The huge Western Green Energy Hub project

[onetrack]

This is possibly news to all the East Coasters, and other forumites overseas - but a HK based consortium is proposing the worlds largest Green Energy Hub on the Nullarbor Plain. The project is located NW of Eucla.

The projected planning is for 25,000,000 solar panels and 3000 massive wind turbines generating at least 50 gigawatts and potentially 70 gigawatts. The electricity will be used to produce green hydrogen and ammonia.

 

The company is reportedly going to outlay $100M, but the EPA is yet to approve the project, and it looks like it's still got a way to go - although they're forecasting it will be in production next year. "In your dreams" is my opinion.

The major driver of the project is a gent who appears to be a British whizz kid who operates out of HK, running a company called Intercontinental Energy. He has other partners in the project as well.

He's got Chinese money on board, as well as Singapore Govt funding and Middle Eastern money from Oman. He seems to be able to pull in the big money.

South Korea is lined up to take the majority of the hydrogen and ammonia. Nowhere do I see any logistics or plans on how to get the ammonia and hydrogen out of what is a remote region.

 

They talk of "offshore shiploading", but the coastal region is a Marine Park of global importance, on a par with the Barrier Reef. Good luck as regards getting any infrastructure built along the Great Australian Bight!

Another interesting angle is the Indigenes have climbed on board (with company insistence) and the Indigenous Corporation is getting a 10% free-carried share in the project. They can either sell their 10% share, or have to find $$$'s to contribute.

I can well imagine what their choice will be, when it comes to selling free shares and getting a whole pile of $$$'s!!

 

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/the-western-green-energy-hub/8555/

 

https://wgeh.com.au/

 

https://intercontinentalenergy.com/

 

https://wgeh.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Project-Information-Update-July-2024.pdf

 

https://www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/western_green_energy_hub

[pmccarthy]

[Marty_d]

Great, now try wishing it was economically competitive and see how powerful your genie is

[spacesailor]

All the other 'power source's ' , are now exorbitantly costly. 

The laughing genie. 

Aspacesailor

 

[facthunter]

Where's your sources for that? Nev

[spacesailor]

" now try wishing it was economically competitive " .

The ' genie ' just changed the status quo . then smiled .

soacesailor

[spacesailor]

No one saw my ' name ' misspelt 

spacesailor

[facthunter]

We didn't want to hurt your feelings. O & P are close together.   Nev

[red750]

There are so many typos on this forum (me included) no-one notices. Sometimes I think someone keeps switching my keys.

[spacesailor]

I " know ".

Of course not all,  are ' A I ' trying to dominate me .

spacesailor

Edited November 19 by spacesailor
Grammar

[Marty_d]

Maybe you're "Saucesailer" when you're eating the Sunday roast.

[onetrack]

I've got a keyboard where about a third of the keys have the letters worn off them! That makes for interesting typing!! Yes, I definitely need a new keyboard!

[spacesailor]

There's always the handy ' Bluetooth ' keyboard. 

They come in many sizes .

spacesailor

 

[red750]

The keyboard on my laptop packed up,so I bought a wired keyboard for $7 at Officeworks. Nothing wrong with the keyboard, I just keep hitting the wrong keys. The laptop, which works, sits on a card table and the keyboard is on my knee. With my distance glasses on, I can see the screen OK, but  the keyboard is blurry. Put on reading glasses, and I can see the keys just fine, but can't read the screen. Sick of swapping glasses.

[spacesailor]

BIFOCALS 

Or , try " touch Typing " .

spacesailor

[nomadpete]

I do a lot of touch typing. Everything I type is a result of touching...... between FFS and poor near vision, I touch a lot of wrong keys.

[facthunter]

I have no sensation in 2 of the fingers of my right hand. Nev