Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program

Over $10M per applicant is available to assist manufacturers to improve the energy and/or carbon efficiency of production processes.
Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program

About

The Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program is an $200 million competitive, merit-based grants program. It will support Australian manufacturers to maintain competitiveness in a carbon constrained economy, through investments in energy efficient capital equipment and low pollution technologies, processes and products.?

Funding

The Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program currently has funding ratios of 1:3, 1:2 and 1:1 for government to private co-investment. Successful grantees may receive 1:1 funding if their annual turnover is less than $100 million and the grant requested is less than $500,000.

The Government has now introduced a new dollar-for-dollar (1:1) funding category for manufacturing facilities with covered emissions of 25,000 tonnes CO₂‑e or greater, but less than 100,000 tonnes CO₂‑e. These facilities do not need to meet any turnover or maximum grant amount threshold to be eligible for the new grant funding ratio.

Dollar-for-dollar grant funding means that applicants can receive grant funding of up to half of their eligible project expenditure.

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible to apply for the Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program, an applicant must:

operate in the food or foundries manufacturing industry within Australia;
be a non tax exempt corporation that is incorporated in Australia under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory and is undertaking manufacturing activities in Australia;

You are not eligible to apply for program funding if you are:

an individual, partnership or trust. However, an incorporated trustee corporation can apply on behalf of a trust;
a non factory based bakery business, including a business that manufactures and sells bread and other bakery products from the same premises;
a non factory based food preparation business. This includes restaurants, hotel kitchens and catering firms; or
eligible for funding under the Australian Government’s Steel Transformation Plan.

Eligible Expenditure

Eligible Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program expenditure can fall into three categories representing different phases of the project life-cycle:

Pre-project costs (incurred within 12 months prior to the date an application is submitted) relating to:
- Identifying the proposed energy efficiency or emissions reduction project and;
- Estimating the energy or carbon savings the project will deliver.
Project costs relating to:
- Undertaking eligible activities within the project funding period.
Post-project costs relating to your end of project reporting obligations (up to 15 months after project completion date):
- Undertaking financial audit of project expenditure; and
- Measuring and verifying the energy or carbon savings delivered by the completed project.

Eligible Projects

Examples of eligible Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program projects could include:

supporting the development of products and adoption and deployment of technologies to reduce energy use and/or carbon emissions at manufacturing facilities;
projects establishing new facilities that replace existing eligible manufacturing facilities;
process re-engineering involving the adoption of energy or carbon efficient manufacturing;
supporting the conversion of facilities from coal to natural gas;
investing in cogeneration plants; and
assistance with the implementation of energy efficiency opportunities for example:
improved design in production systems
behavioural changes e.g. reducing unnecessary usage
intelligent control systems for production and factory management
waste heat recovery, including co-generation, insulation, heat exchange recovery on heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, condenser heat recovery in industrial refrigeration
intelligent lighting, including improved lighting design, efficient lighting technology and control systems
improved efficiency for refrigeration and HVAC systems, including improved technology,maintenance, controls, set points, sensor location, rapid heat load shedding
improved electrical motor efficiency, including high efficiency motors, system design, motor starting systems, variable speed/load motors and control systems (reducing number of start times)

Expert Assistance

Writing a good quality grant application is a critical element in the application process. An application needs to be well thought through, written concisely, have clear objectives and purpose, and show clear links to the objectives of the grant guidelines.

The grant application must answer all questions, provide all required information and respond to the merit criteria. It should also reflect your organisation’s business strategy.

Writing a good application takes time and effort, and requires particular writing skills.

Bulletpoint are expert grant consultants and can assist with all aspects of grant preparation.

Call us on (03) 9005 6789 or email to discuss further.

Areas where we can assist with your Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program application include demonstrating:

capacity of the applicant to deliver the proposal
financial viability of the proposal
technical feasibility of the proposal
risks relating to the proposal

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Recipients

Soft drink giant Coca-Cola Amatil (Aust) Pty Ltd is using almost $1.3 million in revenue from the carbon price for an energy-saving project at its Richlands facility in Queensland. The project will help produce the lightest PET plastic bottles in the global Coca-Cola system.

Funded by the Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program, the project will lead to a 32 per cent reduction in carbon emissions intensity of the blending and filling equipment at Coca-Cola Amatil’s Richlands facility, reducing energy usage by 40 per cent.

