Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
The NSW Government is offering grants of up to $30,000 (covering 75% of costs) to support NSW businesses in assessing the feasibility of heat pump technology as a low-emissions alternative to gas-fired process heat.
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Applications Open: 14 July 2025
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Applications Close: 5:00 PM AEDT, 13 October 2025
(or earlier if the $1 million funding pool is forecast to be exhausted)
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount:
The ARENA funding available under the Program is up to a total amount of $40 million and the total of all grants for a particular project under the Program will not exceed $15 million.
You can apply if you:
- At the time of applying and throughout the life of the Project, the Applicant must hold an Australian Business Number (ABN)
- be an Australian entity incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
- have an Australian State or Territory-owned corporation, or a subsidiary of an Australian state or territory owned corporation; or c. an Australian local government or council or an Australian organisation that is purposed with representing and supporting local governments or councils
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount:
Up to $100,000 to cover up to 50% of the cost of implementing the recommendations of your energy metering and monitoring plan
Who is this for?
This initiative is for NSW businesses in the manufacturing or industrial or commercial sector.
Eligibility:
You can apply if you:
- have an energy metering and monitoring plan. The plan must:
– be no more than 3 years old from the day of the grant application
– accurately reflect the current processes and systems on site. The breakdown of costs must be supported by itemised quotes valid at the time of the application - have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and be registered for GST
- the proposed metering plan implementation project must be at a NSW site address
- spend a minimum of $200,000 a year on energy bills at that site, including all purchased fuels, except fuel for transport
- have a complex energy system including, but not limited to, a combination of:
– multiple processes
– multiple distribution systems
– multiple energy types
– and/or-multiple end uses
If your application is for a commercial building:
- only the base building is eligible
- the occupancy certificate must have been issued prior to 1 January 2022
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding Amount:
A grant amount of $500,000 to $50,000,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible project expenditure
You can apply if you:
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- are an eligible entity
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- have an eligible project
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- have eligible expenditure
Funding Amount & Key Eligibility Criteria
Funding amount:
Up to $15,000
To be eligible, you must:
- have an Australian business number (ABN) and be registered for goods and services tax (GST)
- are a business in a manufacturing, industrial or commercial sector if you have a complex energy system that requires a comprehensive metering plan
- are a site or facility located in NSW
- spend more than $200,000 on energy annually per site, including all purchased fuels, except fuel for transport
- have a clear and justifiable objective for developing a metering and monitoring plan
- have a complex energy system in terms of the number of processes, distribution systems, energy types and/or end uses involved
- have no metering and monitoring plan completed under this program for another site/facility of yours that has a similar energy system
If a metering and monitoring plan is for a commercial building:
- only the base building is eligible
- the occupancy certificate must have been issued prior to 1 January 2022
Key Eligibility Criteria
- If you are a Registered Corporation, use over 54 TJ of Energy per annum, you may be required to complete an Energy Efficiency Opportunities Assessment (EEOA) for Registered Corporations.
- If you are expanding your site, or building a new one, and are likely to use over 54 TJ of energy per annum when operating 24×7, then you are required to complete an Energy Efficiency Opportunities Assessment (EEOA) for New Ventures.