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"Fortescue’s decision to accelerate a large-scale heavy industry green grid in
the Pilbara is a practical demonstration of the future Australia must now
choose: batteries and electrification replacing barrels and diesel, backed by
firmed renewables rather than gas and oil.
It lands squarely in the terrain mapped out recently in a six-point plan for
ending Australia’s dependence on oil and securing our energy future.
At its core, our mapped approach to energy security in the 2020s and 2030s,
rather than just shoring up supplies in the next few months, will come from
electrified transport, renewable generation, storage and smart systems, not
from bigger fuel tanks or new fossil projects.
Fortescue’s Pilbara green grid – designed to power its operations 24/7 without
fossil fuels by the end of this decade and now targeting multi-day fossil-free
operation earlier than planned – is precisely this logic applied to heavy
industry.
The company is building out large-scale solar, wind and batteries to eliminate
diesel and gas from its mining fleet and processing operations, with a fully
integrated renewable grid expected by 2029–30.
That aligns directly with several planks of the six-point plan we suggested in
The Conversation: accelerated renewables and storage deployment so clean
local energy pushes out imported oil and gas; using EVs and large batteries as
resilience assets; and planning the orderly decline of oil rather than
extending dependence through new subsidies or reserves."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
