Fortescue has walked away from plans to build 340 wind turbines and a giant solar farm to support its decarbonisation ambitions.
The Andrew Forrest-led Fortescue terminated approval applications for the Uaroo Renewable Energy Hub last month.Fortescue had planned to build 340 wind turbines and a solar farm with capacity of up to 5.4 gigawatts supported by battery storage on the Uaroo and Emu Creek cattle stations about 120 kilometres south of Onslow in WA.
The wind and solar farm covering more than 10,000 hectares was set to be connected to Fortescue’s Eliwana mining hub via a transmission line spanning 225 kilometres.Fortescue started the approval process early last year and estimated Uaroo would take seven years to come online, right on the cusp of its 2030 target for transforming the iron ore operations to carbon neutral.
“Uaroo wasn’t part of the decarbonisation energy requirement, it was more for the ammonia export requirement,” he said. “As we are maturing our understanding of sun and wind intensity you will see things coming in and coming out of the portfolio. Fortescue relies on Alinta’s solar farm for 60 megawatts of offtake at its Christmas Creek operations where it is experimenting with battery-powered haul trucks and producing green hydrogen.
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