Asian Renewable Energy Hub

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The '''Asian Renewable Energy Hub''' ('''AREH''') is a proposal to create the world's largest [[renewable energy]] plant in the [[Pilbara]] region of [[Western Australia]]. It was first proposed in 2014, with plans for the project changing several times since then. , Intercontinental Energy is planning to build a mixture of [[wind power]] and [[solar energy]] power generators which would generate up to 26 [[gigawatt]]s of power.<ref name="Collins 2020">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Up to 1,743 wind turbines of in height would be accommodated in of land, and 18 arrays of [[solar panel]]s each generating 600 [[megawatt]]s would cover .<ref name="Collins 2020"/> It is to be located in the [[Shire of East Pilbara]], about inland from [[80 Mile Beach]], with the nearest settlement on the map being [[Mandora Station]].<ref name=fw/>

The [[Government of Western Australia]] gave environmental approval for phase one of the project (15,000MW of power generation, across in October 2020. The project initially aimed to supply power via an [[undersea cable]] (to [[Indonesia]] and perhaps on to [[Singapore]]<ref name="Collins 2020"/>) with a capacity of 15GW,<ref name="RenewEconomy 2020"/> using four cables, each long.<ref name="Collins 2020"/> However, having explored the potential of exporting [[green hydrogen]] via the [[ammonia production|manufacture of ammonia]], it was able to aim for an extra 11GW.<ref name="RenewEconomy 2020">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The plant would use the electricity generated by the [[wind turbine]]s and solar power to extract [[hydrogen]] from water. The hydrogen is then mixed with [[nitrogen]] extracted from the [[air]] to produce ammonia.<ref name="Collins 2020"/>

The [[ammonia]] is easily transported using [[tanker (ship)|tankers]], and opens up the possibility for more markets around the world.<ref name="Collins 2020"/>

The first ten years of the project is expected to create 5,000 jobs, with about 3,000 ongoing jobs anticipated over its 50-year lifetime.<ref name="RenewEconomy 2020"/> It is planned to create a coastal town between [[Port Hedland]] and [[Broome, Western Australia|Broome]], and a [[desalination plant]]s will provide most of the water supply needed for both human consumption and plant cooling purposes.<ref name="Collins 2020"/>

Given the status of "major project" by the [[Australian Government|federal government]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> the proposed development of the plant enables the goals set under the Western Australian Renewable Hydrogen Strategy to be brought forward from 2040 to 2030.<ref name=fw>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==References==


[[Category:Renewable energy in Australia]]
[[Category:Pilbara]]

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