- $4 million GreenTech Hub initiative officially launched
- The Hub will build local capability and capacity in green technologies and services
- Stand-alone facility is operated by Curtin University
The Western Australian GreenTech Hub (The Hub) has formally launched with the mission to strengthen local capability and capacity in green technologies and services.
The Hub is a direct response to the growing need to develop technologies to assist WA's transition towards a low-carbon, sustainable and resilient economy.
As a stand-alone facility, The Hub, operated by Curtin University, is set to leverage expertise and oversee collaborations between government, industry, academia, and the community by hosting innovation challenges and Curtin's Accelerate Program.
The Hub's first innovation challenge is focused on advanced energy storage systems with the aim of reducing reliance on fossil fuels along with decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.
The Hub itself forms part of a four-year $40 million Lower Carbon Grants Program and GreenTech Hub funding agreement between the State Government and the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project.
$4 million in funding has been allocated to The Hub to operate over the next four years.
For more information on how to contribute to, and participate in, The Hub's challenges and Accelerate Program see: GreenTech Hub
As stated by Science and Innovation Minister Stephen Dawson:
"The Cook Government welcomes the launch of this facility as we take another step in WA's transition to a low-carbon, sustainable and resilient economy.
"Our State has extraordinary natural advantages from solar and wind to critical minerals and advanced logistics.
"The GreenTech Hub is set to connect innovative solutions to challenges, linking unique WA contexts with global markets and innovation pathways."
As stated by Energy and Decarbonisation Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson:
"Western Australia's clean energy transition is also an economic transition, delivering opportunities through economic growth and diversification.
"Successfully developing advanced energy storage systems could reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and provide alternative power solutions, particularly in remote areas, while also creating a new energy industry.
"With Western Australia committed to getting out of coal faster than any other State, it is fitting that the GreenTech Hub's first challenge is working to find the energy answers of the future."
