POWER

Nickel West harnessing Flat Rocks wind

MORE than half the 18 proposed wind turbines are in place at the $200 million Flat Rocks wind farm in Western Australia’s Great Southern Region, as BHP prepares to take the energy they produce to power its Kalgoorlie nickel smelter and Kambalda concentrator.

 Flat Rocks concrete pour

Flat Rocks concrete pour

The wind farm project was initially devised by WA company Moonies Hill Energy. Enel Green Power took over in 2022. Construction began on Flat Rocks in 2022, with the plant scheduled to be operational...

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