Dominic Duffy The Cerro Bayo gold and silver mine in Southern Chile is operated by Mandalay Resources. The mine is remote from the grid and has traditionally powered its operations with diesel gensets. In this 60-second interview with Mandalay COO, Dominic Duffy, we gain some insight on the challenges of powering this remote mine site and 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
This is an interesting study on the energy challenges for grid-tied and remote sites. Faced with the rising costs and inconvenience of diesel, African Barrick Gold first chose to take energy from the local electric supply company. However the utility proved to be unreliable and grid performance issues have now led African Barrick Gold to embrace Read More
Insight on the world’s first 1MW ground-mounted diesel/photo-voltaic hybrid electric power plant for Cronimet's South African chromium ore operations. In June 2014 Rollie will present at the Renewables and Mining Summit, Johannesburg to provide an update of this project with further operational insight.
Many of the first applications of renewable energy technologies for mining operations are hybrid solutions using a combination of renewables and diesel gensets. This discussion featuring Hatch, Solar Frontier Americas, Caterpillar, Wartsila and Homer Energy, provides updates on the technology, application and economics of hybrid solutions and the key considerations for mines looking to implement these Read More
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is funding a feasibility study in to portable PV-diesel hybrid systems. The issue for many mines is that the lifetime of a solar installation is typically much longer than that of a mine site. If the solar-diesel hybrid could be deployed on a temporary basis this might be less of a Read More
