As the number and variety of mining in renewable projects develops there is a greater need for a common nomenclature and taxonomy in order to better understand the market potential. For developers looking to build business plans around renewables in mining, for policy-makers aiming to move the extractive industries towards cleaner power options and for the Read More
Energy reliability is a major concern for grid-connected mines in Australia with supply constraints and power disruptions hampering production and expansion plans. In this context, the Lakeland Solar & Storage Project, currently under construction in northern Queensland, is particularly relevant for miners as it will demonstrate the power reliability benefits of large-scale solar PV and storage. Read More
Photo credit: Max Pixel. The Minerals Council of Australia's submission to scientist Alan Finkel's review of the electricity market's future security pans his preliminary report, charging it fails to reflect the true cost of an emissions-based approach, omits advanced coal technologies, and favors renewable energy sources, rather than remaining technology-neutral. It claims that review appears to Read More
BHP Billiton has put forward a strategy for tackling South Australia’s energy challenges that involves “incentivising” large energy producers. In a submission to the Finkel Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market, the company states, “We believe this can be most effectively achieved in the short-to-medium term by incentivising one or more generators Read More
Paris and Johannesburg, March 6th 2017 – EREN Renewable Energy (EREN RE) and its partner African Energy Management Platform (AEMP), announced today the signature of a 15-year power purchase agreement with IAMGOLD Essakane SA gold mine to complement its existing heavy fuel power plant in Burkina Faso with a 15 MWp solar farm. This project representing Read More
Commerce Resources Corp. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with TUGLIQ Energy Co. (TUGLIQ) to complete a definitive assessment on the potential use of wind energy to satisfy part of the Ashram Rare Earth Project’s energy requirements. The preliminary evaluation of wind data TUGLIQ conducted in 2016 indicated favourable wind speeds for renewable power development, Read More
BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam copper mine in South Australia. (Credit: BHP Billiton) Concerns about reliable energy are top of mind in South Australia’s mining sector, following a statewide blackout in September and more power failures during this February's heatwave. South Australia has adopted wind energy as part of its strategy for achieving its renewable energy target Read More
Gold miners work in the open pit mine at Agnico Eagle's Meadowbank site near Baker Lake, Nunavut. Credit: Canadian Press. Major Nunavut employer Agnico Eagle sent a missive urging investment in renewable energy as an alternative to a carbon tax to Nunavut Premier Peter Taptuna last month, citing concerns about cost.The company owns the Meadowbank Gold Read More
BHP’s Olympic Dam copper, gold, and uranium mine in South Australia (Credit: Aaron Bunch, via the Australian Business Review.) BHP Billiton chief executive Andrew Mackenzie is slamming renewable energy after a three-week outage at the firm’s Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in South Australia that cost the company $US105 million. “Let’s talk about affordability, reliability Read More
(Photo Credit: Ivan Alvarado, Reuters; Caption: Atacama salt flat - Rockwood lithium plant) Sonny Banjac, a Vancouver based renewable energy and clean-tech consultant, has recently posted an excellent series of three articles on the role of Lithium in the development of energy choices. The articles cover the likely demand for Lithium over the next couple of decades Read More
