Western Australian mining operation will boost its solar and storage capacity to allow it to run entirely with on-site renewables for up to nine hours a day.
WA mine boosts solar and storage so it can run on renewables only during day
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Hybrid solar and battery system to power mineral sands project in W.A.
ASX-listed miner Strandline Resources has signed a 15-year supply agreement with Contract Power, a move that will see it pay less for power than originally forecast.
Mining majors pledge to electrify industry with renewables, batteries, EVs
Fourteen companies join forces to decarbonise Australian mining industry and to help it harness the benefits of renewables, storage and electric vehicles.
W.A. mines to add solar, batteries, with backing of state government
Two mining operations in W.A. Goldfields region to add solar and battery storage via first round of the state’s $19 million Clean Energy Future Fund.
Solar and battery storage to power Western Australia rare earths mine
Northern Minerals has signed a PPA with Soluna Australia for 100kW solar, 200kWh battery system to help power its Brown’s Range rare earths mine in W.A.’s east Kimberley region.
Why an Australian mining giant chose wind and solar over gas
Oz Minerals reveals why it chose wind, solar and batteries over the traditional gas pipeline solution for its new $1 billion mining project.
Mining giant eyes wind, solar to power huge nickel project
Oz Minerals says 55MW hybrid power plant combining solar and wind could provide 70-80% of power for West Musgrave project, backed by battery and diesel.
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.
Rio Tinto closes coal plant, shifts to renewables at Utah copper mine
Rio Tinto opts to power Kennecott copper mine in Utah with renewables, via power purchase agreement, after permanently shutting the facility’s coal plant.
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.
