WAE Technologies delivers power system for battery electric mining haul truck
WAE Technologies has delivered a power system set for installation in a prototype zero-emission battery electric mining haul truck that Australian mining company Fortescue it is developing with Liebherr.
The 1.4MWh prototype power system – which can fast-charge in 30 minutes and regenerate power as it drives downhill - is a bespoke design that will be integrated into a 240-tonne mining haul truck.
The battery is part of Fortescue’s $6.2bn decarbonisation strategy to help eliminate fossil fuels from its terrestrial iron ore operations, which includes replacing its existing diesel-fuelled fleet with battery electric and green hydrogen powered haul trucks.
A team of 50 engineers and technicians are responsible for developing the power system, which weighs 15 tonnes, measures 3.6m long, 1.6m wide and 2.4m high, and is made up of eight sub-packs, each with 36 modules, all individually cooled and each with its own battery management system.
In a statement, Fortescue Future Industries CEO Mark Hutchinson said, “WAE and Fortescue are working together to seek to decarbonise faster and more effectively than any other major industrial company in the world.”
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