All five wind turbines installed at Angew gold mine in Western Australia – Australia’s first mining sector project to use wind power as part of a large hybrid renewable microgrid.
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W.A. gold miner claims Australian first with wind, solar and battery microgrid
A remote Western Australia gold mine has won $13.5m in ARENA funding to add 18MW of wind power to a 23MW solar, battery and gas microgrid.
Second-hand turbines to help power mine in wind, solar and battery project
ARENA has backed the ground-breaking fringe-of-grid project, which is using 2.5MW of second-hand wind turbines, alongside 1MW of solar and a 2MW/0.5MWh lithium-ion battery.
Australian miner seeks to power S. African project with 35MW of solar and wind
Orion Minerals appoints juwi Renewables to investigate powering major South African copper and zinc mine with a combination of solar and wind energy.
3MW solar farm switched on at remote Queensland mine
South32’s silver, lead and zinc mine in north-west Queensland will now be powered by gas and solar, after a 3MW PV project led by EDL was completed and switched on.
Remote WA nickel mine to add 7MW solar plant, slash diesel use
Nickel miner inks deal to add 7MW of solar PV to existing diesel power supply, in “first” solar hybrid plant on an Australian mine primarily funded on commercial basis.
HydroTasmania takes Rottnest Island to 45% renewables with new solar array
WA’s Rottnest Island can now meet up to 90% of its electricity demand from solar and wind energy, after a 600kW solar array was added to the existing hybrid wind and diesel system.