Renewable Manufacturing Grant

The renewable manufacturing grant supports the NSW emerging renewable energy sector by investing in local manufacturing of renewable energy infrastructure such as wind tower, solar panels, batteries and transmission cables.

The grant objectives are to:

• drive economic growth across NSW – supply competitive goods and services, promote exports, attract investment, create jobs and sustainable employment, and provide opportunities for small and medium sized businesses.
• grow NSW’s renewable energy supply chain capacity and capability – expand existing capacity, invest in new industry capacity and capabilities, achieve scale-at-speed, scale up local innovative commercial technologies, and leverage NSW’s existing highly skilled industrial workforce.
• alleviate supply chain risk and secure supply for the NSW renewable energy sector – address capacity gaps, support onshore manufacturing and diversify input origins, and reinforce Energy, Social and Governance (ESG) consideration.

To be eligible for funding, you must confirm that your proposed project:

• will deliver new or expanded industrial facilities located in NSW
• will manufacture eligible renewable energy infrastructure at commercial scale*. This includes components suitable for grid-scale renewable energy generation, storage and transmission such as, but not limited to, wind towers, solar panels, batteries and transmission cables
• is expected to be fully delivered within 4 years of execution of the funding deed and no later than 30 June 2032
• is sustainable without continued government investment
• would not occur in NSW at all, or in the same timeframe, without government support
• has a funding need from this grant opportunity in the range of $5 million to $30 million, representing no more than 50% of the eligible project costs
• has a viable commercial strategy
• has a minimum financial contribution of at least 50% of the eligible project costs from non-NSW Government sources (for example, applicant, collaborators, private or other public organisations). In-kind (non-financial) contributions are not counted towards the 50% contribution for the eligible project costs.

*The technologies and processes used to manufacture the renewable energy components must be within the Commercial Readiness Index (CRI) 3-6.