The project will involve the installation of latest-generation ‘blow-fill’ or PET bottle self-manufacture technology into an existing beverage production line for 1.25, 1.5 and 2 litre PET bottles. It will reduce the quantity of plastic in bottles by up to 35 per cent.

Announcing the grant, the Minister for Industry and Innovation, Greg Combet, and Federal Member for Oxley, Bernie Ripoll, congratulated the company for reducing emissions while also boosting competitiveness.

“A price on carbon is providing businesses with an incentive to find ways to cut carbon pollution, save costs and improve processes,” Mr Combet said.

“Through this project the company will save up to $285,000 in energy costs a year while also reducing the amount of plastic in bottles.”

“The Gillard Government is working with businesses as our economy transitions to reduce emissions and save energy costs,” said Mr Ripoll.

“In addition to the support from the Government, Coca-Cola Amatil will contribute $2.5 million towards installing the new PET technology.

“I urge local businesses to invest in energy efficient equipment and processes and take advantage of the Clean Technology Investments Program.”

The $800 million Clean Technology Investment Program and the $200 million Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program are open for applications.

In addition to the Investment Programs, the $200 million Clean Technology Innovation Program is available to provide opportunities for Australian businesses to develop innovative ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The following companies have already received funding:

Company	Project	Grant
Primo Smallgoods	Primo Smallgoods will replace and upgrade lighting, air-conditioning and water heating equipment at its four meat processing sites in NSW at Scone, Chullora, Greenacre and Prestons. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of the sites by 11% and will results in savings of $1.4 million in energy costs per year.	$1,176,901
Barossa Vintners	Barossa Vintners will install a 90 kW PV solar system. The project is expected to reduce Barossa Vintners’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 22% and result in savings of $26,000 in energy and maintenance costs per year.	$90,206
Cedar Meats	Cedar Meats will replace its boiler network with a new high efficiency boiler and heat exchanger. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Cedar Meats’ boiler system by 35% and result in savings of over $60,000 in energy costs per year.	$212,512
Springhill Farm	Springhill Farm will upgrade existing ovens from electricity to natural gas, upgrade lighting and install a solar PV System. The project is expected to reduce Springhill Farm’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 55% and result in savings of $15,000 in energy costs per year.	$55,490
Vasse River Wines	Vasse River Wines will install a 60kW PV system at its winery. The project is expected to reduce site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 28% and result in savings of $28,000 in energy costs per year.	$125,000
Afflick Abattoirs	Afflick Abattoirs will install solar panels and upgrade their refrigeration system. The project is expected to reduce Afflick Abattoirs’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 38% and result in savings of $44,000 in energy costs per year.	$111,725
E. C. Throsby	E.C. Throsby will install a new high efficiency burner and PLC to an existing water tube boiler. The project is expected to reduce carbon emissions intensity of E.C. Throsby’s boiler by 15% and result in savings of $46,000 in energy costs per year.	$38,663
Harewood Estate Wines Harewood Estate Wines	Harewood Estate Wines will install a 30kW solar PV system. The project is expected to reduce Harewood Estate Wines’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 57% and will result in savings of $14,000 in energy costs per year.	$29,039
Kagome Foods Australia	Kagome Foods will fit economizers and variable speed drives to both 20MW and 19MW boilers and upgrade the control system on the 20MW boiler. The project is expected to reduce Kagome Foods’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 9% and result in savings of $120,000 in energy costs per year.	$75,451
Kagome Foods Australia	Kagome Foods will upgrade existing lighting with modern LED lights. The project is expected to reduce carbon emissions intensity of Kagome Foods’ lighting by 69% and will result in savings of $11,000 in energy costs per year.	$27,189
Lion Australia	Lion Australia will upgrade lighting for the packaging hall at its Tooheys Brewery facility in Lidcombe. Existing 367 metal halide high bay lights will be upgraded with energy efficient LED lights and supporting equipment. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of the packaging hall at Tooheys Brewery facility by 68% and result in savings of $110,000 in energy and maintenance costs per year.	$115,898
Mars Australia	Mars Australia will install energy efficient light fittings and controls. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Mars Australia’s lighting system by 54% and result in savings of $77,000 in energy costs per year.	$190,866
