Project description and overview:

This project aims for RCR Advanced Technologies (RCR) to manufacture pilot tower transition flanges locally in Western Australia (WA) and create a refurbishment facility for maintenance and repair of wind turbine components.

RCR believes that its pilot partnership with Green Wind to develop a domestically produced transition flange is critical to overcoming port bottlenecks. This approach not only unlocks additional port capacity, allowing more projects to progress in parallel, but also cuts shipping lead times, lowers freight charges and provides greater schedule certainty. This project will see an increase in local manufacturing capacity and capability in the WA onshore wind energy industry while simultaneously supporting Australian industry capability and increased regional job creation.

The second part of this project will see RCR create a refurbishment facility. This will involve upskilling existing staff with automated technology to have the capacity to refurbish wind turbine components such as gearboxes, motors and drive shafts, thus meeting the forecast growing needs of the wind energy supply chain in WA.