Another mine reclamation project involving renewables has received approval — a 3MW solar garden will be installed by Geronimo Energy near St. Croix River in Minnesota, US. The Zavoral gravel mine was operated by Tiller Corp. The project received the go-ahead from the Scandia City Council and now needs to get an approval from the Xcel Read More
Renewable power options are fairly new to the mining sector and the biggest opportunities lie in the off-grid mining sector, Erwin Spolders, CEO of Redavia, tells Energy and Mines. Redavia focuses on redeployable solar farms by offering flexible rental agreements. “Off-grid mines are the canaries in the coal mine. They are really the first to benefit Read More
After being a mining community for a century, Australian town of Kidston is getting a second life following the closure of its biggest gold mine in 2001. Now there are plans to install a pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES) system at the site, combined with an integrated solar farm. The project is run by Genex, a Read More
The so-called Chinese ‘coal capital’, Datong, located in northern Shanxi province, is looking at solar energy to kickstart the economy after coal mining depleted local neighbourhoods, according to the Xinhua News Agency. The city plans to install 3000MW of photovoltaic systems between 2015 and 2017. “Infrastructure construction started in 2015 to turn the uninhabitable swaths into Read More
