$16 million for new clean coal research announced
Source: Victoria. Minister for Energy and Resources. Media Release
“The Brumby Labor Government announced $16 million in funding for new clean coal research and the establishment of a new organisation, Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA), to ensure Victoria has the skills to deliver new technologies to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Visiting Monash University, Energy and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor said the new funding and organisation would provide further opportunities for the Brumby Labor Government to partner with industry to develop low emissions brown coal technology for the future. The Brumby Labor Government is taking action to support Victoria’s brown coal industry make a smooth transition into a carbon constrained world by cutting greenhouse emissions,” Mr Batchelor said.”