2021
Timeframes for priority LETs to achieve parity are outlined
2021
The Australian Government provides this detail in its second Low Emissions Technology Statement and confirms $20 billion investment in LETs to 2030
2021
Santos and Beach Energy announce FID on Moomba CCS project
2021
The AUD$220 million project is expected to start-up in 2024 and will capture and store 1.7 mtpa of CO2
2021
CCS incentivised with credits
2021
New Emissions Reduction Fund method implemented by the Australian Government will allow large-scale carbon capture and storage projects and hubs to earn Australian carbon credit units
2021
ARENA to invest in low emission technologies including CCUS
2021
The Australian Government revises and expands ARENA remit to focus on Technology Investment Roadmap priority technologies
2021
Glencore’s CTSCo Project receives $5 million government funding
2021
One of six projects to receive funds from the Australian Government’s $50 million CCUS Development Fund
2021
Major CO2 injection phase completed
2021
CO2CRC completes CO2 injection phase on major CCUS research project, Otway Stage 3.
2021
$1.1 billion committed for emissions reduction projects
2021
The Australian Government announces funding commitment of $539.2 million for new clean hydrogen and CCUS projects. An additional $565.8 million is allocated for international partnerships to reduce low emissions technology costs and drive investment in Australia-based projects
2020
LETA invests US$5 million in gamechanging technology
2020
Investment in tests for breakthrough Allam Cycle power generation technology made, which would enable near-zero emissions operation on coal
2020
Investment in pre-feasibility study for new clean industries
2020
The study will determine a business case for Allam Cycle in Queensland and Victoria producing flexible electricity, hydrogen and low emissions fertiliser
2020
Queensland CO2 storage site confirmed
2020
Drilling for Glencore’s CTSCo Project confirms CO2 storage location in Queensland’s southern Surat Basin
2020
Progress made on ventilation air methane (VAM) abatement
2020
The Centennial Coal-managed VAM Safety Project determines conditions for safe ventilation air methane abatement at an underground coal mine site
2020
Chevron’s Gorgon project reaches milestone
2020
Three million tonnes of CO2 captured and stored by Chevron’s Gorgon project
2020
COAL21 becomes Low Emission Technology Australia (LETA)
2020
CarbonNet CO2 storage drilling program starts
2020
Appraisal well drilled at the CarbonNet Project’s Pelican storage site in Victoria to confirm that identified rock structures deep under the seabed can store CO2, permanently
2019
Chevron’s Gorgon project starts CO2 injection
2019
The Chevron-led Gorgon Joint Venture plans to inject 3.3 to 4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year into the Dupuy Formation, more than two kilometres beneath Barrow Island
2019
Screening Australia’s basins for CO2-enhanced oil recovery
2019
Commissioned study of enhanced oil recovery to expand potential for CO2 usage in Australia
2019
Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project confirms Queensland’s potential
2019
Queensland’s Surat Basin is confirmed appropriate for industrial scale volumes and rates of CO2 storage
2018
Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) Safety Project undertaken
2018
General principles for safe ventilation air methane (VAM) abatement from underground coal mines are established
2017
ACALET becomes COAL21
2017
ACALET becomes COAL21 and funding is extended to 2027 with an additional $255 million industry commitment
2015
Carbon capture for power generation proved
2015
World’s first industrial-scale demonstration of oxyfuel combustion and carbon capture technology from power generation is successfully completed with the Callide Oxyfuel Project
2014
Technology solution for power station carbon capture storage confirmed
2014
PCC identified as the leading capture technology for retrofitting to existing power stations and deploying carbon capture and storage for power generation
2014
NSW CO2 storage location found
2014
NSW’s Darling Basin identified as a potential CO2 storage site
2012
A world-first carbon capture project starts
2012
World’s first industrial-scale demonstration of oxyfuel combustion and carbon capture technology from power generation – the Callide Oxyfuel Project – commences operation
2010
Potential to store CO2 in Queensland identified
2010
Queensland Government’s Carbon Geostorage Initiative confirms Surat Basin as a potential CO2 storage site
2010
Preferred carbon capture technologies identified
2010
Post-Combustion Capture (PCC) and Oxyfuel identified as preferred carbon capture technologies for power generation
2009
CarbonNet Project established
2009
The Victorian and Australian governments partner in this project to identify and demonstrate the capacity and integrity of CO2 storage as a storage hub in Victoria’s Gippsland Basin
2009
Support for research and science
2009
ANLEC R&D established to support the research and science needed for LET demonstration projects
2008
65,000 tonnes CO2 safely stored in a depleted onshore gas field as part of CO2CRC’s Otway Project
2006
Initial industry funding
2006
Australian Coal Association Low Emission Technologies (ACALET) established with $300 million initial industry funding