Australian Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund

Country / jurisdiction: Australia · Year: 2019 · Status: In force · Level: National · Type: Voluntary

The Australian Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund will provide up to AUD 50.4 million over 5 years from 2019-20 to 2023-24. The Fund supports feasibility studies that examine microgrid technology as a way to replace, upgrade, or complement existing energy supply arrangements in off-grid and fringe-of-grid communities in regional and remote locations. Microgrids could provide more dependable, secure, and cost-effective electricity supply choices for Australia's regional and distant towns.  The intended outcomes of the Fund are:

- viable projects to support scale-up and implementation of microgrid systems in regional and remote communities

- increased human capital (skills and knowledge) in the design and deployment of microgrids

- demonstrated commerciality and/or reliability and security benefits of deploying and upgrading microgrids

- reduced barriers to microgrid uptake in remote and regional communities

- increased dissemination of technology and/or project knowledge regarding the deployment and upgrading of microgrids.

Official source: https://www.energy.gov.au/government-priorities/energy-programs/regional-and-remote-communities-reliability-fund