Mauri Yeast Australia	Mauri Yeast Australia will install new variable speed drive blowers for the yeast fermentation process and automation upgrades. The project is expected to reduce Mauri Yeast Australia’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 30% and result in savings of over $60,000 in energy costs per year.	$200,000
Morlife	Morlife will install a 15kW solar PV system and purchase new production machinery. The project is expected to reduce Morlife’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 42% and result in savings of $2,000 in energy costs per year by installing a solar system.	$115,251
Morton Seed and Grain	Morton Seed and Grain will develop a cogeneration plant by installing two biomass boilers which will use oat husks to generate both steam and electricity to run the Wagin oat mill operations. The project will reduce Morton Seed and Grain’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 75% and will result in savings of $900,000 per year in energy costs.	$917,500
Peerless Holdings	Peerless Holdings will replace two boilers, upgrade the waste heat recovery units, insulate lagging pipe work, upgrade to energy efficient lighting, install a control system for a boiler, upgrade rendering condensers and modify the refrigeration plant. The project is expected to reduce Peerless Holdings’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 11% and will result in savings of $600,000 in energy costs per year.	$756,278
Unique Foods	Ready Meals will improve the design of the pre-cool tunnel and freezing tunnel to improve energy efficiency. The project is expected to reduce carbon emissions intensity of Ready Meals’ refrigeration tunnel by 23% and will result in savings of $900,000 in energy costs per year.	$619,466
Alkoomi Wines	Alkoomi Wines will upgrade refrigeration and install a 30kW PV system at its winery. The project is expected to reduce Alkoomi Wines’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 83% and result in savings of $26,000 in energy costs per year.	$272,572
Salena Estate Wines	Salena Estate Wines will insulate their wine tanks and install an automated control system to increase refrigeration efficiencies. The project is expected to reduce Salena Estate Wines’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 39% and result in savings of $30,000 in energy costs per year.	$222,490
Steric Limtied	Steric will replace lighting at two facilities in Villawood, NSW, with new energy efficient lighting. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of the two facilities by 63% and result in savings of $65,000 in energy costs per year.	$150,608
The Pastry Lounge	The Pastry Lounge will install a 54kW Solar PV system at its manufacturing facility. The project is expected to reduce The Pastry Lounge’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 35% and result in savings of $22,000 in energy costs per year.	$56,200
St Anne’s Vineyard	St Anne’s Vineyard will install a 99.8kW Solar PV system to its main winery and upgrade lighting with energy efficient alternatives. The project is expected to reduce St Anne’s Vineyard’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 26% and result in savings of $33,000 in energy costs per year.	$107,174
The Wrigley Company	The Wrigley Company will install a 100 kW PV System on the warehouse roof of its Asquith facility. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Wrigley’s Eclipse Mint manufacturing and packaging plant by 47% and result in savings of $35,000 in energy costs per year.	$86,033
The Berry Farm	The Berry Farm will install a 30kW PV system. The project is expected to reduce The Berry Farm’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 23% and result in savings of $17,000 energy costs per year.	$34,090
Unilever	Unilever Australia will replace three air compressors with a new one that has larger capacity and is fitted a waste heat recovery system. The project is expected to reduce the site-wide carbon emissions intensity of Unilever Australia’s Tatura facility by 6% and result savings of $56,000 in energy costs per year.	$68,400
Warburn Estate	Warburn Estate will replace condensers in two refrigeration systems and install variable speed drives for their fans. The project is expected to reduce Warburn Estate’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 7% and result in savings of $63,000 in energy costs per year.	$113,250
West Cape Howe Wines	West Cape Howe Wines will install a 93.06kW PV system at its Mount Barker Winery in Western Australia. The project is expected to reduce West Cape Howe Wines’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 18% and result in savings of $40,000 in energy costs per year.	$161,919
Simplot	Simplot Australia will switch to induction light fittings and install movement sensors at seven of Simplot’s manufacturing sites. The project is expected to reduce carbon emissions intensity of Simplot’s light fittings at its seven sites by 45% and will result in savings of $250,000 in energy costs and $42,000 in associated maintenance costs.	$331,428
