South Africa plans to triple electricity production from renewable-energy sources to help alleviate power shortages that caused rolling blackouts throughout the country in recent weeks. Energy from biomass, wind, solar and hydropower sources will contribute 11.4 gigawatts to the grid “in future,” Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe told reporters in Pretoria, without giving a time Read More
The first is a series of guest posts from Arnoldus Mateo van den Hurk Mir, Ph. D. from Renewables4Mining Times for mining are changing Before the commodity boom, according to industry experts, mining was focused on ramping up production and investing in new capital projects to expand supply. After the boom however, the world of mining has re-focused Read More
Mining is the fourth-largest energy consumer in Australia, using roughly 10% of Australia’s total. Some of this comes from the electricity grid — but much is supplied offgrid in the form of diesel and other fossil fuels. Could some of this be replaced by renewable sources? Read Full Article The Conversation, Dec 16th
Concentrated Solar Power developers know they have a very visually stunning product and often create great graphics. This is a very cool video of the Cerro Dominador Project in Atacama Chile from Abengoa To view the video click here
Arnoldus Mateo van den Hurk presents an innovation in the financial assessment of renewables in mine During the commodity boom, mining companies were focused on ramping up production and investing in new capital projects to expand supply. It was a time when the income statement was the key management paradigm in mining economics. Now, however, the Read More
Alternative energy sources are playing a larger role in miners’ strategies The Renewables and Mining Summit and Exhibition is only in its second year, but with several renewable energy projects commissioned at mine sites this year, the focus at the event has changed in short order. While the 2013 conference revolved around whether alternative power solutions Read More
Chilean state copper giant Codelco has issued an international tender call for construction and operation of a mini hydro plant to be installed in the tailings dam at El Teniente mine in central O'Higgins region (VI). The 3 MW project will feed electricity in to the SIC grid. The tender shows Codelco's growing confidence in, and Read More
Winning over local communities and negotiating land access are becoming increasingly important to the development of the new energy capacity in Chile. According to the latest report by the energy ministry's sustainable energy centre, Chile currently has 836MW in operation, 61MW under construction and more than 7GW undergoing environmental assessment or with the licence already in Read More
