Austrade, the Australian Trade Commission, has been running number of events in recent times to raise the profile of Australian clean technology innovation in the USA.
Representatives of US state and federal energy and clean technology sectors have been in the country this month as part of the Austrade-led trade mission. These include companies and organisations such as Lockheed Martin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Policy Capital Advisors.
The delegation’s visit kicked off with Australia’s biggest international clean energy conference and exhibition – the All-Energy Australia 2010, which was held earlier this month, followed by a series of briefings, tours and discussions in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
The visit to our shores follows a series of events in September which promoted the Australian renewable energy sector in Washington DC, New York City and San Francisco.
Austrade’s Washington-based Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Alison McGuigan-Lewis says that with an estimated $A20 to A$30 billion of direct investment expected needed over the next 10 years to achieve Australia’s renewable energy target of 20% by 2020, the sector offered vast opportunities for both the local renewable energy market and overseas companies looking to pilot projects.
.”There are numerous factors working in our favour including the high quality and diversity of our renewable resources – particularly in solar, geothermal and biofuels – our growing R&D capabilities, and our proximity to Asia,” said Ms. McGuigan-Lewis.
The US events in September attracted over 130 participants who had prior knowledge of US companies which had invested in Australian renewable energy projects.
Austrade also recently announced international firms in the clean energy industry will have access for the first time to a new directory of Australian clean energy and environment exporters.
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