Central Foundry	Central Foundry will install a 50 kW solar electricity generator on the roof of its foundry facility. The project is expected to reduce Central Foundry’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 37% and will result in savings of $15,000 in energy costs per year.	$61,975
Jewel Of India Enterprises	Jewel of India will replace an old manufacturing line with new energy efficient food processing equipment. The project is expected to reduce Jewel of India’s site-wide carbon intensity by 77% and will result in savings of $390,000 in energy costs per year.	$834,280
JBS Australia	JBS Australia will upgrade its waste water treatment system at its Dinmore facility with the installation of new waste water pre-treatment equipment combined with Covered Anaerobic Lagoon technology. This will optimise the generation of biogas for combustion in the existing natural gas-fired boiler plant, which will be modified to co-combust biogas with natural gas. The project is expected to reduce site-wide carbon emissions intensity of JBS Australia’s Dinmore facility by 81% and will result in savings of $1.1 million in energy costs per year and savings of $790,000 in reduced carbon price liability per year.	$4,385,226
Wagners Fine Foods	Wagners Fine Foods will install a 33kW solar PV system at its manufacturing facility. The project is expected to reduce Wagners Fine Foods’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 94% and result in savings of $9,000 in energy costs per year.	$41,000
Ambrosia Quality Foods	Ambrosia Quality Foods will install a 21.6kW PV system and replace 94x46W tubular fluorescent lamps in the company’s factory with 22W LED lamps. The project is expected to reduce Ambrosia Quality Foods’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 13% and result in savings of $11,000 in energy costs per year.	$42,000
Kalleske Meats	Kalleske Meats will install solar panels at their facility in Smithfield, South Australia. The project is expected to reduce Kalleske Meats’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 90% and result in savings of $45,000 in energy costs per year.	$41,741
A.J. Bush & Sons	The rendering plant of A.J.Bush & Sons (Manufactures) located at Bromelton will cover anaerobic ponds to capture biogas, currently emitted to the atmosphere as methane, for use as renewable fuel to power a new Biogas boiler to raise process steam. Inefficient Coal-fired boilers will be upgraded or replaced with high efficiency boilers to reduce black coal combusted in the steam raising process. Together these measures will improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions in the energy intensive rendering process essential to the meat processing industry.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of A.J. Bush & Sons’ site-wide steam raising production process by 64% and will reduce their energy costs by 46%.	$6,184,589
888 Abalone	888 Abalone will install energy efficient motors and variable speed drives to reduce the electricity associated with pumping at its abalone manufacturing facility in Bremer Bay.The project is expected to reduce 888 Abalone’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 41% and will result in savings of $64,000 per year.	$54,087
Alba Edible Oils	Through this project, Alba Edible Oils will modify the plant’s refinery to automate the existing product changeover process and improve energy efficiency. Project activities include lagging of exposed pipe work and the optimisation or replacement of selected pumps, motors, boilers and a chiller. The project is expected to reduce Alba Edible Oils’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity of its Hamilton Hill facility by 53% and will result in savings of $190,000 in energy costs per year.	$499,143
Albany Seafoods	Albany Seafoods will install three 10kW photovoltaic rooftop systems at its Albany seafood processing facility.The project is expected to reduce Albany Seafood’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 14% and will result in savings of $17,500 in energy costs per year.	$62,113
Arnott’s Biscuits	Arnott’s Biscuits will replace all existing factory high bay metal halide lamps with energy efficient 200W Induction lamps at its biscuit manufacturing facility in Virginia.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Arnott’s Virginia site by 10% and will result in savings of $138,000 in energy costs per year.	$162,477
Australian Vintage	Australian Vintage will implement smart controls on two refrigeration plants at its Buronga Hill site. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Australian Vintage’s refrigeration plants by 12% and will result in savings of $88,000 in energy costs per year.	$126,023
Ballantyne	Ballantyne will upgrade existing metal halide lighting with high frequency induction lighting throughout its powdered cheese production plant in Laverton North.The project is expected to reduce Ballantyne’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 10% and will result in savings of over $34,000 in energy costs per year.	$81,986
Borrello Cheese	Borrello Cheese will install a 30kW solar power system that will reduce its electricity consumption from the grid by 52 MWh per year at its Oakford cheese facility.The project is expected to reduce Borrello Cheese’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 28% and will result in savings of $17,000 in energy costs per year.	$43,093
