From coal to solar: a new manufacturing bet in the Hunter

$151 million solar boost for local manufacturing

Representational Image: khanunza/stock.adobe.comAustralia’s domestic solar sector is set for a major uplift after the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced up to $151 million in conditional funding for a new manufacturing facility in the Hunter Valley, NSW. The investment, delivered under the federal government’s $1 billion Solar Sunshot Program, will support the development of the Hunter Valley Solar Foundry – a project led by Su…

From coal to solar: a new manufacturing bet in the Hunter

_A company headed up by one of the legends of Australian solar research and development has won more than $150 million in federal Solar Sunshot funding to build a commercial-scale PV panel manufacturing plant in one of the nation’s biggest coal hubs – the New South Wales Hunter Valley.