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Small Business Energy Efficiency Grants

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Energy Efficiency Grant Program - Closed

Applications for the Small Business Energy Efficiency Grant Program have now closed.

Due to the high volume of applications received, the Grants team is still assessing applications and it is anticipated that this assessment phase may continue until early 2025.

Applications are being assessed in the order in which they were received, noting the assessment process will cease once the funding allocation is exhausted. This may mean that applications are declined due to the funding limit being reached.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of your submission as soon as possible.

Please note, if you have submitted an incomplete application, or it does not have the correct attachments or evidence as requested in the application form, your application may be deemed ineligible for a grant.

If you have any questions about the application process, please contact us at smallbusinessenergygrants@sa.gov.au or phone (08) 8429 7700.

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Giving back to the environment.

In a net zero future, small businesses have a crucial role to play in monitoring and reducing our population's carbon footprint.

Being more environmentally sustainable can benefit businesses at all levels, including:

  • attracting new customers seeking environmentally friendly products and services
  • attracting and retaining staff looking to work for companies who are actively addressing climate change
  • being part of local and global supply chains with emissions reduction targets
  • cost savings from becoming more energy and water efficient and reducing waste.

The Small Business Energy Efficiency Grants.

The Small Business Energy Efficiency Grants were designed to support eligible small businesses and not-for-profits to purchase new, energy efficient equipment, or to make improvements to reduce and manage energy use and costs.

These grants could help businesses to:

  • adopt more energy efficient practices
  • provide environmentally friendly products and services
  • avoid and reduce waste
  • adopt new technologies and processes.

The grants enabled up to 50 per cent matched funding through reimbursement of eligible business expenditure.

For the purchase of equipment or solutions between $5,000 and $100,000 (ex-GST), eligible businesses could apply for a grant to receive between $2,500 and $50,000 back.

Grant applications closed on Friday 29 November 2024.

The Economic Recovery Fund.

The Small Business Energy Efficiency Grants are part of Round 2 of the South Australian Government’s $154.2 million Economic Recovery Fund (ERF).

The ERF is designed to assist business and industry to grow secure, well-paid jobs, improve productivity, deliver efficiencies, increase exports, and support innovative, value-adding technologies in South Australia.

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Contact us for assistance

If you can't find the information you require here on the website, or require assistance, there are a number of ways you can get in touch with us about the Small Business Energy Efficiency Grant program.

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The South Australian Small Business Energy Efficiency Grants are Round 2 of the Economic Recovery Fund.

The $154.2 million Economic Recovery Fund (ERF) aims to assist business and industry in key areas to grow secure, well paid jobs, improve productivity, increase exports and support innovative, value adding technologies in South Australia.

The Government will hold a series of competitive funding rounds targeting specific sectors and key government objectives.

Learn more about ERF