Revenue from the carbon price will help Adelaide's largest ice manufacturer, Adelaide Ice Services, to reduce energy costs by up to $20,000 a year.
The Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation, Greg Combet and the Federal Member for Port Adelaide, Mark Butler, today jointly announced the company had been awarded a grant of almost $90,000.
It has been sourced from the carbon price funded Clean Technology Food and Foundries Program and will cover the installation of a 87.5 kilowatt photovoltaic solar system at its ice manufacturing plant in Regency Park.
Combet said the government is committed to a strong manufacturing industry and looking at ways to improve production processes and reduce emissions at the same time.
"Labor has committed a billion dollars through the Clean Technology Investment Programs to work with industry to help reduce energy costs, reduce emissions and improve competitiveness," he said.
Butler said Adelaide Ice Services provides an important service to many local businesses and through this simple project the company is helping the environment while at the same time reducing its own costs.
