Wind power will combine with solar energy and battery storage at the mine, after Liontown Resources signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Zenith Energy in December last year. Perth-based, ASX-listed miner Liontown Resources maintains Kathleen Valley is on track to begin production by mid-2024, as the company targets net-zero emissions by 2034. The blades are 81.6 metres long and the combination of the trailer and the prime mover adds up to about 92 metres.' 'There's a little bit more to it this particular occasion … the size of them, they're just getting bigger and bigger,' Mr Allen told the ABC. He also oversaw the transportation of blades for a wind farm at the Agnew gold mine near Leinster in 2019, but those blades were shorter at 66 metres. Project manager Guy Allen, from transport company Rex J Andrews, is overseeing the logistical challenge. The first blade left Geraldton for Kathleen Valley on Sunday morning and another seven convoys are planned between now and January. The five turbines will each be capable of generating 6 megawatts. Once assembled, the wind turbines will be 210 metres tall and form part of a 95-megawatt hybrid power station at the remote mine site. The Kathleen Valley lithium mine near Leinster, 680km north-east of Perth, is set to be one of the greenest resources projects in Australia, designed to be powered 60 per cent by renewable energy.

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