitted nearly $US3 billion
(A$ 2.7 billio ) to su port
37 cl an energy projects.
Financing cleantechnologies
Clean Energy Finance Corporation
The Government will invest $10 billion in a new commercially oriented Clean Energy
Finance Corporation (CFEC).
The CEFC will leverage private sector financing for renewable energy and clean
technology projects, investments critical to the transformation of the Australianeconomy. It will identify projects and remove barriers that would otherwise prevent
the financing of large scale renewable energy projects.
The necessary transformation of our energy sector will require the investment of
$100 billion in renewable energy over the period to 2050. Additional investments
will be required in energy efficiency and in new manufacturing technologies. The
Government can play an important role in facilitating and coordinating investment in
technologies that financial institutions may not be familiar with.
Accordingly, the Government will invest $10 billion in the CEFC, with its mandate
including:• the commercialisation and deployment of renewable energy and enabling
technologies
• the commercialisation and deployment of energy efficiency and low emissions
technologies
• the transformation of existing manufacturing businesses to re-focus on making the
inputs for these sectors.
The CEFC will play a vital role in unlocking significant new private investment into
clean energy projects and the supply chain that feeds into these projects.
It will be independent from Government and be run by a Board of experts inbanking, investment management and clean energy and low emissions technologies.
Investment decisions will be based on rigorous case-by-case analysis of candidate
projects at arm’s length from Government. The fund once mature is expected to be self
sustaining.
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Creating and deploying
clean energy
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency
The Australian Government is funding around $3.2 billion in renewable energy
investment to promote the research and development of renewable energy
technologies to fast-track our clean energy future. These programs will be managed
by a new, independent statutory body – the Australian Renewable Energy Agency
(ARENA).
ARENA presents a unique opportunity to adopt a holistic approach to supporting the
research, development, commercialisation and demonstration of renewable energy
technologies through grants and financing assistance.
ARENA will also receive future funding from:
• dividends paid by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)
• future carbon price revenue should the Jobs and Competitiveness Program be
modified following Productivity Commission reviews.
It will complement the CEFC which targets the financial barriers to large scalecommercialisation and deployment of renewable energy technologies.
ARENA’s board will include members with experience in the technology streams that
are likely to be considered. The board will also include expertise in commercialisation
generally, and business experience specifically. Roughly equal representation between
technology skills and commercialisation and business experience will provide balanced
recommendations in terms of project viability and the technology ‘fit’.
Renewables investment
enters new ARENA
The Gov rnment will esta lish a
new, independent statutory body
that ill incorporate initiative
previously admi red separ tely,
incl ding by he Austr lian Ce tre
f or Renew ble Energy a d the
Australian Solar Institute.
A ENA ill f und the f ollo ing
p ogra s:
• Ren wabl Energy Venture
Capital F nd
• Em rging Renewables Pr gram.
RENA will versee existing
Government upport f or programs
s ch as:
• Solar Flagship Program
• Rene able Energy
Demon tration Progr m and
olar Pro ects
• A stralian B s Researc
Institute
• Geo hermal Drilling Pro ram
• Conne ting Renewables Initiative.
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Energy efficient
communities
The Sol r Cities and Smart
Grid, S art City initiatives a e
show asing sustainable ener y
models to help umers an
retailers to onitor th ir energ
us and use energy mor wisel .
S f ar, A stralia’s seven S lar
Cities have assisted over
9,300 househ ds ith ho e
energy asses ments, nstall d over
4,600 ilow tts of ph tovoltaic
anels and ver 20,000 smart
eters.
The S art G id, Smart City
i itiative will demonst ate
Australia’s firs commercial- cale
s art g id. Sma t ids use a vance telecommunications and
in ormati n technology t allow
en rgy pro iders to manage an
maintain ou electricity networ
bett r. This $1 ion pro je t is
expe ted to lead to Australia- ide
advan es in energy manage ent
by enco raging a smarter nd
ore ef fic ent energy ne work .
Helping communities and
regions
Expanding Low Carbon Communities
The Low Carbon Communities program helps communities and councils improve
energy efficiency. Funding for the program will be increased from $80 million to
$330 million.
The program will be expanded to include two new initiatives aimed at improvingthe energy efficiency of low income households. The Low Income Energy Efficiency
program will provide grants to pilot approaches that assist low income households to
reduce their energy costs.
The second initiative will fund a new Household Energy and Financial Sustainability
Scheme to support low income households to improve their energy and financial
sustainability.
Grants will also be available for local councils and community organisations to retrofit
or upgrade community-use facilities. This will cut their energy costs and serve as
demonstration projects to promote energy efficiency in the community.
