The trial aims to replace diesel haulage with in-motion EV charging.
A dump truck is seen transporting coal in an open cut mine owned by Premier Coal in Collie, Western Australia, on June 24, 2024. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times
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The Albanese government has awarded $9 million to mining electrification company BluVein to develop and trial a first-of-its-kind charger for heavy electric haul trucks, aiming to cut diesel use in Australia’s mining sector.
Funded through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s Powering the Regions Fund—Industrial Transformation Stream, the project will be tested at Heidelberg’s Wolffdene quarry in Queensland.
Naziya Alvi Rahman is a Canberra-based journalist who covers political issues in Australia. She can be reached at [email protected].
