Rick Rathe, Caterpillar's Global Rental Power Manager, sees the rapid decline in the price of renewables as a primary driver for the mining sectors growing interest in alternative energy sources. In this interview, available to download here, Rick outlines how Caterpillar, one of the world's leading suppliers of technology and services to the mining sector, is Read More
In this presentation from the Renewables and Mining Summit in Johannesburg in June 2013, SIEMENS' Fabrice Nicolas outlines the operating potential for hybrid systems in mines sites. What is of particular interest is that Fabrice advocates the use of greater than 100+ penetration of renewables for individual operations. This level of penetration then enables the mine Read More
In this interview, available to download below, Till Krumbholz, sales manager for the Energy Sector’s Smart Generation Solutions at Siemens AG, discusses the landscape for powering mines with renewable energy hybrid solutions in North America. He also lays out the SIEMENS vision for hybrid power plants with high renewable penetration rates, sometimes over 100%, and its performance guarantee program.
Cronimet's Rollie Armstrong provides an update on the 1MW PV-hybrid plant with details on fuel savings as well as operational insight. This presentation has about a year's more operational data behind it. Rollie actually looks younger -- things must be going well at Cronimet Power Solutions!
Scott Fraser, Barrick Gold's Director of Power Projects provides an interesting and honest assessment of the current challenges to the further integration of renewables at mine sites. "We are investigating both the renewable energy potential, as well as the opportunities to develop third-party partnerships for the major capital investments required"
Over the past 18 months, Goldcorp Inc., based in Vancouver, has built the organizational infrastructure to manage its energy demands far more efficiently, explains Flyn McCarthy, Corporate Energy Manager. In this interview, available to download here, he discusses how Goldcorp measures energy costs and the various options under consideration now that renewable energy can compete with Read More
This week, Raglan’s Director of Strategy, Projects and Public Affairs, Jean-Francois Verret, provides the latest update on the mine’s innovative wind-storage project for its northern Quebec site. With the aim of reducing diesel costs, the mine is installing a unique energy system incorporating a 3MW wind turbine and a test bed of three energy storage technologies. If Read More
We are excited that in a few weeks time, at the Renewables and Mining Summit and Exhibition, Toronto 15-16 October, Jean-Francois Verret, director of strategy, projects and public affairs at Glencore's Raglan Mine will be presenting on their wind, energy storage project that is currently under construction. An interview with Jean-Francois can be downloaded here (link Read More
An interesting and technically detailed presentation on how diesel, energy storage and PV can be combined with smart grid technology to provide energy solutions for mines. There is quite a lot about Schneider Electric too, but a good use of graphics explains how this can all work. The presentation was given by François Alhaud, the technical tendering Read More
As a result of its recent energy and climate change report, Newmont, one of the world's largest producers of gold, is hoping to forge partnerships with international power companies interested in renewable projects. Environment Director Mike Aire provides detail and insight in an interview published this week. Great quotes from the article include: "What we need Read More
