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29 April 2021
Fortescue Metals Group is moving ahead with its plans to achieve net zero operational emissions by 2030, this week commissioning Contract Power Australia to deliver the big battery component of its $450 million solar and gas hybrid Pilbara Generation project.
Contract Power parent company Pacific Energy said on Thursday that it had been signed up to design, construct, test, install and commission two battery energy storage systems totalling 42MW as part of Fortescue’s integrated power network in the Pilbara region.
The Pilbara batteries will total 42MW and 13MWh and are being developed alongside 150MW of solar and 150MW of new gas-fired generation that will be owned and operated by Fortescue as part of the $450 million generation component of its $700 million Project Energy Connect.