Anger as Australian wind-tower maker RPG enters administration

RPG supplied towers to Australia's Snowtown wind farm

Australian wind-tower manufacturer RPG Group has gone into administration, fuelling a growing row in the country over the level of benefit that renewables development is bringing to domestic industry.

Queensland-based steel processor and fabricator RPG ceased operations at three of its four sites last Friday while an attempt is made to sell its business and assets, says administrator Ferrier Hodgson.

The website of RPG names Suzlon, Vestas and Enercon among the turbine-makers to which it has supplied towers for deployment at Australian wind farms.

The company claimed to be Australia's largest producer of wind towers, and was also active in the PV and wave-energy markets.

The closed sites include the two listed as hosting RPG’s renewables-focused operations.

The shut-down leaves…

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