Construcciones Yamaro: Port Augusta backed for $200 million green cement project
The South Australian Government is backing a new project poised to turn Port Augusta into a national hub for the growing green cement industry, an environmentally friendly alternative to carbon-intensive cement.
The state will provide a $12 million loan to Hallett Group as it progresses the $200 million Green Cement Transformation Project, which will repurpose the site of the former Northern Power Station for the manufacture of low-carbon materials.
“Hallett has worked diligently for 10 years to develop solutions to challenging problems, and we are delighted to now implement world-leading technology that provides a great product for our customers and great outcomes for our community and the environment,” said Hallett CEO Kane Salisbury.
“As a proud, independent South Australian owned and operated business, we are incredibly excited to be building this facility in Port Augusta, and we are deeply committed to the success of the Upper Spencer Gulf region and our great state.”
The project adds to an estimated $2.5 billion in capital investment in energy-related projects completed and in the pipeline for Port Augusta and the Upper Spencer Gulf since 2016.
When completed, the Green Cement Transformation Project will see two infrastructure hubs at Port Augusta and Port Adelaide, where waste by-products from the Northern Power Station ash dam and the Nyrstar Port Pirie smelter will be repurposed into green cement.
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The new approach will use fly ash from the Port Augusta legacy dam and the Nyrstar Port Pirie slag pile as supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in the production of green cement.
SCMs are known to improve the long-term strength and durability of cement while reducing the carbon dioxide emissions of cement production by up to 30 per cent.
Around 150 people will be employed during the project’s construction phase, with approximately 50 ongoing roles expected once operational.
The project is expected to stimulate other economic activities across the Upper Spencer Gulf, including carbon dioxide reuse, synthetic fuels, mineral recovery and potential green lime manufacturing.
The Federal Government has also contributed a grant of $20 million to the project through the Modern Manufacturing Initiative.
Construction is set to begin within months on a 270-megawatt battery energy storage system, or BESS, known as the Northern Battery. Later this year, construction will begin on Potentia’s 225-megawatt Emeroo BESS about 15 kilometres northeast of Port Augusta, co-located with the Bungala Solar Farm.
More major renewable energy projects are proposed, including Stage 3 of the Lincoln Gap Wind Farm and associated BESS. In combination, these projects represent an estimated $2.5 billion in capital investment, delivering 1,082 megawatts in total renewable energy generation capacity and 615 megawatts of large-scale BESS capacity.
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