Clean Energy Future Fund - Round 3

The $37 million Clean Energy Future Fund (CEFF/the Fund) was launched in April 2020 and is administered by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation with support from Energy Policy WA. A total of $21.7 million is available for allocation across this round and two future grant rounds.

Before you begin:

• Read the Applicant Guidelines.
• Check that the project is eligible. Eligibility criteria are listed below and in section 2 of the Applicant Guidelines .
• Be clear about your objectives, outputs and outcomes. It is recommended that you complete the financial model spreadsheet before answering the merit questions here.
• Provide clear and concise responses and ensure all requested documentation is attached.
• You may submit more than one application, however, in a competitive round like this, it may be a better strategy to focus your attention on your best prospect.

For any queries about the guidelines, deadlines, or questions in the application form, please contact the CEFF team: ceff@dwer.wa.gov.au

The objective of the Fund is to provide a source of funding to support the implementation of innovative clean energy projects in Western Australia that offer high public value through contributing to one or more of the following outcomes:

• significant, cost-effective reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below projected (or baseline) emissions as a direct result of the clean energy project.
• design, deployment, testing or demonstration of innovative clean energy projects likely to deliver community benefits or lead to broad adoption and significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

The fund is focused on projects where our funding can secure tangible emissions reductions, and applications with a strong potential for wider adoption.

Current priorities determined by the Minister for Energy; Environment, Climate Action are listed below. Note that projects do not need to match all or any of these priorities to be assessed. This list is not intended to exclude projects that do not match any or all the priorities. It indicates areas of specific importance to the state.

• Innovative clean energy projects in regional and remote Western Australia. Regional and remote Western Australia means projects that are at the fringe of, or are not connected to, the South West Interconnected System or the North West Interconnected System.
• Clean energy projects that improve the security and resilience of networked electricity supply in line with the Distributed Energy Resources Roadmap.
• Clean energy projects that support decarbonisation of existing industry and the development of new, low-emissions industries in Western Australia.
• ‘Projects that enhance energy efficiency and materially reduce emissions from the built environment or manufacturing.
• Clean energy projects that support the replacement of diesel electricity generation with renewable energy.
• Clean energy projects led by First Nations people that put their communities at the centre of development, design, implementation, and benefit-sharing.