The Federal Government will dish out $45 million to support Fortescue’s renewable energy trials in the Pilbara while chasing a separate $45m package it gave to the iron ore miner.

The fresh funding comes amid ongoing claw back negotiations over Federal grant money Fortescue received for a now scrapped plan to build a green hydrogen gigafactory at Gladstone in Queensland.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has “made available” the latest $45m grant to help Fortescue develop a Pilbara Solar Innovation Hub.

The Hub will operate across renewable energy infrastructure the iron ore producer is building to power its mining operations.

One of the first projects supported under the Hub is a technology trial with Built Robotics testing “autonomous piling systems” at the half-built 190 megawa

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