Trisha Birch, Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation
Lawford Benning, MG Corporation
The East Kimberley Clean Energy project will be the first 100% green energy, hydrogen, and ammonia export project in Australia to date. It has been designed to utilise the existing infrastructure in the region, including electricity transmission lines, roads, airport and the Port of Wyndham.
The project will see a ~ 2,000-hectare solar farm developed on MG Corporation freehold land near Kununurra. The resulting solar energy (approximately 1,000 megawatts) will be combined with water and hydro energy from the existing Ord Hydro Power Plant at Lake Argyle to produce green hydrogen.
The green hydrogen will be transported by pipeline to Balanggarra Country in Wyndham where it will be converted to green ammonia. The green ammonia will be sold locally as a fertiliser for irrigated agriculture and exported to support the decarbonisation of food production and fertilisers.
Balanggarra Ventures Limited is a subsidiary of Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation – a registered native title body corporate that receives and manages entitlements of the Balanggarra People, who are the native title holders of their Country in and around Wyndham. It empowers Balanggarra People through ranger programs, tourism and cultural and community activities.
The Yawoorroong Miriuwung Gajerrong Yirrgeb Noong Dawang Aboriginal Corporation, known as the MG Corporation, receive and manage the entitlements and benefits of the Miriuwung and Gajerrong Peoples, who are the native title holders of their Country in the north-east part of the East Kimberley region. It empowers Miriuwung and Gajerrong Peoples through tourism, business and cultural and community activities.
Formed in 1978 by Kimberley Aboriginal people as a political land rights organisation, KLC has grown to become the peak Indigenous body in the Kimberley region working with Aboriginal people to secure native title, conduct conservation and land management activities and develop cultural business enterprises.
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