Overview

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The EnergyTech Market Ready Support (EMRS) 2026 program supports Victorian EnergyTech startups that have already entered the market to deliver defined commercialisation projects with specific, measurable outcomes, such as converting a pilot into a customer or securing a commercial agreement.

Six Victorian startups have been selected to receive grants of $50,000 each, with a total funding pool of $300,000. During the program, grant recipients also receive structured engagement with DEECA to help navigate relevant energy policy, regulatory and market settings.

EMRS is delivered by DEECA’s Energy Group as part of the Digital Energy Economy Program (DEEP), a coordinated package of EnergyTech innovation support for Victorian startups.

Objectives

The program supports startups with innovative energy solutions that benefit consumers and contribute to Victoria’s energy transition. Funding is provided to:

  • enable pilots, demonstrations and other commercial steps that lead to customer uptake or revenue generation
  • support defined commercialisation projects that help startups progress towards market readiness or expansion
  • strengthen the pipeline of investable Victorian EnergyTech startups, and
  • increase collaboration between government, industry and the startup ecosystem.

2026 grant recipients

The following six startups were successful in securing funding through a highly competitive application process.

  • Technology: An electric garbage truck designed for council waste collection.
  • Benefits: Supports quieter, lower-emissions waste collection and reduced reliance on diesel across council and contractor fleets.
  • Website: Bigger Energizer

  • Technology: A plug-in battery system that reduces the running costs of commercial fridges and display coolers.
  • Benefits: Helps grocery, retail and hospitality businesses reduce refrigeration energy costs and electricity use during peak-demand periods.
  • Website: ELIoT Energy

  • Technology: Software that helps reduce electricity use by improving the efficiency of building cooling systems.
  • Benefits: Helps large buildings reduce cooling energy use, peak demand, lower emissions and operating costs without major new hardware.
  • Website: Exergenics

  • Technology: A service that helps businesses identify and implement energy-saving and emissions-reduction technologies such as battery storage, demand flexibility tools, and renewable energy generation.
  • Benefits: Helps businesses navigate complex energy decisions, reduce costs and progress practical emissions-reduction actions.
  • Website: n0de

  • Technology: Software that helps operators improve the performance and reduce the costs of large fleets of rooftop solar and battery systems by identifying faults, improving data and measuring lost solar generation.
  • Benefits: Helps energy companies better understand and manage distributed energy assets, supporting improved performance and more efficient use of existing infrastructure.
  • Website: Solstice AI

  • Technology: An all-in-one home energy system that provides heating, cooling, hot water, batteries, EV charging and backup power.
  • Benefits: Simplifies household electrification by coordinating major household energy needs through a single integrated system.
  • Website: Totex Energy

Resources (for reference only)

Assistance

For EMRS Program enquiries, please contact: emerging.energy@deeca.vic.gov.au

Page last updated: 02/11/26