Chichester Hub

60MW of Solar Hybrid To Replace 100% Fortescue’s Pilbara Daytime Energy

2019-10-21T12:20:35+00:00

Fortescue Metals Group will set up a solar gas hybrid renewables project to supply up to 100 percent of the daytime energy required at its Christmas Creek and Cloudbreak mines at the Chichester Hub iron ore operation in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Alinta Energy has agreed with Fortescue for the construction of a 60-megawatt solar PV Read More

60MW of Solar Hybrid To Replace 100% Fortescue’s Pilbara Daytime Energy2019-10-21T12:20:35+00:00

Historic Project To Bring Green Power to the Red Dust of the Pilbara

2019-10-19T13:42:49+00:00

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will fund $24.2 million of the cost of a Solar Gas Hybrid project to power two mines at Fortescue Metals Group’s Chichester mining hub in Pilbara, Western Australia. The path-breaking project will be the first time a mining major will run its daytime operations entirely off renewable energy. Alinta Energy Read More

Historic Project To Bring Green Power to the Red Dust of the Pilbara2019-10-19T13:42:49+00:00