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– Australian mining company Fortescue Metals Group is getting $10 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to develop a charger that can run large mining machinery that runs on batteries, Fast Company reports. The charger, which will be built and validated at Fortescue Zero's research and development center in Perth, will work with a variety of heavy mining equipment. "As part of our decarbonization plan, we intend to roll out around 250 fast chargers of varying capacities across our iron-ore operations before the end of this decade," says Fortescue CEO Dino Otranto in announcing the funding. "This project will not only enable a significant reduction in emissions, but it will also act as a catalyst for demand from external heavy industry customers." Fortescue Zero's CEO says the chargers will be built to withstand the harsh Pilbara environment. "These cutting-edge chargers are made to be a high-power, scalable, safe, and robust fast charging solution for a variety of vehicle applications," he says. The first production units will be tested and verified at Fortescue Zero's research and development center before being used at Fortescue's mining locations.The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) has given A$10 million in funding to Fortescue Metals, an Australian technology, energy, and metals company, to further develop a 6 MW rapid charger. The money will help the business implement quick charger technology that can run large mining machinery that runs on batteries. In order to install the first production 6 MW charger by the end of 2025, the project entails the design, building, and validation of multiple test-unit chargers.
The 6 MW rapid charger was created by Fortescue Zero, the company’s specialised renewable energy business, and is designed to satisfy the rigorous operational requirements of the heavy mining sector. It will work with a variety of heavy mining equipment.
“As part of our decarbonisation plan, we intend to roll out around 250 fast chargers of varying capacities across our iron-ore operations before the end of this decade,” stated Fortescue CEO Dino Otranto in announcing the Arena funding. Otranto continued, “This project will not only enable a significant reduction in emissions, but it will also act as a catalyst for demand from external heavy industry customers.”
Ellie Coates, CEO of Fortescue Zero, clarified that the chargers would be built to withstand the harsh Pilbara environment. “These cutting-edge chargers are made to be a high-power, scalable, safe, and robust fast charging solution for a variety of vehicle applications,” Coates stated.
The rapid chargers were created for the harsh Pilbara conditions by utilising our world-class expertise in battery and charging solutions from motorsport. Fortescue’s future 240-t Liebherr T 264 battery electric trucks will be able to be powered by them in just 30 minutes thanks to their robotic connection options.Before being used at Fortescue’s mining locations, the first production units will go through factory acceptance testing at Fortescue Zero’s Research and Development centre in Perth, where the new fast chargers will be tested and verified.
Josh Wilson, the assistant minister for climate change and energy, praised the project’s significance for the state’s mining industry and welcomed the financing. According to Wilson, “heavy haulage trucks are essential to the operation of mining operations in Western Australia, but they currently rely on fossil fuels, which means unwanted pollution, cost volatility, and energy insecurity. “The construction of Fortescue’s fast charger is a clever and progressive project that will assist the mining industry in Western Australia in electrifying their operations and aid in the vital task of decarbonising our economy.”
