PV-Diesel

Funding made available to advance Burkina Faso solar project

2019-02-13T08:57:32+00:00

Essakane Mine. Photo by Iamgold [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons The Banque Internationale pour le Commerce, l’Industrie et l’Artisanat du Burkina will provide $16.5 million in financing to Eren Renewable Energy for a 15 MW solar power plant in Burkina Faso. The new project is the result of a March 2017 power purchase agreement Read More

Funding made available to advance Burkina Faso solar project2019-02-13T08:57:32+00:00

Australia’s first commercial PV-diesel hybrid plant begins operation at Rio Tinto mine

2019-02-19T13:46:09+00:00

Australia’s first commercial solar plant used to displace diesel has commenced operation at mining giant Rio Tinto’s Weipa bauxite mine in Queensland. US-based PV manufacturer and developer First Solar’s 1.7MW capacity plant is expected to generate 2.8GWh of electricity each year. It will provide up to 20% of the daytime electricity demand of the remote mine’s Read More

Australia’s first commercial PV-diesel hybrid plant begins operation at Rio Tinto mine2019-02-19T13:46:09+00:00