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Alinta looks to offshore wind to power aluminium smelter

ALINTA ENERGY will not be required to apply for approval from the federal government to assess the area it will build its massive $4 billion offshore wind project in Victoria to power the Portland aluminium smelter.

Alinta looks to offshore wind to power aluminium smelter

  The Portland aluminium smelter has been operating 1986 and is one of just four such smelters remaining in Australia.  The Spinifex wind farm will have a capacity of 1 gigawatts, or roughly 10%...

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