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In reply to the Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (24 November 2020). (Estimates Committee B)
The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining): I have been advised the following:
The table below provides the allocation of grant program/funds for 2019-20 and across the forward estimates for the Department for Energy and Mining.
| Grant Program / Fund Name | Purpose of grant program / fund | 2019-20 Actual | 2020-21 Budget | 2021-22 Budget | 2022-23 Budget | 2023-24 Budget |
| $000 | $000 | $000 | $000 | $000 | ||
| Bird Lake | To assist the Port Augusta Council undertake rehabilitation works | 809 | 2,135 | |||
| Future Fuels | To address future fuel technologies, systems and markets, social acceptance, public safety and security of supply | 115 | 100 | |||
| Renewable Technology Fund | To support further integration of the next generation renewable technologies. | 5,620 | 13,648 | 3,122 | 4,888 | 211 |
| Home Battery Scheme | Subsides to reduce the cost of home battery installations for consumers | 38,210 | 28,138 | 12,675 | 5,200 | 5,400 |
| Demand Management Trials | To advance the use of energy demand response, demand aggregation and integrating distributed generation assets into the grid | 649 | 11,200 | 651 | ||
| Energy Productivity Program | To assist large energy using businesses manage their electricity costs and contribute energy supply benefits to the state | 1,779 | 2,443 | |||
| Project Energy Connect | Early works in relation to the planning and design of a new transmission interconnector between NSW and SA. | 13,247 | 57,150 | |||
| National Energy Efficient Buildings | Cross-industry collaboration to deliver the National Energy Efficient Buildings Project | 45 | ||||
| Multiscale Physics for Enhanced Oil Recovery | To support long-term strategic research alliances between higher education and other organisations, including industry to apply advanced knowledge to oil recovery problems | 30 | 20 | 10 | ||
| Oil and Gas Strategy | To facilitate the establishment of the Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research Alliance (GISERA) Program in the South East | 333 | ||||
| SA State Chair of Petroleum Geology | Contribution to the costs of the University of Adelaide in employing a Chair of Petroleum Geology | 205 | 207 | 209 | ||
| Carbon Capture | Contribution to research outcomes for carbon capture and storage and unconventional resources | 50 | ||||
| Mining and Petroleum Engineering Scholarships | To support the Scholarship Program with the long-term objective of helping to arrest a forecast skill shortage in the resources sector. | 110 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 |
| Core Innovation Hub | To establish an innovation hub where key stakeholders can develop strategic partnerships to address industry challenges and create economic development opportunities. | 349 | 600 | 420 | 180 | |
| Global Maintenance Upper Spencer Gulf (GMUSG) | Support for GMUSG in providing a platform for local business to network and work collaboratively on mining and resource projects | 60 | 60 | |||
| Mine engineering and skill development | Developing and facilitating projects to increase the availability and productivity of the resources industry workforce | 408 | 233 | 239 | ||
| MinEx CRC Exploration | To provide new technologies for improving the productivity of mineral exploration drilling and for the acquisition and incorporation of data into 3D models | 350 | 350 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Landowner Information Service | The operation of a free, independent information service for landowners seeking information on mineral resource regulatory requirements, including exploration and mining production activities | 267 | ||||
| Explore SA—Gawler Challenge | To run and promote crowd geoscience competitions to obtain multiple research and mineral target models to be provided to SA and made available to explorers | 600 | 1,400 | 1,200 | 950 | |
| Grid Scale Storage Fund | To support development of grid scale energy storage projects to firm renewables, help reduce energy costs and enhance reliability of SA's electricity system | - | 6,150 | 5,300 | 6,330 | 9,600 |
| Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain | To undertake an open platform international competition to identify technical innovation opportunities across the state's critical minerals value chain | 550 | ||||
| Electric Vehicle Charging Network | To establish a statewide electric vehicle charging network to increase the uptake of electric vehicles, accelerate smart charging and vehicle-to-grid charging trials. | 750 | 1,250 |