Building Future Battery Capabilities Program – Future Battery Industries Demonstrator Stream

Overview

This grant opportunity will provide funding to Powering Australia Limited to support the Australian battery ecosystem, providing industry and investor access to capability, customers and best practice information. The objectives of the grant opportunity are to: deliver an Innovation and Scale-Up Program that: provides resources and advice on commercialisation to Australian battery SME’s, to align with broader government initiatives and programs delivers an annual industry showcase bringing together the full value chain of the Australian battery sector to forge connections, match suppliers, share insights and best practice, and build networks aligns with the government’s broader strategic agenda for building Australia’s economic resilience as Australia transitions to net zero, and diversifying and modernising Australia’s industrial base deliver a National Battery Supply Chain Navigator Tool that: maps national industry and research capability and supply chains, as well as government battery projects and programs supports the Australian battery ecosystem, providing industry and investor access to capability and customers, traceability, and ESG information on battery minerals source and components offers analysis to inform local content benchmarks that can be considered by government when purchasing or installing batteries in government buildings and as part of incentivised government schemes in line with the Buy Australian Plan support the delivery of Best Practice Guidelines in partnership with Standards Australia that: guide industry on how to safely install, maintain, transport and handle (including recycling) batteries can be adopted by state and territory government as a basis for regulation reduces the burden on industry and investors to navigate bespoke arrangements across jurisdictions ensures domestic manufacturers make batteries to the specifications required to reduce consumer risks.