A full feasibility study is investigating the prospect of manufacturing and maintaining wind turbines in Western Australia.
The study is part of the Wind Turbine Manufacturing Initiative, which falls under the
WA Recovery Plan.
With help from the Local Industry Participation in Wind Farm Supply Action Group, the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation commissioned independent consultant Aurecon to carry out the study.
This follows a pre-feasibility study completed in 2020. Find out more about the recommendations below. Following this, $10 million was allocated to the initiative for the full feasibility study to explore the four key recommendations of the pre-feasibility study.
Please visit this page for updates on the WA Government's Wind Turbine Manufacturing Initiative.
Recommendations of the pre-feasibility study
Show moreThe full feasibility study is exploring key recommendations of the pre-feasibility study, including:
- Developing a model for government-owned businesses in the energy sector such as Synergy, Horizon and Western Power, to increase and monitor local content in the wind energy industry.
- Examining the feasibility and precedent of using legislation or project processes to ensure local content in private sector wind farm projects.
- Identifying requirements for a potential manufacturing hub in WA, including searching for land.
- Identifying government and financial assistance required for WA businesses to transition to manufacturing wind turbine components. This may come in the form of:
- establishing a common user facility at an existing industrial hub, such as Henderson or Bunbury
- assisting with land purchases for lay down areas for delivery and storage of equipment, and/or,
- providing financial assistance to purchase specialist equipment for manufacturing components.
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Full feasibility study into wind turbine manufacturing
