hybrid renewables

Wind turbines installed at ground-breaking W.A. gold mine microgrid

All five wind turbines installed at Angew gold mine in Western Australia – Australia’s first mining sector project to use…

February 26, 2020

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…

June 19, 2019

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…

June 19, 2019

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…

March 5, 2019

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…

December 20, 2018

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…

October 24, 2018

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…

October 3, 2017