Providing insight and cross-technology detail including wind, solar PV, CSP, hydroelectric and biodiesel for both grid tied and remote mine operations, the Renewables and Mining Summit and Exhibition, Santiago, May 6-7, will feature 10 mine – renewable energy case studies. The presentations will cover the project drivers, implementation issues, financial arrangements and operational details of case Read More
Chilean mines face a clear challenge: the country is running short on energy and prices are very high. In a market review published this week (and available to download below) mining and renewables experts, including representatives from Collahuasi, SolarReserve, SMA, and Enermine, discuss the appetite for renewables projects in the Chilean mining sector.
The first is a series of guest posts from Arnoldus Mateo van den Hurk Mir, Ph. D. from Renewables4Mining Times for mining are changing Before the commodity boom, according to industry experts, mining was focused on ramping up production and investing in new capital projects to expand supply. After the boom however, the world of mining has re-focused Read More
Mining is the fourth-largest energy consumer in Australia, using roughly 10% of Australia’s total. Some of this comes from the electricity grid — but much is supplied offgrid in the form of diesel and other fossil fuels. Could some of this be replaced by renewable sources? Read Full Article The Conversation, Dec 16th
Concentrated Solar Power developers know they have a very visually stunning product and often create great graphics. This is a very cool video of the Cerro Dominador Project in Atacama Chile from Abengoa To view the video click here
Chilean state copper giant Codelco has issued an international tender call for construction and operation of a mini hydro plant to be installed in the tailings dam at El Teniente mine in central O'Higgins region (VI). The 3 MW project will feed electricity in to the SIC grid. The tender shows Codelco's growing confidence in, and Read More
Winning over local communities and negotiating land access are becoming increasingly important to the development of the new energy capacity in Chile. According to the latest report by the energy ministry's sustainable energy centre, Chile currently has 836MW in operation, 61MW under construction and more than 7GW undergoing environmental assessment or with the licence already in Read More
Presented at the Renewables and Mining Summit and Exhibition in Toronto, October 2014, by Joel Link, Global head of Mining at Solar Reserve, this presentation provides details of how CSP and CSP-PV hybrids can deployed to provide full power for a mine site. The presentation associated with this video can be downloaded here. To read an Read More
Following sold-out Summits in Toronto and Johannesburg, Energy and Mines is delighted to announce the launch of the next Renewables and Mining Summit & Exhibition taking place May 6-7 in Santiago. The Summit will explore the tremendous potential for large-scale projects for grid-tied Chilean mines and hybrid solutions for remote mining operations. Hatch is the Principal Read More
California-based Solarreserve is currently negotiating with a mining company operating in Northern Chile to supply a CSP-PV Hybrid solution. In this Q&A Interview, Kevin Smith, CEO of SolarReserve, lays out the economics, the drivers for the project and the wider opportunities for concentrated solar power in mines. Great quotes from the interview include: “We configured a Read More
