Western Green Energy Hub

Overview

The Western Green Energy Hub is a proposal to design, construct and operate a large-scale wind and solar power project to produce value added products, with the base case assuming green ammonia production.

The proposal is situated on WA Mirning Native Title determined land in the far southeast of Western Australia in the Shire of Dundas and City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, to the northwest of Eucla in the South Coast Region.

The proposal will be located on Unallocated Crown Land and pastoral leases. The onshore components of the proposal will comprise a series of wind turbines and solar farms, with centrally-sited hydrogen electrolysers, data centres as well as electrical infrastructure, pumping and cooling systems. Other components of the proposal will include a green ammonia (or other vector) production facility, workshops and fabrication facilities and worker villages, as well as an infrastructure corridor to the coast. The coastal and offshore components comprise a marine offloading facility, desalination plant, brine pipeline and an ammonia (or other vector) export pipeline, set within State Waters only.

The proposal is located within a 2,269,015 ha development envelope and involves clearing of up to 27,188 ha and up to 77,206 ha partial clearing (infrastructure installed over open vegetation).

Why your views matter

At this initial stage of the EIA process, comment is simply sought on whether or not the EPA should assess a proposal and, if so, what level of assessment is considered appropriate.

What happens next

Following the seven day public comment period and consideration of any comments received, the EPA will decide whether or not this proposal requires environmental impact assessment and, if so, what level of assessment will be applied.

The EPA's decisions on level of assessment are released each Monday on the EPA's website.