Synergy plans $4.5b wind, solar and battery farm in WA's Wheatbelt
The state-owned utility needs to replace the generation capacity it will lose by closing down all its coal-fired power stations over the next four years.
Roy Hill is the Pilbara iron ore operation developed by Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting. In 2025, it merged with Atlas Iron under the banner Hancock Iron Ore.
Battery-electric locomotive deliveries to all the big Pilbara iron ore miners are running late as heavy long-distance loads prove a technical challenge.
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