Closed Grant Opportunity View - GO6643
Energy Efficiency Grants for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Round 2
The Energy Efficiency Grants for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Round 2 will support businesses to upgrade or replace inefficient equipment to improve their energy efficiency. These upgrades will enable industries to reduce their energy use, manage energy cost volatility in the long term and contribute to Australia’s target of a 43% reduction on 2005 emission levels by 2030.
The objectives of the program are:
- improve energy efficiency practices and increase the uptake of energy efficient technologies
- assist small and medium businesses to manage their energy usage and costs
- reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The intended outcomes of the program are:
- increase awareness of energy efficiency opportunities and help businesses to save energy
- reduced power bills for small and medium businesses
- emissions abatement to contribute to Australia reducing its emissions to 43% below 2005 levels by 2030.
You can apply if you:
- have an Australian business number (ABN)
and are one of the following entity types:
- an entity incorporated in Australia
- a partnership
- a sole trader
- an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust.
You must also:
- be a small or medium sized business with an employee headcount from 1 to 199 employees averaged over any consecutive 12 month period since 1 July 2020
- be a small and medium sized businesses who has been in operation for a minimum of 24 months
- have consent from the owner of the project location to undertake the project, if the entity is not the owner of the project location
- provide the mandatory attachments listed at Section 6.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines.
You can’t apply if you are:
- an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme
- an employer of 100 or more employees that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012)
- a business that has more than 199 employees
- an unincorporated association
- any organisation not included in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines
- a trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a trust).
- insolvent or have owners/directors that are bankrupt
- a Commonwealth, state, territory or local government body (including government business enterprises, public schools, and public hospitals)
- a non-corporate Commonwealth entity.
$41,241,000.00
From $10,000.00 to $25,000.00
To apply, go to: www.business.gov.au/EEGSME2
Due to the nature of this program and the demand on the system, applications will open with a staggered approach based on the jurisdiction you are applying for.
Please see application opening date and times below for each jurisdiction:
- VIC – Thursday 22 February 2024 12.00pm AEDT
- NT – Friday 23 February 2024 12.00pm ACST
- SA – Friday 23 February 2024 12.00pm ACDT
- NSW – Monday 26 February 2024 12.00pm AEDT
- WA – Tuesday 27 February 2024 12.00pm AWST
- TAS, ACT – Tuesday 27 February 2024 12.00pm AEDT
- QLD – Wednesday 28 February 2024 12.00pm AEST
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