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Nextracker and Orrcon Steel to Deliver Sovereign Capability in Australia

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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The first project scheduled to receive delivery of Australian made steel components from the facility is ACCIONA Energia’s 480MWp Aldoga Solar Farm to be built near Gladstone.

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  • The first project scheduled to receive delivery of Australian made steel components from the facility is ACCIONA Energia’s 480MWp Aldoga Solar Farm to be built near Gladstone.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240313484617/en/
    Nextracker's critical steel components manufacturing facility at BlueScope Steel's Orrcon Steel facility, QLD, Australia (Photo: Nextracker)
    Critical steel components will be produced from BlueScope’s steel coil at Orrcon Steel’s Salisbury Tube mill in Brisbane and finished at its Northgate site by Baojia, Nextracker’s global manufacturing partner for delivery to engineering procurement contractors (EPCs).
  • The new manufacturing facility was officially opened today by Queensland Minister for Energy and Clean Economy Jobs, Mick de Brenni MP; Tania Archibald, Chief Executive BlueScope Australian Steel Products; Tony Schreiber, Chair of the Australian Steel Institute and General Manager of Orrcon Steel; and Peter Wheale, General Manager of Nextracker Australia, Southeast Asia, New Zealand.
  • According to industry analyst, Rystad, Nextracker is the market leader for solar tracker systems in Australia with 7.45 GWdc installed or under fulfilment in 13.5 GWdc of utility-scale PV assets.