Dr. Thomas Hillig, CEO of THEnergy, participated in and presented at the Energy and Mines Summit in London on January 28 and 29, 2016. More than 200 delegates from the mining, renewable energy and finance sectors attended this event. THEnergy is a German-based consulting company specializing in renewable energy solutions for the mining industry, and it Read More
A THEnergy and SolarPower Europe briefing identifies the key opportunities for solar companies to tap the potential of the mining sector for solar deployment Ahead of the Energy and Mines conference in London on 28/29 January 2016, SolarPower Europe and THEnergy have teamed up to explore the opportunity of solar and mines for our sector. In Read More
Cochilco expects that the energy demand from the copper mining sector will increase by 53, 3% in 2026. Last week, the main Chilean copper organization presented an official report at the Adolfo Ibáñez University, where they shared their predictions on the copper industry trends for the next 10 years. Based on their presentation, copper mines in Read More
By Ellsworth Dickson Corey Houle, CTO and Co-Founder of Swiss-based TwingTec AG, and his team have designed a unique power system to complement conventional diesel power. The TT100 is a fully autonomous containerized, mobile wind energy system that is a tethered aircraft that operates up to 300 metres above the ground, allowing for efficient energy harvesting Read More
By Simon Rees for Creamer Media's Mining Weekly TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – The future success of renewables in the mining sector will require companies to overhaul the way they think about energy and mine development, according to professional services firm Deloitte. “When we look at mining, innovation and competitiveness, we don’t often put those things together,” said Read More
By Simon Rees, for Creamer Media's Mining Weekly TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Despite the tie-up between the renewables market and the mining sector being dynamic and exciting, the high levels of upfront capital expenditure (capex) needed to install and operate renewable components and storage solutions remained a significant impediment to uptake. “There’s a lot of uncertainty during Read More
“The costs of energy resources, especially power, impact considerably upon KGHM’s competitiveness,” reports Herbert Wirth, President and CEO of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. “The price of energy is among the key factors when taking investment decisions and drafting long-term production plans.” KGHM is among the world’s top copper and silver producers and currently uses around 2,6 Read More
Sunshine for Mines, a Rocky Mountain Institute and Carbon War Room initiative, aims to accelerate renewables adoption for mine sites. RMI and CWR are jointly a global nonprofit that works in various industries to facilitate investment into profitable low-carbon opportunities. They are working in the mining industry to help firms assess how renewables—solar, especially—could benefit them Read More
Towering 200 metres above the desert, the Atacama 1 will harvest the sun’s energy from a surrounding field of giant mirrors. But the completion of the $1.1bn project, the first of its kind in Latin America, has been thrown into doubt by the financial difficulties of its Spanish owner Rising more than 200 metres above the Read More
“At the moment the public only sees the tip of the iceberg of off-grid projects for the mining projects. This segment has developed very quietly and quickly lately,” comments Thomas Hillig, CEO and Founder of THEnergy Consulting. “Many projects have really advanced in the last 12 months. And we would have already seen many more completed Read More
