Chilean mines face a clear challenge: the country is running short on energy and prices are very high. In a market review published this week (and available to download below) mining and renewables experts, including representatives from Collahuasi, SolarReserve, SMA, and Enermine, discuss the appetite for renewables projects in the Chilean mining sector.
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
Lazard has released version 8.0 of the its Levilized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE) which continues to show a decline in the cost of renewable energy. The report, that can be viewed at http://www.lazard.com/insights, highlights a number of trends that will be of great interest for those in the mining/renewables space. In particular: The costs of generating Read More
Rob Lydan, Director, Solar and Wind, at Hatch, sees the mining industry finally starting to grasp the attractive business case for renewable energy. Although renewable developers are accustomed to rapid progress, he urges them to understand that mining companies are enormous entities that change course very slowly. To encourage mining companies to embrace solar and wind Read More
Rick Rathe, Caterpillar's Global Rental Power Manager, sees the rapid decline in the price of renewables as a primary driver for the mining sectors growing interest in alternative energy sources. In this interview, available to download here, Rick outlines how Caterpillar, one of the world's leading suppliers of technology and services to the mining sector, is Read More
This week, Raglan’s Director of Strategy, Projects and Public Affairs, Jean-Francois Verret, provides the latest update on the mine’s innovative wind-storage project for its northern Quebec site. With the aim of reducing diesel costs, the mine is installing a unique energy system incorporating a 3MW wind turbine and a test bed of three energy storage technologies. If Read More
We are excited that in a few weeks time, at the Renewables and Mining Summit and Exhibition, Toronto 15-16 October, Jean-Francois Verret, director of strategy, projects and public affairs at Glencore's Raglan Mine will be presenting on their wind, energy storage project that is currently under construction. An interview with Jean-Francois can be downloaded here (link Read More
This week, Hatch, the world's pre-eminent supplier of technical and strategic services, reinforced their position as a leader in the renewables and mining space by becoming principal sponsor of the Renewables and Mining Summits in Toronto, Santiago and Johannesburg. To view a presentation from Hatch's Director of Solar and Wind, Rob Lydan on energy diversification in mines, Read More
The mining industry is changing the way it manages energy. In recent years rising costs have driven the industry to focus on efficiency, but efficiency can only go so far. To solve this growing challenge the industry is moving towards renewables for both grid-tied and remote sites (see examples here, here, here and here). Below we Read More
This Q&A interview provides excellent insight in to how wind and solar developers can create project opportunities with the mining sector in Africa. Great quotes include: "I expect you will see some utility scale deals between renewable generators and mines over the next year" "Within the next couple of years you'll start seeing mines doing projects Read More
