Aurecon Australasia has been appointed as the consultant to design the Clean Energy Training and Research Institute (CETRI) in the Pilbara.
The $22 million state-of-the-art facility will be a multi-user training hub and research institute that incorporates different training providers and research site locations across industry and tertiary and vocational training settings.
“This is an exciting step forward in our efforts to skill up the workforce needed for the clean energy transition which is expected to generate about 350,000 jobs over the next 25 years,” said Training and Workforce Development minister Simone McGurk.
“Along with other initiatives like free and low-cost training, this demonstrates our Government’s commitment to increasing apprentices in trades vital to the clean energy transition such as electrical, plumbing and engineering.”
The CETRI will focus on research and development activities, as well as developing skills and training in areas relating to clean energy industries. These include production, transportation, storage and export of renewable hydrogen and its carriers.
The facility is funded under the Pilbara Hydrogen Hub, which is a $140 million project co-funded between the Western Australian Government and the Commonwealth.
The CETRI and the Clean Energy Skills National Centre of Excellence (CESNCE) will collaborate to maximise the impact of joint investment in these two critical projects and support the development of a skilled workforce for the net zero transition.
The design process will be undertaken over the course of the next eight months during which extensive consultations will occur with key stakeholders.
This will include industry, the training and research sector and, importantly, community groups, including Aboriginal organisations in the Pilbara region.
The Pilbara Hydrogen Hub is expected to become operational by mid-2028, supporting almost 1000 direct and indirect jobs in the region.
For more information, please visit: https://www.pdc.wa.gov.au/our-focus/projects/pilbara-hydrogen-hub.aspx(link is external)
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