Fortescue Continues March to “Real Zero” - CleanTechnica

Fortescue Metals Group, led by Australian billionaire Dr. Andrew Forrest, is aggressively pursuing a goal of achieving “real zero” carbon emissions by 2030. This initiative involves forming strategic partnerships with global leaders in clean energy and technology, including BYD (electric vehicles and energy storage), Longi (solar technology), and Envision (advanced wind turbines). Fortescue aims to leverage a multilateral network combining operational expertise from Australia’s Pilbara region, R&D strengths from the US and Australia, engineering excellence from the UK and Europe, and manufacturing capabilities in China and the US to accelerate industrial decarbonization in an industry traditionally seen as hard to decarbonize. The company plans to electrify its mining fleet using battery electric haul trucks supplied by XCMG and Liebherr, with a target fleet of 300 to 400 zero-emission trucks by 2030. Fortescue has also acquired Spanish company Nabrawind to deploy innovative wind turbines capable of operating in the