Replacing fossil fuel use in the Pilbara would require 16.66TWh per annum of electricity. Image: Rio Tinto.
Australian think tank Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has signaled that the mineral-rich region of Pilbara, Western Australia, needs rapid investment in its transmission network to ensure renewable energy, such as solar, can help drive decarbonisation.
Indeed, the Superpowering-up: Accelerating the electrification & decarbonisation of the Pilbara report signals that just 2% of the region’s electricity needs are currently being met by renewable energy, with fragmented corporate energy production and grid transmission structures undermining progress.
(The above content is reproduced from pv-tech，By George Heynes）
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