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efficient
Delivering clean energy to remote communities
The Remote Indigenous Energy Program will help Indigenous communities access
clean, affordable and reliable 24-hour power supplies. It will help communities to
manage their energy efficiently and use it to contribute to improvements in health,
education and long-term economic viability.
Over four years, the $40 million program will build on the success of the former
Renewable Remote Power Generation Program. It will provide additional financial
support to install renewable energy generation systems like solar panels and wind
turbines in around 55 remote Indigenous communities. This new program will also
include training in power system maintenance and information to support households
and communities manage their energy.
This program ensures remote communities will also be part of the transformation to a
clean energy future.
The future of social
housing
Over 1 ,400 newly constr cted
home , built under the Economic
Stim lus Plan’s Social Housin
Initiative will corp rate a 6 star
Na ionwid Housing ergy
Rating Sc eme rating. T ese
h mes will include great r ener y
e ficiency measures such s:
• energy ef fi ient ghting
sol r or heat pum hot ater
sys ems
• he t retaining ventilation
• wa er ta k s.
his will assist tenants to s ve
oney on f uture en rgy bills and
c t pollution.
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Boosting wider land
action
The Gov rnment will purc ase
carbon credits through the arbon
Farmi g Initiative non-K yoto
Carbon Fund. T 250 millio
pro ram ove six year will cre te
inc ntives o undertake and-ba ed
ac ion su h as the storing of soil
carbon, revegetation and orest
c nserv tion.
Credits f rom hese pr jects can
also be sold to compa ies antin
t of f s t their carbon pollution to
eet volunt ry commi ments to
carbon neut ality.
Australia will continu work ing to
develop new i terna ional rules
that rec gnise a der ran e of action to reduce pollution on the
la d. In f uture, this may llow
lan holders to sell credits f rom
a wider varie of pro ects to
com anies with obligations u der
the ca bon price.
Boosting support forfarmers and landholders
Farmers and landholders have an important a role to play in reducing carbon pollution
as governments, households and the wider business community.
Carbon Farming Initiative
The Carbon Farming Initiative will provide new economic rewards for farmers and
landholders that take steps to reduce carbon pollution. It will do this by creatingcredits for each tonne of carbon pollution which can be stored or reduced on the land.
These credits can then be sold to other businesses wanting to offset their own carbon
pollution.
The Carbon Farming Initiative will create a new income stream for farmers, new jobs
for rural and regional Australia and provide strong incentives to identify and implement
low-cost methods of pollution reduction.
Carbon farming projects can increase resilience to the impacts of climate change,
protect our natural environment, and increase farm profitability and food production.
Increasing carbon storage in agricultural soils improves soil health and productivity.Revegetation will help restore degraded landscapes, provide biodiversity habitats and
corridors, and help to address salinity, protect livestock and reduce erosion.
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Carbon Farming Futures
The Carbon Farming Futures program will deliver $429 million over six years to help
farmers and other landholders benefit from financial opportunities under the Carbon
Farming Initiative:
• support will be provided for research to investigate new ways of storing carbonand reducing emissions in the land sec tor, including biochar and biofuels
• this ongoing program will support landholders to take action such as testing new
ways to increase soil carbon and reduce emissions
• new funding will be made available to test more effective methods for measuring
carbon stored in soils and to integrate carbon farming into everyday farm business
• extension officers and outreach activities will give landholders access to
information to help them benefit from carbon farming.
These measures will improve the sustainability and profitability of Australian farmers
and landholders.
Conservation Tillage
The Carb n Farming Fut res
progra will include spec c
support f or conservation till ge
equi ment. This will be deliv red
by a 15 per ce re ndable t x
of f et f or e gible equi ment.
Th s will i centivise far ers to
move to ero till and minimum
tillage f rming techniques which
can en ance s c rbon, ater retenti n and produ tivity.
arme s will be required to
artici ate in research and
ethodology develop ent to
ssist f f ort to settle meth ds
f or cre iting soil carb n un er
the Ca bon F rming nitiati e.
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Indigenous Carbon
Farming Fund
The Indi enous Carbon Fa ming
Fund will help Indigenous
Austr lians to tak e full advan age
of the Carbon F ng Initiative.
Fun ing will e provi ed
f or speciali ts to work with
In igenous communities n
carbon f rming projects. The Fund
will sup ort the e elopment and up ak e of Carbo Farming
I itiative acti ities wh ch ar
lik ely t hav high Indigeno s
partici ation such as s vanna fire
anagement.
Further supp rt f or re earch,
t ols and low cost m thods f or
e timati g and ep rting o e issions abatement will e
av ilable. This Fund will ak e it
easier f or I digenous gr ups to
par icipate i the Carb n Farmi g
Initiative by a ng barrier
assoc ated with communal a d
native itle land tenure.
