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renewable energy technologies that have strong commercial, and emission reduction, potential

    renewable energy technology means any direct or enabling technology developed for the purpose of deriving energy sustainably from:

         (a)           the sun;

         (b)           wind;

         (c)           geothermal sources;

         (d)           biomass (not derived from fossil fuels);

         (e)           hydro systems;

         (f)            waves, tides and oceans; or

         (g)           any other renewable energy source approved by the Program Delegate under clause 23 of the Guidelines.

    but excludes all fossil fuels and fossil fuel derived waste products, including:

         (h)           coal seam methane, waste coal mine gas and other coal or natural gas based products;

         (i)             waste heat from cogeneration;

         (j)             electricity production from cogeneration based on fossil fuels; or

         (k)           non-biomass component of co-firing or wastes.

    research and development activities means the systematic, investigative and experimental activities in any renewable energy technology that involves innovation, technology transfer into Australia or technical risk.

    5.             In these Directions:

         (a)           'may' is permissive and not mandatory;

         (b)           a reference to the singular includes the plural, and vice versa;

         (c)           if a word or phrase is defined its other grammatical forms have corresponding meanings; and

         (d)           'includes' and 'including' do not limit the words which precede them or to which they refer.

PART 2 – ASSESSMENT AND MERIT RANKING OF APPLICATIONS

Procedure

    6.             (a) Subject to clause 7, the Board will assess eligible applications referred to the Board by the Program Delegate under clause 11 of the Guidelines, and provide a merit ranking of those applications to the Program Delegate.

    (b) The Board must consider eligible applications as soon as practicable after those applications have been referred to the Board.

Board may decline to provide merit ranking

    7.             The Board may decide to refuse to provide a merit ranking in respect of a particular eligible application if it is not satisfied:

    (a) with the level of merit of the eligible application in relation to one or more of the merit criteria; or

    (b) that the project is an eligible project.

Assessment of eligible applications

    8.             Subject to clause 7, the Board must assess each eligible application on its merit according to the extent to which the application meets the merit criteria outlined in clause 9 of these Directions.

Merit criteria

    9.             The merit of an eligible application must be assessed against the following criteria:

    Criterion 1:  Management capability of the applicant

    Merit may be indicated by the applicant through:
         * an appropriate level of expertise in:
                + business management, including in human resources and financial management;
                + project management; and
                + commercialisation management.
         * a core business which is directly relevant to the project;
         * demonstrated  stability and/or growth of the applicant over the last two years; and
         * a