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Renewable Heat Adoption Challenge
Helping Australian industry turn renewable heat opportunities into real projects
Why is this Challenge important?
Industrial heat is one of the largest sources of energy cost, emissions, and operational risk for Australian industry.
Energy price volatility, decarbonisation pressure from customers and investors, and evolving policy settings are converging. Yet for many companies, renewable heat remains stuck at the study stage.While new policy signals — including the proposed national domestic gas reservation reform — may moderate prices over time, these settings are still emerging and will take years to fully materialise. The next few years to 2030 are critical for companies to position assets, investment plans, and internal decision-making.
About this Challenge
This Challenge is part of an ongoing initiative exploring how targeted support and industry collaboration can accelerate the transition to low-carbon industrial heat.
We've spent considerable time working with manufacturers to understand what actually stops renewable heat projects from getting approved — and built this Challenge around those specific blockers. A scoping phase focused on the specific needs of Australia's manufacturers, especially mid-sized food and beverage companies, directly shaped what you'll find here.
We are now in the final phase: the Renewable Heat Adoption Challenge - designed to move companies from planning to implementation through peer learning, business case development, and funding readiness.
This Challenge is designed for industrial end users with:
- Medium- to high-temperature heat demand
- An interest in renewable or low-emissions heat solutions
- Projects that are early-stage, recently studied, or seeking a clearer path to implementation
You don't need a perfect project, just a genuine intent to move forward.
The Challenge process
This Challenge helps industrial end users move from interest or feasibility into investable renewable heat projects — including where payback, risk, or timing constraints are preventing internal approval.It does this through a structured Toolkit that provides early-stage decision support, practical screening, and fit-for-purpose matchmaking — designed to reduce uncertainty, build internal confidence, and accelerate informed next steps.
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Understand your starting point | Your site's heat demand, constraints, prior studies, economic thresholds, and payback requirements, so you walk in with clarity, not guesswork.
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Identify viable pathways | Technologies, phasing options, and configurations that genuinely suit your operational and financial reality, not just what's technically possible.
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Match with the right partners | Credible developers, consultants, and technology providers aligned to your risk and return requirements.
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Support the next step | Addressing payback, risk allocation, and business case refinement to improve investment readiness and build the confidence to present internally.
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Challenge results
What Participation Involves
- A brief initial conversation to understand your situation
- Targeted inputs from your energy, operations, and commercial teams
- No obligation to proceed with any technology or partner
This Challenge is designed to support your decision-making, not replace it.
What You Get:
- Structured project positioning
- Targeted technology and pathway insight
- Matchmaking with credible delivery partners
- Decision-support to move beyond feasibility
- Confidence to present the business case internally
Partner With Us
Greenhouse is inviting industry partners, manufacturers, and collaborators to join the scoping phase and help shape the next generation of clean industrial heat solutions.
If your organisation is interested in participating or learning more, contact us to be part of shaping Australia’s clean heat future.