Supporting skills in land
management
Carbon Farming Skills
The Carbon Farming Initiative will increase demand for carbon services and provide
new career opportunities in rural and regional Australia.
A new nationally accredited qualification will be developed for carbon service
providers (such as carbon brokers and aggregators), who will connect farmers andlandholders to the carbon market. This initiative will support high standards in an
important and emerging industry.
The Carbon Farming Skills program will ensure that there are people in regional
Australia with the necessary skills to support implementation of the Carbon Farming
Initiative. It will further drive the development of the carbon jobs sector by setting up a
training and accreditation system, boosting rural and regional employment.
Information and training workshops will be provided for farm extension officers,
catchment management authorities, agronomists and other rural service providers.
This will ensure that landholders have access to credible, high quality advice aboutcarbon farming opportunities.
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Helping business
The carbon price will provide strong incentives for businesses to improve their energy
efficiency. Improving energy efficiency will be one of the main ways many businesses
will be able to manage the impact of a carbon price.
The Government will help businesses in this process through a range of measures.
These include the Jobs and Competiveness Program, which will provide $9.2 billion
over the first three years of the carbon price mechanism, and the $1.2 billion CleanTechnology Program. In addition, the Government is providing support for industry
associations and non- government organisations to deliver tailored information to
small businesses and community organisations to manage carbon price impacts.
Jobs and Competitiveness Program
The Jobs and Competitiveness Program will support local jobs and production, and
encourage industry to invest in cleaner technologies. This program is targeted at
companies that produce a lot of carbon pollution but are constrained in their capacity
to pass through costs in global markets. It has been carefully designed to assist these
industries in a way that maintains strong incentives for them to improve their energyefficiency and reduce the pollution intensity of their products
Clean Energy Skills
lean Ener y Skills will rovide
the f oun ation f or a new pe
of wor place skill set that ill
beco e increasingly more valuable
as w transition a low carb n
eco omy. U to $32 illion wi l
go to help educational i stitutions
an industry to develop t e
materials and expertise needed to
p omote clean e y sk ills.T adesperson and professi nals
alik e will develop the k ills eede
t deli er energy effici ncy
services, cle n energy pro je ts,
and lo pollution pro ucts
t Australian households,
c mmunities nd bus nesses.
T is will help ork e s of
al types transition to a lo
ca bon e onomy by provi ing
them with the skills that will
bec me inc easingly i portant
as b sinesses da to a clean
energ f uture.
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Jobs in a Clean Energy
Future
Movin to a clean energy uture
will provide new economic
opp rtunities f or Australian
work ers.
Opportuni ies will ope up in
existing businesses as they
move to operating in a cl an
energy uture. ny businesses
ill invest in ew technology
to gen rate less pollution and
ecome mo e ef ficient.
Jobs ill also be creat d in
ew clean i dustries such as
renewable energy ge erati n,
arbon f arming and sustainable
esign, to na e jus a f ew.
... move to a clean
energy future
The Government is delivering the Clean Technology Program to help directly improve
energy efficiency in manufacturing industries and support research and development
in low pollution technologies.
Clean Technology Investment Program
The Clean Technology Investment program will support manufacturers by providing$800 million in grants to upgrade to less polluting equipment and cleaner
technologies. It will boost their international competitiveness and help keep
manufacturing strong.
Funding will be provided on a co-contribution basis, with industry providing three
dollars for every dollar provided by the Government.
Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment
Program
Food processors, metal forgers and foundries face par ticular challenges in reducingtheir carbon pollution and embracing the clean energy economy. That is why the
Government will provide $200 million in grants to help companies in these industries
upgrade to less polluting equipment and cleaner technologies.
These industries are important to specific rural and regional areas and the Government
wants to see these industries prosper in a low carbon world. Funding will be
provided on a co-contribution basis, with industry providing three dollars for every
dollar provided by the Government. This means that the program will drive around
$700 million in investment to help Australian food processors and foundries embrace
the clean energy economy.
Clean Technology Innovation Program
The Government will provide grants of up to $200 million through the Clean
Technology Innovation Program over five years to support business investment in
renewable energy, low emissions technology and energy efficiency. This could support
manufacturers to develop new clean technology products.
This funding will be in addition to the broader research and development tax credit.
