UK Trade & Investment presents on the Australian clean tech industry and the current opportunities that are on offer for British companies.

1. UK Trade & Investment Webinar Series
Future for Clean Tech & Green Australia?
Andrew Grant, CEO, CO2 Group
Kane Thornton, Deputy Chief Executive, Clean Energy Council
James Grugeon, Director, RAMP Energy
Brendan Lewis, Australian Representative, London and Partners
20th March 2013
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2. Webinar Event agenda
• Facilitated by Brendan Lewis, London and Partners
• Introduction
• UKTI Overview – Antonia Yendell, British Consulate Melbourne
• Andrew Grant, CEO, CO2 Group
• Kane Thornton, Deputy Chief Executive, Clean Energy Council
• James Grugeon, Director, RAMP Energy
• Facilitated Discussion
• Q & A session
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3. Andrew Grant,
CEO, CO2 GROUP
Kane Thornton, Deputy Chief Executive,
Clean Energy Council
James Grugeon, Director, Chief Energy Saver,
RAMP Energy & Energy Saving Social Club
Brendan Lewis, London and Partners
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4. Why Australia & New Zealand?
• You’ll feel at home immediately:
– Over 1,000 UK companies and more Brits than in any other country
– Very similar business, legal and regulatory culture
• Best performing OECD country economically, with good growth prospects
• Strong Australian & NZ dollar making UK goods and services more
affordable
• Closely linked to fast growing Asia-Pacific nations
• Massive opportunities for UK companies in oil and gas, health, ports,
infrastructure, ICT, education, low carbon, financial and business services
• Free trade agreements with China, the ASEAN nations and Singapore
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5. Australia & NZ - an economic snapshot
NZ Australia UK
Population 4.4 million 22.5 million 62 million
Global GDP ranking 55th 13th 7th
GDP growth est. 2012 2.3% 3% 0.6%
GDP per capita ($US 2011) $36,648 $40,800 $36,600
Ease of doing business (World 3rd 15th 7th
Bank 2011)
Unemployment (Sept 2012) 6.5% 5.1% 8.1%
Land mass – sq kms 263,310 7 692 000 242 000
000
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6. What is Clean Tech?
‘Clean Tech’ covers economically viable products, technologies, processes and
services that come under the categories of:
• Renewable energy
• Low emissions technologies
• Water and wastewater reuse and treatment technologies
• Low emissions transport technologies
• Recycling and packaging technologies and systems
• Or any other that
• Harnesses renewable materials and energy sources,
• dramatically reduces the use of natural resources
• cuts or eliminates emissions and wastes.
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7. Clean Energy Statistics
• The Carbon Price was implemented in July 2012
• A record US$243 billion was invested globally in clean energy in 2010.
• Australia’s Renewable Energy Target will deliver 20% of the country’s
electricity from Renewable sources by 2020 – (10% in 2011)
• Australian Electricity prices have risen 30% over the last 4 years
• Hydropower produces enough electricity for 2.8 million average homes
• The IEA* forecasts that solar power could provide Australia with 40% of its
energy in 2050
• Wind Energy contributes to 22% of total clean energy generation.
• South Australia is home to more than half of the country’s wind capacity
• * Interational Energy Agency
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8. Clean Tech Industry Profile
• According to Australia Clean Tech:
• 1340 Australian Clean Tech Companies generated $30 billion revenue 2012
(quarter of the entire manufacturing sector)
• Average capital transaction was $10.4 million
• 53,000 clean tech sector employees is larger than the direct employment of
the automotive manufacturing industry in Australia
• Average Clean Tech employee creates 5 x revenue compared to both
automotive and general manufacturing.
• Belief that extent of global growth and investment in Clean Tech is largely
misunderstood in Australia but trend set to change
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9. How can UKTI help you?
• Provide grants to help you research
the market through our Export
Market Research Scheme (EMRS)
• Conduct market research & contact
finding for you through our
Overseas Market Information
Service (OMIS)
• Help you attend Exhibitions through
our Tradeshow Access Programme
(TAP)
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• Help you successfully visit the
market as part of a Trade Mission
through our Visit Scheme (MVS)
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10. Contacts
• Brendan Lewis, London and Partners,
blewis@londonandpartners.com +61 3 9014 9600
• Andrew Grant , CEO, CO2 Group,
info@co2australia.com.au +61 3 9928 5111
• Kane Thornton, Deputy Chief Executive, Clean Energy Council,
KThornton@cleanenergycouncil.org.au
• James Grugeon, Director, RAMP energy & Energy Saving Social Club
james@energysavingsocialclub.com.au
• Antonia Yendell, Senior Trade Development Manger, UKTI
Antonia.Yendell@fco.gov.uk +61 3 9652 1616
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11. CO2 Group Limited
20 March 2013