Heat Pump Feasibility Grant
Grants of up to A$30,000 helped NSW businesses assess heat pump feasibility through specialist screening, design and a detailed study.
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The 2025–26 intake is closed. The grant supported businesses considering heat pumps for their NSW sites, helping them identify barriers and assess a proposed design before investing in installation.
The total grant was up to A$30,000 excluding GST. Screening received up to A$5,000 and up to 75% of consultant-service costs. Heat pump design and the detailed feasibility study shared a further limit of A$25,000, covering up to 75% of consultant-service costs. Approved metering hardware, software, installation and commissioning to resolve barriers found during screening could receive up to 50% within that same A$25,000 limit.
Costs paid in full or by deposit before the award, internal project management and labour were excluded. Capital expenditure other than approved metering was excluded; recalibrating or recommissioning existing submeters and metering on-site renewables were also excluded.
Progress beyond screening depended on the results. If missing metering data could be remedied within 10 weeks, the business had to commit to the metering plan and confirm by email that it would proceed. If it could not be remedied within 10 weeks, the business was not entitled to design and study funding. There was no payment at the design milestone; study payment depended on fulfilling its deliverables.
Eligibility
For the closed intake, you had to meet these conditions:
- Hold a current Australian Business Number (ABN) and be registered for goods and services tax (GST). Deliver the project at a NSW business site.
- Use between 5,000 and 100,000 gigajoules of gas annually at that site, excluding transport fuel. Liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas counted. Supply the latest evidence of gas use, no more than two years old; bills covering up to 12 months could be required near either threshold.
- Nominate consultants with evidenced expertise in thermal metering and assessing metering needs; thermal mass and energy balance; heat pump design and sizing for boiler retrofits; refrigeration and refrigerant selection; and the NSW Energy Savings Scheme's Project Impact Assessment with Measurement and Verification method. Qualifications or implemented-project examples had to show each consultant's personal contribution. Several consultants or subcontractors could cover these skills, with additional staffing available for contingencies.
- Demonstrate commitment to electrification and decarbonisation, and financial capacity to cover remaining milestone costs. Applications had to be accurate, current, complete and legible, without unacceptable reputational or delivery risks, including pending legal action or media controversy.
Commonwealth, state and local government entities were excluded, as were businesses already approved for this grant and activities receiving or due to receive other NSW Government funding. Only one application per business was allowed. If your business was related to an entity already successful in applying for the grant, the group could submit at most two applications in total, one per related entity. Trust applicants needed evidence of authority to apply and enter and comply with the funding deed. Other external funding could be combined only up to 100% of the funded activity costs.
How to apply
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- Closed intake; no future intake announced.
Applications are closed. Check the NSW Climate and Energy Action programme page for future funding announcements. The published intake closed on 30 April 2026 at 5 pm AEST.
In that intake, applicants nominated their consultants and submitted the application and supporting documents through the Department's online grant management system. Successful applicants had 20 business days from the date the Department sent the funding deed to sign and return it, which became binding only when the Department signed it. The Department could modify the published sample before execution.
Screening had to finish within eight weeks of the deed's start date; design within ten weeks of notification that screening was complete; and the study within eight weeks of notification that design was complete. Businesses had to use the approved consultants and obtain written approval for changes. Pre- and post-implementation surveys were required.
Screening sessions had to use the Heat Pump Estimator and Heat Pump Readiness Questionnaire, involve site representatives who could supply the needed information, and invite a Department representative to attend virtually.
Payment required reports and invoices through the grant management system. Screening submissions included the consultant's itemised invoice, the business's invoice to the Department and quotes for any proposed metering costs. Design submissions included the report and itemised invoices and before-and-after photos proving approved metering barriers were resolved. The study required its report, supporting documents where applicable, and consultant and business invoices.
Variation requests needed justification and evidence through the grant system. Milestone delays had to be reported as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than two weeks before the due date. Funding increases were not considered.
The published sample deed required A$10 million public liability insurance, statutory workers' compensation and any additional cover specified in the deed details. It required financial statements within 60 business days after the earlier of activity completion or termination, and after each financial year in which funding was provided. An authorised officer had to certify that the financial statements were accurate, complete, based on accounts complying with Australian accounting standards, and showed funding used only for the project and in accordance with the deed. Other reasonably requested project information had to be supplied within five business days of a written request. Project records had to be kept for at least seven years after deed expiry or termination. Amounts spent contrary to the deed, unspent funds, overpayments and interest on repayable instalments were repayable within 28 days of the Department sending a demand.
Under the sample deed, recipients had to notify the Department in writing before receiving other project funding, giving its source and amount; funding from a debt financier was excepted. Combined funding could not exceed project costs. Amounts were GST-exclusive; an additional GST payment applied only where GST was imposed on the recipient's supply to the Department and the Department was entitled to an input tax credit. Excess GST payments were repayable.