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Grants and Funding

Tourism NT actively encourages the operators to minimise their impacts on the environment through the adoption of sustainable initiatives. 

Tourism - Make the Switch Program

The Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines (DPIFM) administers the Renewable Remote Power Generation Program (RRPGP) on behalf of the Australian Government. RRGP provides rebates of up to 50% of eligible capital costs of a system, to people who replace or offset fossil fuel generation with renewable energy technology. Tourism NT is offering additional rebates to viable NT tourism businesses, through the Tourism - Make the Switch Program.

Climate Ready Program

Climate Ready is an Australian Government initiative which provides grants from $50,000 to $5 million on a matching funding basis to support projects that address the effects of climate change. For example:

  • water recycling, waste recovey or small scale renewable energy technologies
  • technologies that reduce the energy used by appliances or increase the efficiency of industrial processes
  • products, processes or services to monitor emissions or power usage
  • using biotechnology or nanotechnology to address the effects of climate change on humans and the environment
  • information systems for businesses or consumers to compare the carbon footprints of different activities
  • green building materials that make homes more energy efficient .

The program opened for applications on 28 July 2008 with four rounds scheduled for 2008-09:

Round 1: 4 September 2008
Round 2: 4 December 2008
Round 3: 12 March 2009
Round 4: June 2009

For more information contact:
 Joachim Schoen, AusIndustry Darwin
Telephone: 08 8941 6261

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