Climate Ready grants support 400 Jobs

Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, today announced the first round of offers under the Climate Ready program totalling $27.7 million, involving about 400 people working on 32 new green projects.

The funding has been offered to projects that include wind turbine production, native tree plantations to reduce carbon pollution, water saving solutions, and technology for saving power in standby mode. Grants for this round
range from $80,000 to $5 million.

$1m grant for wind turbine testing

Federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett today announced funding of $1.05 million to the Research Institute for Sustainable Energy at Murdoch University to build a national Small Wind Turbine Test Centre.

The Small Wind Turbine Test Centre will be funded under the Australian Government’s Renewable Remote Power Generation Program.

Mr Garrett said that the Small Wind Turbine Test Centre will provide a one-stop-shop for certification, standards and training to develop a stronger small wind turbine industry in Australia.

Carbon Trust dismisses micro turbine myths

By James Murray on News

James Murray, BusinessGreen, Thursday 7 August 2008 at 00:15:00

Far from being a symbol of greenwash, small scale wind turbines installed in the right locations could deliver huge carbon savings

They may have been pilloried in the press as a prime example of ineffective greenwash, but small scale wind turbines could provide electricity that is cheaper than that drawn from...