Brokenwood Wines	Brokenwood Australia will upgrade its refrigeration and hot water syste, install energy efficient lighting, a voltage optimisation unit, and air compressors in the wine and barrel manufacturing areas of its Pokolbin winery. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Brokenwood’s Pokolbin wine manufacturing site by 54% and will result in savings of $90,000 in energy costs per year.	$262,747
Bundaberg Walkers Engineering	Bundaberg Walkers Engineering will upgrade the existing compressed air system in its foundry operation. The project involves the installation of a modern, high efficiency variable speed compressor in place of two old, fixed-speed units. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Bundaberg Walkers Engineering’s air compressor station by 44% and will result in savings of over $81,000 in energy costs per year.	$98,284
Cape Mentelle Vineyards	Cape Mentelle Vineyards will invest in insulation for its wine tanks, a variable speed drive for its pump and a 28 kW photovoltaic system. Cape Mentelle Vineyards is expected to save over $10,000 on its electricity bill every year. This project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Cape Mentelle Vineyards’ electricity consumption at its Wallcliffe Road winery by 35% and will result in savings of over $10,000 in energy costs per year.	$169,115
Castelli Estate	Castelli Estate will invest in a 31.4 kW photovoltaic system at its Mount Shadforth site. This project is expected to reduce Castelli Estate’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 22% and will result in savings of over $13,000 in energy costs per year.	$62,501
Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co	Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co will install a 30.36 kW solar photovoltaic system on the north facing roof sections of its building.The project is expected to reduce Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 36% and will result in savings of over $20,000 in energy costs per year.	$51,292
Devro	Through this project, Devro will install a new flatbed wet systems and multi-pass dryers and change from online to offline shirring. The project will upgrade three production lines, resulting in energy savings and increased productivity.The project is expected to reduce Devro’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 13%.	$1,000,000
Dew’s Meats	Dew’s Meats will install 29.8 kW solar photovoltaic panels on its factory roof.The project is expected to reduce Dew’s Meats’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 23% and will result in savings of $6,500 in energy costs per year.	$34,453
D’Orsogna	D’Orsogna will upgrade two existing steam boilers, install economisers to harvest exhaust heat to heat boiler feedwater and replace the feedwater tank at its Palmyra smallgoods manufacturing facility.The project is expected to reduce D’Orsogna’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 12% and will result in savings of $61,000 in energy costs per year.	$96,152
Edlyn Foods	Edlyn Foods will replace two existing compressors with an energy efficient variable speed drive (VSD) compressor at its Epping plant. The VSD compressor ensures a virtually constant output pressure over a wide loading range which will deliver energy savings and improve process stability.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Edlyn Foods’ compressors by 46% and will result in savings of over $6,000 in energy costs per year.	$33,239
Fast Freeze International	Fast Freeze International will replace two old and inefficient freezers with a more energy efficient freezer.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Fast Freeze International’s refrigeration system by 65% and will result in savings of $27,000 in energy costs per year.	$215,418
Frankland Estate Wines	Frankland Estate Wines will install a 30kW photovoltaic system, energy efficient lighting and wine tank insulation at their wine manufacturing facility in Frankland River.The project is expected to reduce Frankland Estate Wines’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 58% and will result in savings of $3,500 in energy costs per year.	$59,170
Garacama	Andrew Peace Wines will install a 200 kW solar system, replace metal halide lighting with more efficient LED lighting and install a high efficiency chiller.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Andrew Peace Wines’ manufacturing lines by 28% and will result in savings of $92,000 in energy costs per year.	$422,630
General Mills	General Mills will upgrade luminaries and controls in its Rooty Hill manufacturing facility.The project is expected to reduce General Mills’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 13% and will result in savings of $73,000 in energy costs per year.	$284,256
