juwi AG will design, supply, and integrate a 36 MW solar farm and 7.5 MW battery energy storage system into the current diesel power plant at Centamin’s Sukari Gold Mine in Egypt. juwi AG, a renewable energy specialist, has built more than 2,500 MW of wind projects and 3,100 megawatts of solar PV in over 25 Read More
Caterpillar will develop, test, and produce Cat® “zero-emission machines” for Nouveau Monde’s Matawinie graphite mining project in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Québec, Canada. According to the agreement inked between the parties, Caterpillar will become the exclusive supplier of an all-electric mining fleet for deployment at the mine by 2028. Nouveau Monde Graphite (CVE: NOU) aims to develop Matawinie as Read More
Karora Resources, an ASX-listed gold mining company, is partnering with The Net Zero Company to develop a pathway and set targets towards a True Net Zero mining future covering Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Based on a science-based methodology, the maiden ESG report from the partnership will be received in early 2022. Read More
To achieve its emission targets, the mining industry is looking for large-sized, innovative solutions for the supply of renewable energy. Successful implementation of reliable, cost-effective clean energy projects in the harsh conditions at mines is encouraging other industries across the globe to adopt similar solutions. (Canadian Mining Journal) U.K.-based Aggreko, a world-leading provider of mobile and Read More
Vale S.A., the global mining giant, will use Nextracker’s NX Horizon bifacially optimized smart solar trackers for its 766 megawatt (MWp) Sol de Cerrado solar project in Minas Gerais, Brazil. (PVTECH) Construction of the solar complex, one of the largest in Brazil, will begin later this year and is slated for completion in 2022. The facility Read More
Leading renewable energy producer Scatec ASA will lease an 8.5 MW solar plant to gold mining company Torex Gold for the supply of renewable power to its Morelos Media Luna and El Limon Guajes projects in the Guerrero Gold belt 180 km southwest of Mexico City. (International Mining) According to Hans Olav Kvalvaag, SVP, the agreement Read More
APA, which owns and operates a solar/gas/battery hybrid power solution for the Gruyere Gold Mine in Western Australia, has awarded the solar farm component of the project to Juwi Renewable Energy Pty Ltd (Juwi). Juwi is the Brisbane-based subsidiary of German renewable energy specialist juwi AG, which has built more than 2,500 MW of wind projects Read More
B2Gold, a low-cost international senior gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, announced the commissioning of an off-grid hybrid solar-battery system at Fekola in southwest Mali, one of the world’s biggest gold mines. Jointly implemented with Suntrace GmbH and BayWa r.e., the 30 MW solar plant and 15.4 MWh battery storage together constitute the world’s largest such Read More
Vancouver-headquartered, global base-metals mining company Trevali Mining Corporation has entered a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement with Emerging Markets Energy Services Company (EMESCO) for solar power to Trevali's Rosh Pinah Mine, in Namibia. The PPA will supply 30% of the mine’s power requirements at a fixed rate. It will reduce energy costs by 18% and cut the Read More
BB Energy, a leading global energy trading company, has acquired Solarcentury Africa gaining access to its solar pipeline of more than 2GWp across 16 countries. Terms were not disclosed. BB Energy trades more than 20 million metric tonnes (MT) of crude and products annually and is one of the most active gas oil, gasoline, bitumen, and Read More
