Overview
Chris Bowen
Minister for Energy
“Australia is pleased to support MI 2.0 as a valuable platform to drive down the cost of low emissions technologies The Australian Government will invest $20 billion to achieve ambitious goals that will bring the cost of clean hydrogen, green steel, energy storage and carbon capture to commercial parity. We expect this to leverage more than $80 billion in total public and private investment by 2030.”
Senior Representative
Ms. Jo Evans
Deputy Secretary, Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Role in Mission Innovation
- Member of the Mission Innovation Steering Committee
- Member of the Technical Advisory Group
- Co-leads the Clean Hydrogen Mission and Net-Zero Industries Mission
- Core member of the Green Powered Future Mission
- Supporter of Carbon Dioxide Removal Mission
- Contributes to the Innovation Platform (Collaborate module – participates in the Innovation Community on Affordable Heating and Cooling of Buildings, IC7)
News and events
- [June 2, 2021] Australia joins Mission Innovation members in launching MI2.0 and a decade of clean energy innovation to accelerate achieving the Paris Agreement Goals
- Update on Australia’s participation in Mission Innovation (January 2018)
MI Champions
MI Champions is a program for recognizing and supporting the next wave of energy technology leaders.
Meet Australia’s Champions!
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Participation in MI’s first phase
- Participated in the Mission Innovation Steering Committee
- Co-led the Business and Investor Engagement Sub-Group
- Co-led the Renewable and Clean Hydrogen Innovation Challenge
- Participated in the:
- Smart Grids Innovation Challenge
- Off-Grid Access to Electricity Innovation Challenge
- Carbon Capture Innovation Challenge
- Sustainable Biofuels Innovation Challenge
- Converting Sunlight Innovation Challenge
- Clean Energy Materials Innovation Challenge
- Affordable Heating and Cooling of Buildings Innovation Challenge
Resources:
- First Phase PLANS AND PRIORITIES
- HIGHLIGHTS IN 2017
- HIGHLIGHTS IN 2018
- HIGHLIGHTS IN 2019
- First Phase INNOVATION BREAKTHROUGHS
Clean Energy Innovation investment (MI 1.0)
Country-determined baseline year(s): 2015
Baseline funding amount: AUD $108 million (USD $80 million)
Doubling target year: 2020
Doubling target amount: AUD $208 million (USD $156 million)
Find out more about how Australia’s baseline and doubling are calculated
*Figures in the spending chart are based on USD exchange rates in 2020.
Australia’s MI baseline includes research and development, but not demonstration.
