Editing Whyalla (section)

==Economy and energy==
===Whyalla Steelworks===
{{main|Whyalla Steelworks}}
Much of the town's economy is centred around the [[Whyalla Steelworks]].<ref name="renaissance2024"/>

After changes of ownership from BHP to its spin-off Arrium, which went into [[voluntary administration]] in 2017, the steelworks were bought by [[Liberty Steel Group]], a subsidiary of the British-based international company [[GFG Alliance]].<ref name=timeline2025>{{cite web | last=Garcia | first=Sara | last2=Calvert | first2=Alana | title=A quick timeline of the Whyalla steelworks | website=ABC News | date=22 February 2025 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-23/timeline-whyalla-steelworks/104955888 | access-date=22 February 2025}}</ref> On 20 February 2025, the [[Australian Government|federal government]] under [[Anthony Albanese]] announced a $2.4 billion joint state-federal support package for Whyalla and its steelworks, after GFG had got into financial difficulties and own tens of millions of dollars to its suppliers.<ref>{{cite web | last=Keane | first=Daniel | last2=Pestrin | first2=Stacey | title=Prime Minister says $2.4 billion package for Whyalla steelworks is an 'investment in the nation' | website=ABC News | date=20 February 2025 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/whyalla-financial-support-as-steelworks-in-administration/104958510 | access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref>

===Energy===
[[Santos Limited|Santos]] has supplied gas to the steelworks for several years, and in February 2024 signed an [[Memorandum of understanding|MoU]] with [[GFG Alliance]] to start discussions to reduce emissions from the steelworks.<ref name="renaissance2024">{{cite web | title=Whyalla at the epicentre of a hydrogen-powered industrial renaissance | website=Office of Hydrogen Power South Australia | date=25 February 2024 | url=https://www.ohpsa.sa.gov.au/home/news/whyalla-at-the-epicentre-of-a-hydrogen-powered-industrial-renaissance | access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref>

{{anchor|whf}}<!--for redirects, until/unless article is created--->The Whyalla Hydrogen Facility (WHF, aka Hydrogen Jobs Plan) was a proposed 250MWe hydrogen electrolyser (producing [[green hydrogen]]), a 200MW combined cycle gas turbine generator, and 3600-tonne hydrogen storage facility.<ref name=whf>{{cite web | title=Whyalla Hydrogen Facility | website=Infrastructure Pipeline | date=16 December 2022 | url=https://infrastructurepipeline.org/project/whyalla-hydrogen-power-plant | access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=WA hydrogen project is almost four times larger than Whyalla's | website=[[InDaily]]|first=David |last=Simmons | date=19 March 2024 | url=https://www.indaily.com.au/business/economy/2024/03/19/wa-hydrogen-project-is-almost-four-times-larger-than-whyallas | access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref> A [[Government of South Australia|South Australian Government]] company called Hydrogen Power South Australia was established to own and operate the plant, which is expected to be completed in 2025 and begin operations in 2026.<ref name=whf/> [[ATCO|ATCO Australia]], [[BOC (company)|BOC]], and [[Epic Energy]] would deliver the plan,<ref>{{cite web | title=Hydrogen Partners Announced | website=Whyalla City Council | date=22 October 2023 | url=https://www.whyalla.sa.gov.au/our-city/news-and-events/latest-news/hydrogen-partners-announced | access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> in which the government has invested {{AUD|593}} million.<ref>{{cite web | last=Grubnic | first=Peter | title=South Australian Government Hydrogen Facility | website=HyResource | date=28 February 2024 | url=https://research.csiro.au/hyresource/south-australian-government-hydrogen-facility/ | access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> In February 2024, the government signed an agreement with GFG Alliance reaching "to explore opportunities for hydrogen offtake" from the WHF.<ref name=renaissance2024/> It would supply power to the steelworks to produce [[green steel]].<ref name="renaissance2024"/> The project was cancelled in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Australia disbands Hydrogen Power office as Whyalla project officially cancelled |url=https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-disbands-hydrogen-power-office-as-whyalla-project-officially-cancelled/ |website=RenewEconomy |language=en-AU |date=2 May 2025}}</ref>