Green Organics Soil Improvement Program, Barwon South West WRRMG Roadside litter projects (Barwon South West WRRG) ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic schools (Barwon South West Consortia) RWMG support funding (Barwon South West WRRG) SRSB Materials and Energy- 5 businesses SRSB- Energy Efficient Office Buildings- 1 building approved Regional PPR program- Alcoa Foundation funded Third party sustainability Climate Resilient Communities of Barwon South West- VASP funded projects (DEPI) Geelong Cleantech Cluster- market research project- Manufacturing productivity program funded Community Energy Efficiency Program- Department of Industry funded Renewable Energy Project, Geelong- RDV Funded Barwon Sustainability Hub- BRWMG funded feasibility study SWOT analysis Strengths Opportunities Geelong is Victoria’s largest provincial city New energy, particularly new wind and gas and is rapidly growing with a diverse and fired facilities. Wave energy projects are vibrant economy currently being considered off the far west Internationally recognised landscapes (the coast Great Ocean Road) and other natural assets As an internationally significant tourism Manufacturing sector including aluminium and destination, there is scope to improve yield food processing and encourage visitor dispersal Diverse agriculture sector Australia’s largest Leveraging off higher education and research – milk production region (significant institutions the region has building – occurs via milk and meat processing) capabilities in biotechnology, information and and 20% of the national plantation forestry communication technology, carbon fibre Good sea and air transport links and clean technology Natural gas reserves, existing 550kV Timber harvest in the green triangle region electricity transmission currently at 25% has growth potential capacity, and strong wind, wave and geothermal resources Extensive networks, mature governance structures and well developed regional strategic planning processes Water resources an important natural asset Weaknesses Threats Regional socio-disadvantage with pockets of Current workforce demands are not being entrenched disadvantage met. Regional growth and emerging Lower rates than state average in some industries place further demands on labour significant health-related indicators Carbon intensive industries (e.g. oil refining, cement production, aluminium) are likely to be heavily affected by carbon trading
Green Organics Soil Improvement Program, Barwon South West WRRMG Roadside litter projects (Barwon South West WRRG) ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic schools (Barwon South West Consortia) RWMG support funding (Barwon South West WRRG) SRSB Materials and Energy- 5 businesses SRSB- Energy Efficient Office Buildings- 1 building approved Third party sustainability projects Regional PPR program- Alcoa Foundation funded Climate Resilient Communities of Barwon South West- VASP funded (DEPI) Geelong Cleantech Cluster- market research project- Manufacturing productivity program funded Community Energy Efficiency Program- Department of Industry funded Renewable Energy Project, Geelong- RDV Funded Barwon Sustainability Hub- BRWMG funded feasibility study SWOT analysis Strengths Geelong is Victoria’s largest provincial city and is rapidly growing with a diverse and vibrant economy Internationally recognised landscapes (the Great Ocean Road) and other natural assets Manufacturing sector including aluminium and food processing Diverse agriculture sector – Australia’s largest milk production region (significant occurs via milk and meat processing) and 20% of the national plantation forestry Good sea and air transport links Natural gas reserves, existing 550kV electricity transmission currently at 25% capacity, and strong wind, wave and geothermal resources Extensive networks, mature governance structures and well developed regional strategic planning processes Water resources an important natural asset Opportunities New energy, particularly new wind and gas fired facilities. Wave energy projects are currently being considered off the far west coast As an internationally significant tourism destination, there is scope to improve yield and encourage visitor dispersal Leveraging off higher education and research institutions – the region has building capabilities in biotechnology, information and communication technology, carbon fibre and clean technology Timber harvest in the green triangle region has growth potential Weaknesses Regional socio-disadvantage with pockets of entrenched disadvantage Lower rates than state average in some significant health-related indicators Threats Current workforce demands are not being met. Regional growth and emerging industries place further demands on labour Carbon intensive industries (e.g. oil refining, cement production, aluminium) are likely to be heavily affected by carbon trading
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