Plans are progressing to deliver the Pilbara’s first major transmission line to deliver clean energy to the Burrup Peninsula.
The new high-capacity common use transmission line will link renewable energy generation in the Maitland Strategic Industrial Area with Karratha and major Pilbara industry players.
The clean energy transmission line, dubbed the Maitland-Karratha-Burrup line, is a collaborate effort between the WA Government, Traditional Owners, and industry figures such as Woodside, Perdaman and Yara Pilbara.
The project has the potential to be the first in the state to attract concessional finance from the Commonwealth’s Rewiring the Nation fund, up to $3 billion of which has been allocated to WA.
“Development of the planned Maitland-Karratha-Burrup line represents the first major step in decarbonising the Pilbara and will help drive my Government’s plans to make WA a green energy powerhouse,” WA Premier Roger Cook said.
“With support for Traditional Owners and industry, this project has strong potential to create quality local jobs, build better regions and deliver economic growth that benefits all Western Australians.”
WA Energy Minister Reece Whitby echoed this sentiment.
“We want to see Western Australia be at the forefront of the global energy transition,” he said.
“To do that, we must decarbonise the Pilbara, which has for decades driven our state’s economic success and will continue to do so as demand for green steel, battery metals, and clean hydrogen exports grows.”
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