The New South Wales government will invest $28 million into a new Renewables Manufacturing Hub in Western Sydney that will produce steel components for solar and wind farms.
The new hub, which will employ 143 full-time workers over its lifetime, will be operated by metal recycling firm Sell & Parker, who will tip $38 million of its own money into the project.
It is the latest project to be funded under the Renewable Manufacturing stream of the Net Zero Manufacturing Initiative, a $275 million grants scheme designed to grow the state’s renewable energy supply chain.
Once operational, the facility will produce 780 turbine anchors for wind turbines, thousands of torque tubes, mounts and brackets for solar farms, and 200 monopoles each year for transmission infrastructure.
Climate Change and Energy Minister Penny Sharpe said the hub is a perfect example of the way the NSW government is helping to build “industries of the future right here at home”.
“This facility will not only deliver the steel components needed for renewable energy projects across the state, but it will also strengthen Western Sydney’s role as a powerhouse of innovation and manufacturing,” she said.
Sell & Parker group general manager Simon Preston said the $66 million facility would mean the Australian-owned company with decades of experience “can supply more renewable projects with Aussie steel made right here in Western Sydney”.
Two projects have now been funded under the Renewable Manufacturing stream of the Net Zero Manufacturing Initiative, with the other successful project a $22 million capability uplift at power transformer manufacturer Tyree Transformers.
The Net Zero Manufacturing Initiative, announced in February 2024, provides matched grants of up to $50 million under the stream for commercially viable renewable manufacturing projects that could involve building new facilities.
Smaller grants are also on the table for the research, development and commercialisation of new low emissions technologies that will help NSW reach net zero by 2050.
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