Govt begins ‘deep dive’ to revive wind turbine manufacturing


The Albanese government has begun consulting with industry on ways to revive homegrown manufacturing of wind turbines following the closure of Australia’s only domestic producer.

Industry minister Tim Ayres kicked off the process on Monday, releasing a discussion paper that seeks to gauge industry appetite for local manufacturing of both wind and transmission towers.

Australia is expected to need 26 gigawatts of new onshore wind capacity by 2030, according to …

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