State Government of New South Wales

Low-carbon innovations and methods overcoming barriers to commercialisation

HAC was commissioned in partnership with RARE Consulting to identify and analyse greenhouse gas abatement options across the transport, agriculture and manufacturing sectors of the NSW economy. The purpose was to determine which had the potential to deliver an economic and greenhouse gas benefit, understand any barriers that were preventing succesful implementation, and determine if there was a role for Government in overcoming the barriers. The project team recommended a set of policy mechanisms that would help enable the successful commercialisation of selected innovations.
A broad examination of greenhouse gas abatement innovations resulted in several hundred options being identified across the three sectors. These were filtered using a two stage elimination process that incorporated a unique two-axis multi-criteria analysis technique developed for the project. This presented the options in a format that enabled a comparison of the relative economic and greenhouse benefits of each innovation.
Short-listed innovations were studied in detail to determine the barriers to implementation. This involved an audit of NSW and Federal Government policy to determine what measures were already in place, and extensive stakeholder engagement to determine where new measures were required or where current measures could be improved.
The final results were presented to Government in a format that enabled them to update the analysis as technology and economic factors changed.