, which develops solar, wind, and hybrid renewable energy solutions, says more mining companies in Africa and around the world are transitioning to renewable energy to take advantage of the benefits these technologies provide.
Doyle says regulatory environments globally are also maturing to complement the inevitable and necessary adoption of these technologies. He says that it is now possible for mines to get a significant percentage of their electricity from renewable energy plants, either on-site, or wheeled through the electricity network, at lower cost than grid-supplied energy.
A recent example of one of the large mining projects in South Africa is the 10 MW Pan Africa Resources Elikhulu solar renewable energy plant developed by JUWI for PAR’s Evander gold operations. This was the first embedded generation project of this scale to receive full grid code compliance from Eskom, South Africa’s national utility.