Greenmountain Food Processing	Greenmountain Food Processing will install sensitive electricity monitoring equipment (Eniscope) followed by power factor correction and voltage regulation equipment to increase energy capacity available from the grid with voltage regulation to reduce the energy consumption of the site.In addition, the steam circuits within the existing production process will be modified to facilitate the use of excess steam to drive six high efficiency steam turbines (installed as part of the project) to produce process electricity. This operation will be fully synchronised and controlled by a digital data system. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Greenmountain Food Processing’s Coominya site by 19% and reduce their energy costs by 34%.	$498,750
Harvey Industries Group	Harvey Industries will construct a new production line and install equipment to allow the use of dry ice to pack and chill beef trimmings instead of its current active refrigeration system. The new system will also allow Harvey Industries to utilise re-usable plastic bins in its packaging process rather than disposable cardboard cartons and plastic barrier bags.The project is expected to reduce Harvey Industries’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 5% and will result in savings of $211,000 in energy costs per year.	$188,000
Hunsa Smallgoods	Hunsa Smallgoods will upgrade its Mandurah manufacturing facility by installing a rooftop photovoltaic system, upgrading to a VSD compressor, installing solar hot water units to pre-heat hot water, installing a new thermo former and upgrading to LED lighting.The project is expected to reduce Hunsa Smallgoods’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 30% and will result in savings of $26,000 in energy costs per year.	$225,713
Indian Ocean Rock Lobster	Through this project, Indian Ocean Rock Lobster will upgrade its processing plant in Cervantes by installing 135kW solar array to an existing 30kW system, retrofitting lighting by removing excess lamps and upgrading to LED lighting and installing a voltage optimisation unit.The project is expected to reduce Indian Ocean Rock Lobster’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 44% and will result in savings of $60,000 in energy costs per year.	$250,340
Jertvu	Jertvu will install two 10kW photovoltaic rooftop systems at its meat processing plant in Midland.The project is expected to reduce Jertvu’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 8% and will result in savings of $7,800 in energy costs per year.	$26,077
Joe White Maltings	Joe White Maltings will construct duct work and control systems at its GK Plant in Port Adelaide to recirculate hot exhaust air from the malt kilning process back through the heat exchangers to reduce gas consumption during the latter stages of kilning when gas burner output is at its highest to achieve the curing temperatures.The project is expected to reduce the site-wide carbon emissions intensity of Joe White Maltings’ GK Plant by 30% and will result in 16% reduction in gas costs per year.	$272,831
Kagome Foods Australia	Kagome Foods Australia will replace two old steam peelers with a modern energy efficient Steam Peeler in its Echuca tomato processing facility.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Kagome Foods’steam peeler process by 32% and will result in savings of $31,000 in energy costs per year.	$374,950
KF (Australia)	Kraft Foods will undertake multiple measures to reduce carbon emissions from three of its plants in Victoria and Tasmania. The project will include improving energy efficiency by implementing best practice technology and innovative practices such as waste heat recovery.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Kraft Foods across these plants by 5% and will result in savings of $500,000 in energy costs per year.	$1,309,708
Lion-Dairy & Drinks	Lion Dairy & Drinks will replace three existing air compressors with three new variable speed drive air compressors at its Chelsea facility.The project is expected to reduce the air compressor emissions intensity by 34% and will result in savings of over $73,000 in energy costs per year.	$163,846
Lion-Dairy & Drinks	Through this project Lion Dairy & Drinks will replace two existing chillers and a cooling tower with a new chiller system to provide cooling duty on a blow moulder at its Chelsea facility.The project is expected to reduce Lion Dairy & Drinks’ carbon emissions intensity of the blow moulder by 25% and will result in savings of $30,000 in energy costs per year.	$281,700
Mars Australia	Mars Australia will install a 100kW ground mounted solar photovoltaic array. The array will be connected to a stand alone facility on the MPA Wodonga site that is dedicated to the production of Nutriceutical Petcare Products. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Mars Australia’s Nutriceutical facility by 59% and will result in savings of $30,000 in energy costs per year.	$147,667
Naturale	Naturale will upgrade equipment at its Ringarooma stockfeed supplement manufacturing plant by replacing the colloid mill with a larger unit so that the ingredients can be emulsified with less water, installing a heat recovery system and upgrading the conveyor belt. The project is expected to reduce Naturale’s site wide carbon emissions intensity by 46% and will enable the product to be manufactured at a lower overall cost.	$47,062
