ARENA awards $65m to Vast Solar to build commercial scale solar power plant
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced Monday that on behalf of the Australian Government, it had granted $65 million in funding for Vast Solar to build VS1, a unique 30 MW/ 288 MWh concentrated solar power (CSP) plant near Port Augusta, South Australia.
USQ’s Centre for Future Materials wins $250,000 grant to boost its test equipment portfolio...
The University of Southern Queensland’s (USQ) Centre for Future Materials (CFM) has been awarded a $250,000 equipment grant to enhance its equipment portfolio in...
Queensland Government launches $40m business fund
Premier and Minister for the Arts the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced that applications are now open for the Queensland Government's $40 million Business...
Government announces $19m defence industry investment
The Federal Government is investing $19 million in local Australian companies and researchers to create cutting-edge technology that will improve protection for Australian Defence Force soldiers...
Seven WA-based defence research projects to receive $870,000 in funding
Seven collaborative defence research projects based in Western Australia will receive almost $870,000 in funding under round three of the Defence Science Centre's Collaborative...
$544,000 grant to fast-track Victoria’s sports manufacturing technologies industry
The Geelong-based Australian Sports Technology Networks (ASTN) has been awarded a $544,000 grant under the Napthine Government’s Manufacturing Productivity Networks program (MPN), which supports...
Tasmania announces $1m grant to support more small businesses
The Tasmanian government has launched the second round of its Small Business Incubator and Accelerator Program, allocating $1 million in funding for Tasmanian businesses seeking to get new ideas off the ground.
OPT announces funding agreement with Australian Government for A$66.5 million grant
Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT) has announced that Victorian Wave Partners Pty. Ltd (VWP), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ocean Power Technologies, Australasia (OPTA),...
Victoria’s wine industry boosted by new Growth Fund
The Andrews Labor Government launched the Wine Growth Fund on Tuesday as part of its $1 million election commitment to boost the wine industry.
The...
WA medical startups get $4.3 million grant to kickstart business ideas
The Western Australian government has awarded more than $4.3 million in funding to nine health and medical startup companies as part of the 2022-23 Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund.
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From ship repair to autonomous underwater vehicles: Griffin Industrial’s next chapter with growth capital
Some of Australia’s most critical manufacturing happens where almost no one sees it: inside a fuel tank on a Navy tanker, in a machine shop south of Perth, on a workshop floor in western Sydney where a team is helping build autonomous underwater vehicles. Griffin Industrial does all three.
