Project Status: Complete
Project Participants: University of Queensland, Gladstone Area Industry Network
Project Leader: Glen Corder (University of Queensland)
This project aimed to enhance local synergies between industrial operations and associated activities in the Gladstone region, and to assist these operations to achieve greater efficiencies in energy, water and materials consumption, and reductions in waste and emission generation. Commencing in April 2004 and running until June 2007 (final report completed March 2008), the project assisted and facilitated operations in the identification and implementation of regional synergy opportunities (waste and by product exchanges).
The project built upon previous work undertaken by various organisations in the Gladstone region. It also drew upon parallel work being undertaken in the "Capturing Regional Synergies in Kwinana Industrial Area" (3B1) project and was linked to the "Enabling Tools and Technologies for Capturing Regional Synergies" (3A1) project.In October 2006, the original project (3C1) was amended to extend the project to enable a more profound investigation into drivers and barriers for businesses to engage in regional resource synergies (3C1 Extension).
The response from the stakeholders and analysis of Kwinana plus the general learnings acquired during the project were the basis for developing an organising approach to assess the uptake potential of a synergy opportunity. This approach delivered a better understanding of the key drivers, barriers and enablers for regional synergy initiatives across a region like Gladstone, and builds on the foundations of synergy "awareness" established during the project.