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"An electric excavator deployed by Australian mining and green energy company
Fortescue Metals at its Cloudbreak iron ore mine site in the Pilbara has
already hit a significant milestone, successfully moving one million tonnes
since it became operational in December.
Fortescue, founded and still controlled by Australian billionaire and
businessman Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, debuted Australia’s first newly built
electric excavator at the Cloudbreak mine site in December as it advances its
company-wide electrification program.
Powered by a 6.6kV substation and connected by more than two kilometres of high
voltage trailing cable, the R 9400 E electric excavator is the first of three
from German-Swiss equipment manufacturer Liebherr which are set to be
commissioned over the next twelve months.
In a little over 3 months, and running at only partial capacity as the site
team got themselves used to the new piece of equipment, the electric excavator
has now moved one million tonnes.
The company says the electric excavator is now running at full speed and is
already outperforming its diesel equivalent at times."
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
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 06:06:53 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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"An electric excavator deployed by Australian mining and green energy company
Fortescue Metals at its Cloudbreak iron ore mine site in the Pilbara has
already hit a significant milestone, successfully moving one million tonnes
since it became operational in December.
Fortescue, founded and still controlled by Australian billionaire and
businessman Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, debuted Australia’s first newly built
electric excavator at the Cloudbreak mine site in December as it advances its
company-wide electrification program.
Powered by a 6.6kV substation and connected by more than two kilometres of high
voltage trailing cable, the R 9400 E electric excavator is the first of three
from German-Swiss equipment manufacturer Liebherr which are set to be
commissioned over the next twelve months.
In a little over 3 months, and running at only partial capacity as the site
team got themselves used to the new piece of equipment, the electric excavator
has now moved one million tonnes.
The company says the electric excavator is now running at full speed and is
already outperforming its diesel equivalent at times."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
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
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