New South Wales Sugar Milling Co Operative	New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-Operative will install an economiser for the Harwood Sugar Mill boiler to transfer energy from the exhaust gases to boiler feedwater, heating the feedwater from 105 degrees Celsius to approximately 160 degrees Celsius, with the effect of improving the boiler thermal efficiency and reducing energy consumption. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-Operative’s Harwood Sugar Mill boiler by 53% and will result in savings of $660,000 in energy costs per year.	$1,004,253
Nissan Casting Australia	NISSAN Casting Australia will replace four existing aluminium reverb melt furnaces at its Dandenong automotive component manufacturing plant with one high efficiency tower melt furnace.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of NISSAN Casting’s Dandenong site by 41% and will result in savings of $252,000 in energy costs per year.	$616,432
Norco Co-Operative	Through this project, Norco will install a new evaporative condenser at its Raleigh plant, replace the holding freezer evaporators at its Lismore plant and install smart controls at both sites to improve the energy efficiency of the refrigeration systems. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Norco’s refrigeration system at its Raleigh and Lismore plants by 6% and will result in savings of over $95,000 in energy costs per year.	$220,098
Pioneer Poultry	Pioneer Poultry will install an 80kW solar electricity generator on the roof of its production facility at Waitara. The electricity generated will be fed back into the mains power system to power all food processing and refrigeration equipment. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Pioneer Poultry’s Waitara site by 45% and will result in savings of $22,000 in energy costs per year.	$106,708
Possums McLaren Vineyards	Possums McLaren Vineyards will install 120 solar photovoltaic panels on the north facing roof of its winery at McLaren Vale.The project is expected to reduce Possums McLaren Vineyards’ site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 43% and will result in savings of over $12,000 in energy costs per year.	$25,844
Rivalea (Australia)	Rivalea will upgrade the refrigeration plant at its Corowa facility by installing smart controls and heat recovery to improve the energy efficiency.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Rivalea’s refrigeration system at its Corowa facility by 13% and will result in savings of $195,600 in energy costs per year.	$268,810
Robern Menz	Robern Menz will replace boilers and chocolate refiners with new energy efficient equipment.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Robern Menz’s boilers and refiners by 49% and will result in savings of $185,000 in energy costs per year.	$499,770
Sonac Australia	Sonac Australia will make a number of capital improvements at its dried blood plasma and haemoglobin powder manufacturing facility in Maryborough. This includes upgrading the blood collection equipment to reduce the amount of water entering the blood collection process, installing filtration units to further reduce the amount of water in the plasma stream and replace coal briquettes and the existing oil heater with natural gas via the installation of direct gas burners with heat recovery.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Sonac Australia’s Maryborough site by 79% and will result in savings of $1million in energy costs per year.	$590,608
Tamburlaine Manufacturing	Tamburlaine will upgrade its main refrigeration system, replace the ice bank refrigeration system in the cask room, insulate external brine lines, install energy efficient light fixtures, install a 30kW solar photovoltaic system and install voltage optimisation equipment at its wine manufacturing facility in Pokolbin.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity Tamburlaine’s wine refrigeration and warehousing process by 53% and will result in savings of $42,500 in energy costs per year.	$128,422
Teys Australia Southern	Teys Australia Southern Tamworth will recover biogas produced by the site waste water system and burn the gas in a boiler to produce steam. The project involves installation of a 6 MW dual fuel steam boiler and associated equipment to burn both grid supplied natural gas and biogas. The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of the site by 5% and reduce site-wide natural gas consumption by 25%, resulting in savings of $327,000 in energy costs per year.	$328,696
The Big Strawberry	The Big Strawberry will install a 24.035 kW solar system to its Cobram strawberry farm, along with an electrical soft start system.The project is expected to reduce the site-wide carbon emissions intensity of Big Strawberry’s Cobram facility by 34% and will result in savings of $9,000 in energy costs per year.	$25,198
Canon Foods	Canon Foods will install a 30 kW roof mounted solar panel system at its Canning Vale manufacturing facility.The project is expected to reduce Canon Foods’ process-wide carbon emissions intensity by 46% and will result in savings of $11,600 in energy costs per year.	$48,229
