{"id":18833,"date":"2022-10-25T10:12:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T10:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=18833"},"modified":"2022-10-25T10:12:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T10:12:07","slug":"nsw-launches-360m-plan-to-help-industry-decarbonise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/10\/25\/nsw-launches-360m-plan-to-help-industry-decarbonise\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW launches $360m plan to help industry decarbonise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NSW Government has announced the $360 million Net Zero Industry and Innovation Investment Plan to support and partner with manufacturing and mining sectors to reduce emissions and boost resilience.<br>\u00a0<br>Minister for Energy Matt Kean said the investment will help the highest emitting industries accelerate their shift to net zero, while continuing to grow jobs and the economy.\u00a0 It will also play a critical role supporting the establishment of new low carbon industries.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cAlmost 30 per cent of carbon emissions in NSW are created by the top 55 industrial facilities, so partnering with them is critical to achieving our emissions reduction targets,\u201d Mr Kean said.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cThis funding will support NSW\u2019s highest emitting and hardest to abate manufacturing and mining facilities to significantly decarbonise and make the industries more resilient as the world shifts to net zero.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cThe Net Zero Industry and Innovation Investment Plan aims for a significant reduction of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030 \u2013 equal to taking 10 million cars off the road for a year.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cBy accelerating decarbonisation and the development of clean technology, we will expand the economy, support jobs, and significantly reduce emissions, helping NSW businesses prosper in a low carbon world.\u201d<br>\u00a0<br>This funding is a cornerstone of the NSW Net Zero Plan to reduce emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050.<br>\u00a0<br>The investment plan outlines the funding priorities for the next two years under two focus areas \u2013 high emitting industries and new low carbon industry foundations.<br>\u00a0<br>Read the investment plan here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.energy.nsw.gov.au%2FNet-Zero-Industry-and-Innovation-Investment-Plan&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cwebmaster%40nsw.liberal.org.au%7Cffcda4c5656342a998cc08dab6100d8c%7Cf7b9e888f8a7467190c0d6ca09a51633%7C0%7C0%7C638022477446326638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9suwDSt%2FXoWk54dWlpnKb3veCZCSr3NV6BJcFsuyUOs%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.energy.nsw.gov.au\/Net-Zero-Industry-and-Innovation-Investment-Plan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government has announced the $360 million Net Zero Industry and Innovation Investment Plan to support and partner with manufacturing and mining sectors to reduce emissions and boost resilience.\u00a0Minister for Energy Matt Kean said the investment will help the highest emitting industries accelerate their shift to net zero, while continuing to grow jobs and &hellip; 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