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Improving our energy
efficiency
The Government has a range of existing energy efficiency measure for households,
businesses and communities. These include:
• the $1 billion Tax Breaks for Green Buildings program
• $100 million in seed funding for Low Carbon Australia to finance innovative
approaches to financing energy efficiency improvements for businesses
• mandatory minimum energy performance standards for a range of household
and commercial appliances and equipment, including fridges, washing machines,
televisions, lighting and electric motors
• the National Building Framework which works with the building and construction
industry to set out a pathway to improve the efficiency of Australia’s building stock
over time.
The Government will build on this body of energy efficiency measures with its
response to the Prime Minister’s Task Group on Energy Efficiency. Two of the key
responses are:
Further work on a national Energy Savings Initiative
A national energy saving initiative would place obligations on energy retailers to help
households, businesses and industry install energy efficient goods and technologies.
This initiative could save consumers and households money by encouraging the take-
up of more energy efficient appliances in the home or in businesses. The Government
will undertake further work on the costs and benefits of a national scheme to replace
existing State schemes.
Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program
The Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) program has been running since 2006. In2010 alone, participating businesses identified energy savings valued at $1.2 billion
per year.
On 1 July 2011, EEO was extended to electricity generators. The Government will
expand the EEO program further to include medium energy users on a voluntary basis,
and energy networks so that these businesses can identify and benefit from energy
saving opportunities.
Report of the Prime
Minister’s Task Group on
Energy Efficiency
In 201 , a Task Group on Energy
Ef ficiency was established to
repo t on the s conomica ly
and environ entally e f ective
mechanis s to deliver a step
ch nge in Australia’s ene gy
ef cienc perf ormance an place
Australi at the oref ront o OECD i prov ment n ener y ef fi iency
perf or ance by 2020.
I response to the Tas Group’s
eport (published in October
2010), the G vernment will
undert k e f u ther wor on a
national ener y savings initiative,
e pand the Ene f ficien y O portu ities program an
im rove governance arra geme ts
around en rgy efficiency.
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Helping households save
energy
The Government is helping households to use energy more efficiently through a range
of existing and new measures.
Better information to support households move to a clean
energy future
Energy efficiency improvements around the home require the right know-how. TheGovernment’s LivingGreener website (www.livinggreener.gov.au) provides information
on living sustainably and will connect all Commonwealth, state and terri tory energy
efficiency and climate change programs.
The website will be expanded to include more information on how households can
improve energy efficiency to save dollars and cut carbon pollution. It will also feature
new content for schools and local governments. Tailored advice to householders will
be delivered through a household telephone advice line, supplemented by social
media channels.
Support to become
energy efficient
The aver ge Australian ho sehold
produc s around 14 tonnes of
carbo pollution each year.
Figu e 1 sho s the a jor sour es
of househo d emissions..
By improving energy ef ficiency
f a ilies an reduce their ills. This
h s bee made ea er thro gh a range Government initiati es
i cluding:
• the Rene able Ene gy B nus
Sch me to help replace electric
hot wate systems ith clean
ene gy sy tems
• phasing out ineffi ient li hting
• impr ving the efficiency of ap liances through he
Equip ent Energy Ef ficiency
rogram
• inimum e er ef ficiency
st ndards for new houses and
apartments under the Bu lding
Code..
Fi ure 1 So rces of h usehold emis ions in Austra ia
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On the move to more
efficient transport
Supporting new fuel efficient vehicles
A new wave of vehicles are becoming available that are cleaner and cheaper to run.
Under new standards being introduced from 2015, all car companies will be required
to reduce emission levels from vehicles they sell by introducing better technologies and
adjusting the range of models they sell in Australia.
The Government is working with the automotive industry to set the emission levels
that will apply under the new standards. In addition to helping make a reduction to
Australia’s carbon pollution from transport, this initiative will deliver real cost savings
for motorists through improved fuel efficiency in new vehicles.
The Green Vehicle Guide and the Fuel Consumption Label are two other initiatives
supporting Australians to make better informed decisions and help consumers choose
vehicles that use less fuel and have lower emissions.
Cutting transport
emissions
The G vernment is work ing
to cu pollution by improving
our ransport systems. Since
lat 2007, th Gover ment has
committed over $7.3 b llion to
modernis and extend urban
passeng r rail inf rastruct re to
rovide genuine alternatives to
rivate car trav .
Aroun $60 illion f or nati nal
smart managed motorways trial
will h lp im rove con estio ,
lower pollu ion, and e pand
the capacit of existin road
inf ras ructu e network s.
Mana ed motorways use n w
techn logies to creat a more
consistent lev l of otorw y
erf or ance, resulting in l wer
reenhouse gas emissions.
T e Government is also
supportin the aviation
industry to r duce its emission
through improv ng air space
man gement in Australia.
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Fo m re inf r ati n isi w w. le ne ergyfutu e. o v.au
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