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Rio director: Please give us your best wind and solar
Rio Tinto director, and former Macquarie Banker and Australian of the Year, Simon McKeon, says the company is expecting a “good response” to its tender for 4GW of wind and solar (with firming) to power its Queensland smelters and refineries.
“Everybody, please just line up, help this company but actually this region with (wind and solar),” McKeon told the Clea Energy Summit, where he is appearing as head of the Energy Transitions Initiative.
“There has to be a firming element to it. We’re industrial 24/7, and can’t just turn it off every now and then. It’s on a scale that I don’t think we’ve seen in this country before, certainly for…
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