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World’s largest green energy hub pitched for Western Australia - Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis [ieefa.org]:

Renew Economy: [reneweconomy.com.au]

The world’s biggest renewable energy hub – comprising an astonishing 50 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity – has been proposed for the southern coast of Western Australia to create millions of tonnes of green hydrogen for use in Australia and for export.

The chief proponents are Australia’s CWP Global and Hong Kong-based Intercontinental Energy, the same parties behind the 26GW Asia Renewable Energy Hub in the Pilbara, which last month had initial environmental approvals rejected by federal environment minister Sussan Ley.

The Western Green Energy Hub (WGEH) would stretch over 15,000 square kilometres from near the South Australia border out west across the Nullabor towards the mining towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder.

It would cost up to $100 billion to deliver, and would produce up to 3.5 million tonnes of green hydrogen or 20 million tonnes of green ammonia annually.

Mirning Green Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mirning Traditional Lands Aboriginal Corp, will have a “meaningful carried equity stake” in the project, and a permanent seat on the WGEH consortium board.

“The Western Green Energy Hub is historic on two fronts,” Brendan Hammond, the chairman of the  WGEH board, said in a statement on Tuesday.

[Giles Parkinson]

More: World’s biggest renewable energy hub planned for south-west Australia [reneweconomy.com.au]

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