CSP

Meeting Mining’s Need for Base-Load Power with Solar Thermal and Storage

2019-02-25T11:02:05+00:00

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

Meeting Mining’s Need for Base-Load Power with Solar Thermal and Storage2019-02-25T11:02:05+00:00

"We’ve never had a mine ask for 100% renewables. What they want is lower cost energy." CSP-PV Hybrid to provide baseload generation for chilean mine – download interview

2019-02-25T12:05:16+00:00

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

"We’ve never had a mine ask for 100% renewables. What they want is lower cost energy." CSP-PV Hybrid to provide baseload generation for chilean mine – download interview2019-02-25T12:05:16+00:00

Is concentrated solar power viable for the mining sector?

2019-02-26T06:25:09+00:00

In this Q&A interview SolarReserve CEO Kevin Smith outlines why CSP is a good fit for the mining industry and how, with new storage technology, solar is delivering power 24/7 on an industrial scale.

Is concentrated solar power viable for the mining sector?2019-02-26T06:25:09+00:00

"If we don’t produce the energy – don’t pay us". Codelco solar case study

2019-02-26T09:34:05+00:00

This case study examines how a new business model and a new application of technology was created by a Chilean-Danish consortium to supply solar thermal power to one of the world's largest copper mining companies. This is an ambitious project that has set a benchmark for good working relationship s and power agreements between renewable energy developers Read More

"If we don’t produce the energy – don’t pay us". Codelco solar case study2019-02-26T09:34:05+00:00