Fortescue’s plans for the Pilbara include wind turbine blades that are bigger than Godzilla.

While Fortescue’s boss hobnobs with King Charles III and chats about sustainability, under the Commonwealth Nature Initiative, progress continues towards real zero in the remote Pilbara of Western Australia. See the video of Andrew and Charles here.

As part of Dr Andrew Forrest’s vision of real zero by 2030, Fortescue is installing wind turbines with a blade length of 89 metres. Bigger than Godzilla! Have we got your attention now? The blades will be deployed at the Nullagine Wind Farm in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. They will arrive by ship at the Port Headland project site. Fortescue has done major upgrades to allow the blades easy access and to minimise impact on local traffic. The community will also receive regular updates throughout the delivery program to keep residents informed.

For global readers, I would like to point out that Fortescue’s mining operations and land tenements in the Pilbara region of Western Australia cover more than 87,000 square kilometres (34,000 square miles). This is roughly the size of Austria (83,879 km²), Ireland (84,421 km²), or Serbia (88,361 km²), and more than twice the size of countries like the Netherlands (41,850 km²) or Switzerland (41,285 km²). And for USA readers, Fortescue’s land holdings alone are larger than South Carolina, West Virginia, or Maryland, and roughly the same size as the entire state of Maine or Indiana. But only one eighth the size of Texas.

You will have read about Twiggy Forrest’s achievements and vision of real zero mining operations here and here .

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