Local Broadmeadows and Coburg manufacturer, Baron Rubber will use a $77,000 grant from the Australian Labor Government to invest in clean and renewable technologies.Federal Member for Calwell, Maria Vamvakinou today announced the funding from the $840 million Clean Technology Investment Programs.
Ms Vamvakinou congratulated Baron Rubber and said the grant would help them reduce both their power bills and carbon emissions. “With support from the Labor Government, Baron Rubber is reducing their power bills by up to $18,000 per year. At the same time the company will cut carbon pollution by reducing the energy intensity of their operations by 19%,” Ms Vamvakinou said. “This will be achieved by installing two 45kW solar PV arrays at its medical product manufacturing plants in Broadmeadows and Coburg.These changes are exactly the sort of practical improvements that the Labor Government is keen to support." The Clean Technology Investment Programs are part of the Labor Government’s drive to help companies modernise and take advantage of new technology to become more efficient and sustainable and more competitive.The Programs will help achieve real change through 582 grants, supported by over $300 million in Government funding approved to date, which has in turn leveraged close to $1 billion in total investment in clean technology around Australia.
