Under the Renewable Manufacturing grant, up to $100 million in grant funding is available to support NSW's renewable energy generation, storage and transmission projects by stimulating local manufacturing for the renewable energy sector.

Funding is targeted at projects which will manufacture eligible renewable energy products at a commercial scale. These eligible products include:

• 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.

This opportunity is a competitive grant with a single-stage application and assessment process. Projects must be completed within 4 years after the execution of a funding deed, and no later than 2032.
The objectives of this grant opportunity are to:

• drive economic growth across NSW
• grow NSW's renewable energy supply chain capacity and capability
• alleviate supply chain risk and secure supply for the NSW renewable energy sector.

Applicants with projects based in the Hunter and Illawarra regions are encouraged to apply as
these are areas of strategic interest for the NSW Government.

Applicants can be based internationally, interstate or in NSW.

To be eligible for funding, the lead applicant must: 

• hold or be willing to obtain an Australian Business Number (ABN) prior to entering into a funding agreement
• be or will become an entity type listed below prior to entering into a funding agreement:
  • a company incorporated in Australia 
  • a company limited by guarantee
  • an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
  • an incorporated association or co-operative
  • an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006. 
• be or will become registered for goods and services tax (GST) prior to signing a funding agreement 
• hold or will attain all insurances required by law including $20 million public liability insurance and worker's compensation, prior to entering into a funding agreement 
• not be subject to any insolvency event including the subject of an order or resolution for winding up or dissolution (other than for the purposes of reconstruction or amalgamation) or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, administer or similar 
• not be listed on the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) sanctions list 
• disclose any legal proceedings or investigations including litigation, arbitration, mediation or conciliation that are taking place, pending or (to the best of the applicant’s knowledge, after having made proper enquiry) threatened against the applicant or a related body corporate (as defined in the Corporations Act) that may adversely impact the applicant’s ability to fulfil its obligations under the funding agreement 
• disclose all Australian Government and/or Australian state territory grants applied for concerning the proposed project including a history of any grant funding over the last 5 years (including both successful and unsuccessful applications)
• materially comply with all:
  • obligations under employment contracts, industrial agreements and awards 
  • codes of conduct and practice relevant to conditions of service and to the relations between the applicants and the employees employed by the applicant 
  • applicable Workplace Health and Safety legislation. 
• achieve Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval before commencement of the project, should it be required.

• Email: netzeromanufacturing@environment.nsw.gov.au