Resources, Fuels and Clean Technologies
State Prosperity Project
South Australia's Green Iron and Steel Strategy
- Enhance South Australia's comparative advantage
- Establish local green steel industry foundations
- Ensure a sustainable, long-term industry and shared prosperity.
Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park
Low Carbon Minerals for a Low Carbon World
As the world’s largest economies target net zero emissions, green minerals, metals and fuels are in growing demand. How these commodities are sourced, and reducing the footprint required to produce them is of increasing interest to manufacturers, investors and miners alike.
Watch to see how South Australia has become a destination for companies looking to transform the energy and mining sector.
Clean Hydrogen: The Fuel of the Future
South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse pioneering the way to a more sustainable future, and on track to reach the target of 100% net renewables by 2027.
Renewable energy investments:
- Two world-leading home battery schemes
- Twenty two wind farms
- Three utility scale solar farms
- World's leading lithium-ion battery at the Hornsdale Power Reserve.
The Government of South Australia along with the private sector have invested significant amounts in spearheading decarbonisation initiatives including Hydrogen Park South Australia (HypSA), Cape Hardy Green Hydrogen and Industrial Port Precinct, Port Bonython export hub and Helios Green Cement project.
For more projects and information view Invest In Prosperity Projects SA.
Critical minerals project opportunities in South Australia
Renewable Energy Zones
South Australia has excellent solar and wind resources particularly around the Spencer Gulf region. Thermal winds from temperature differences between land and sea, lead to wind energy production. When combined with the midday solar generation this results in a better generation output.
World leading regulatory regime - Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Act 2023
The Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Act 2023 passed Parliament in November 2023 and will provide a leading practice regulatory framework for the development and regulation of large scale renewable energy and hydrogen projects from development through to decommissioning of this significant infrastructure.
Credit: Department for Energy and Mining, Remote Area Energy Supply (RAES).
Infrastructure SA’s Northern Water Desalination Project
Investing in Resources, Fuels and Clean Tech
Nationally, we are leading the uptake of renewable energy, while also broadening our energy sector into batteries, thermal storage, hydrogen production and storage and pumped water storage in disused mine pits.
Investment advantages
South Australia contains 68% of Australia’s copper resources, 79% of Australia’s uranium and 25% of its gold. Additionally, South Australia has 66% of Australia's graphite, 5% of its iron ore and 7% of its zircon.
Connected ecosystem
Here in South Australia we’re proud to have fostered a strong relationship between government, industry and academia.
Our technology and innovation ecosystem can provide support across mining technology capabilities such as artificial intelligence, automation, robotics and drones, as well as blockchain technology which allows for the creation and maintenance of a continuously growing list of records (blocks).
Innovation precincts
Collaboration is in our DNA here in South Australia. You will have access to some of the best innovation precincts where high-profile businesses, academia, industry bodies and government are co-located and working together.
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Lot Fourteen
Lot Fourteen is a space that fosters collaboration and innovation across sectors and disciplines, including defence and space, artificial intelligence, digital health, machine learning and robotics, cyber security and creative industries.
Business clusters
Our industry clusters provide strong intellectual and research foundations, providing opportunities to share talent, technology and infrastructure.
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Adelaide Airport
With global acknowledgement that aviation is a vital catalyst for economic growth, Airport Business District is a key economic gateway that seamless integrates zones for a range of industries.
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Lot Fourteen
Lot Fourteen is a space that fosters collaboration and innovation across sectors and disciplines, including defence and space, artificial intelligence, digital health, machine learning and robotics, cyber security and creative industries.
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Tonsley Mining Energy Services
The Tonsley innovation district is home to key energy and mining organisations, including CORE Innovation’s satellite office, Onshore Petroleum Centre of Excellence, and the South Australia Drill Core Reference Library, Australian Hydrogen Centre, SIMEC Energy Australia and ZEN Energy, and CMW Geosciences.
Investment opportunities
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Investment: Off-take
Goyder South
Neoen Australia is developing a large-scale hybrid renewable energy project in the Mid North Region.
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Investment: Series A/B/CGreenhill Energy - Riverbend Energy Hub
Greenhill Energy is an integrated solution-based manufacturer, focussed on upcycling sustainable biomass and landfill waste into low-cost clean hydrogen energy and high-value industrial products. Our vision is to ultimately stop all waste going to landfill. Greenhill Energy's flagship project, the Riverbend Energy Hub, is targeting to be Australia’s first fully integrated processing facility to convert landfill waste and sustainable biomass into high value products such as fertilisers and synthetic fuels, and into low-cost clean hydrogen for use in emission free power and transport.
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Investment: Greenfield
Renascor Resources' Siviour Battery Anode Material Project
Development of a vertically integrated graphite mine and production of purified spherical graphite for battery anode material in the production of electric vehicle batteries.
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Edit Mucsi
Director, Resources, Fuels and Clean Tech
Department of State Development
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