Stefano Lubiana Wines	Stefano Lubiana Wines will build an underground barrel maturation facility which will require no energy for heating, cooling or humidity control but instead rely on earth’s passive thermal regulation for wine maturation with reduced evaporation. Wine is currently matured in a large insulated masonry/colourbond shed with temperature and humidity controlled with a chiller/evaporator, convection heater and compressors.The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Stefano Lubiana Wines’ wine maturation process by 55% and will result in savings of $20,000 in energy costs per year.	$100,000
V&V Walsh	V&V Walsh will replace 2 x 4 MW fire tube boilers used to produce steam with 2 x 4 MW water tube boilers. Boiler type, together with new technology ancillaries such as economisers, efficient burners units and electronics, would deliver steam at a higher efficiency and more accurately in relation to operational demand rather than over generation of steam reserve as is the case of fire tube type boilers.The project is expected to reduce V&V Walsh’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 14% and will result in savings of $170,000 in energy costs per year.	$279,258
Wescobee	Through this project, Wescobee will install a 32 kW photovoltaic system and upgrade its lighting. Wescobee is expected to save over $16,000 on its electricity bill every year. This project is expected to reduce Wescobee’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 23%.	$54,337
Wodonga Rendering	Wodonga Rendering will install a tri-gen plant, which comprises a natural gas fuelled reciprocating engine driving a 415 volt alternator to deliver 2 megawatts of 3 phase, 50 Hertz electrical power. Heat generated through the operation of the tri-gen plant will be used to produce hot water and steam that will be utilised by the abattoir and rendering plant.The project is expected to reduce Wodonga Rendering’s site-wide carbon emissions intensity by 41% and will result in savings of $761,000 per annum after running costs.	$1,053,500
Townley Drop Forge	Townley Drop Forge will install two new SPZ-160 Induction Heating Systems to heat raw material in preparation for fabrication in its forging hammers.	$40,797
Mackay Sugar	Major efficiency upgrade of a boiler at the Marian Mill and construction of bagasse handling facilities which will improve the supply, transport and storage of surplus bagasse for non-crush consumption at the cogeneration site at Racecourse Mill.Mackay Sugar will also continue its $120 million cogeneration project which involves the construction of a new high pressure and high efficiency boiler and 38MW Steam Turbine Generator at Racecourse Mill. The plant will supply steam and electricity to Racecourse Mill and the collocated sugar refinery to significantly improve the energy efficiency of their sugar production.	$9,100,000
Bundaberg Sugar	Through this project, Bundaberg Sugar will install two high efficiency Bundaberg High Extraction Mills (BHEMs) to reduce the moisture of the bagasse used in the boilers at Millaquin Sugar mill which will increase boiler efficiency.	$800,000
Proteco Gold	Proteco Gold will replace its existing oil filtration method with the new Pressure Leaf Filter.	$51,400
Australian Tartaric Products	Australian Tartaric Products will install a biomass grate feed boiler to burn the spent grape marc, which is a by-product of wine manufacturing, to completely replace the use of recycled fuel oil and reduce the use of LPG by 70%. Australian Tartaric Products will also install Organic Rankine Cycle technology to generate about 63% of electricity for the site.	$1,710,000
G.M. Scott	The current refrigeration systems at GM Scott consist of a newly built ammonia plant and a separate R404A plant. The project consists of the installation of smart controls to improve the energy efficiency of both plants.	$85,373
Naturaliste Vintners	Naturaliste Vintners will insulate 59 stainless steel wine tanks and replace two refrigeration units with hydrocarbon refrigerants.	$119,047
Canon Foods	Canon Foods will convert two electrically heated components in a processing line to a gas-fired thermal oil system.	$281,504
Bega Cheese	Seven sub-projects including implementing variable fan speeds in cool rooms, improving efficiency of chilled water heat exchanger, heat recovery, lighting upgrades and variable head pressure controls.	$282,619
Crafty Chef	Replace blast freezer system with industrial spiral freezer system using ammonia refrigerant, reducing energy consumption.	$499,999
D.T.R. Holdings	Replace High Pressure Processing unit with new, more efficient system.	$300,000
De Bortoli Wines	Energy reduction project across wine making, packaging, warehousing and site services areas through using grid power more efficiently, replacing old equipment and use of solar technology.	$4,829,405
Ferngrove Vineyards	Install solar power system.	$446,390
Fonterra	Replace outdated refrigeration system with energy efficient water-cooled ammonia refrigeration.	$152,881
Matilda’s Winery	Install a 23.7 kW solar power system.	$40,643
Rickety Gate Trust	Install a 22.8 kW solar power system with battery backup.	$67,887

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