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"Iron ore miner Fortescue has been awarded $A10 million in government funding
to develop the massive 6 megawatt (MW) fast charger units that will be used for
the hundreds of massive 240 tonne haul trucks it has agreed to buy in a
landmark $4 billion deal.
The 6 MW fast charger – which would be by far the most powerful in the world –
is already under development by Fortescue Zero, its technology arm, and the $10
million from The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will support the building,
testing and validation of multiple test units before full production begins
late next year.
The mention of the 6 MW fast chargers stunned the EV world when it was
announced at a mining expo in September because it is twice as big as the 3 MW
prototype that had been built, and significantly bigger than any other electric
truck charger to date.
The chargers are needed for the 1.9 megawatt hour batteries that drive the
power systems for the massive 240 tonne battery electric haul trucks that the
company has agreed to buy for Leibherr. Fortescue says it will be able to do
that in just half an hour.
ARENA CEO Darren Miller says heavy haulage for remote mine sites contributes
around a quarter of the mining industry’s emission and is considered a hard to
abate sector.
“So, we’re investing in the technologies that will be part of the solution,”
Miller said in a statement.
“If the fast charger can be successfully validated at the operational Christmas
Creek mine site, we’d like to see the technology widely deployed across
Australia’s resources industry.”"
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
