SRI successful in Energy Efficiency
Opportunities (EEO) Tender
The Australian Government's Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) program encourages large energy-using businesses to improve their energy efficiency. It does this by requiring businesses to identify, evaluate and report publicly on cost effective energy savings opportunities.
To assist the Australian Sugar industry in fulfilling their EEO requirements, The Department of Industry Tourism and Resource (DITR) sought through tender, suitable partners to develop tools allowing a smoother EEO compliance pathway for industry members.
DITR has recently revealed the successful tenderers for the long awaited sugar milling trial on behalf of the Sugar Industry Community of Practice (SICOP).
Sugar Research Institute (in affiliation with Sugar Research and Innovation at QUT) and Sustainable Business Pty Ltd will jointly deliver the required outcomes of the tender.
SRI’s role will be to develop tools and templates to assist the Australian Sugar industry in complying with the EEO requirements and identify genuine energy related cost saving opportunities where possible.
The timetable to deliver the required outcomes of the tender is as follows:
Date |
Outcome |
6 September |
Preliminary meeting at host factory chosen for the trial - CSR Kalamia Mill |
11-12 October |
Intermediate Workshop - members will be provided with examples of or understand how to identify energy saving opportunities, and better understand the requirements of the EEO process. |
6 December |
Final Workshop – members will receive feedback re the trial audit at CSR Kalamia Mill and provided with tools / templates to assist with EEO audits at their site. |
Project proposals for submission to the Sugar Research & Development Corporation (SRDC)
Following a successful SRI Sugar Research Committee (SRC) meeting in Brisbane on the 23 August 2007, SRI is pleased to confirm that the following 14 proposals will be submitted to the SRDC as Preliminary Project Proposals (PPP’s) in order to obtain funding on behalf of the Australian Sugar industry.
- Semi-automated stockpile tarping system
- Minimising airborne dust during storing and reclaiming from bagasse stockpiles
- Investigation to improve the financial benefits of bagasse transport
- Testing the dewatering mill
- Assessment of alternative extraction technologies
- Precipitation of proteins for removal in juice clarification processes
- Removal of vacuum pumps from condensers
- Developing a new methodology for competency based training courses for shift supervisors in sugar factories
- Current and future greenhouse gas abatement in the Australian sugar industry
- Investigate the suitability of novel, lower cost cooling elements in crystallisers
- Improvements to design of SRI Sucromax-C sucrose sensor
- Novel dunder concentrating process
- Development of an improved white cast iron alloy for shredder hammer tips
- Improving the efficiency of traffic office operations through improved traffic officer training.
Key dates for projects are as follows:
| SRC Meeting in Brisbane |
23 August 2007 |
Expressions of Interest (EOI) |
15 September 2007 |
SRDC feedback re EOI |
19 October 2007 |
Preliminary Project Proposals (PPP) |
November 2008 (TBC) |
Final Project Proposals (FPP) |
February 2008 (TBC) |
