How can solar power and battery storage help mining companies?

By integrating solar power and battery storage, mining companies can stabilize their energy supply and reduce their reliance on diesel. Energy Cost Savings: Solar panels capture energy during the day, storing excess power in BESS to be used at night or during periods of high demand.

Can a battery energy storage system be used in a mine?

Although many mines are located in sites with good wind or solar resources, they have been limited in how much renewable energy they can use due to the intermittency of the wind and sun. Mining groups are increasingly addressing this by adding battery energy storage systems (BESS) to renewable energy facilities.

Which mining sites have large battery storage?

An example of a mining site with large battery storage developed by JUWI on the African continent is the Sukari solar plant in Egypt for Centamin. The plant comprises a 36 MW solar farm and 7.5 MWh battery energy storage system commissioned in late 2022.

How can a solar energy system help the mining industry?

The system will help the mines reduce diesel consumption and power their operations with clean, reliable energy. Senegal is another great example. A 20 MW solar project, paired with 11 MWh of energy storage, will supply sustainable power to the national grid.

Can battery storage Make Mine energy supplies more resilient and sustainable?

One of the first examples of how battery storage can help make mine energy supplies more resilient and sustainable is Gold Fields ’ Agnew Gold Mine, located in a remote part of Western Australia, 1,000km north-east of Perth.

Can renewables be integrated into mining operations?

However, some key renewables such as wind and solar energy generation are variable, and storage technologies cannot yet economically the support longer hours of storage required to cover off-peak mining operations. This limits the capacity of renewables that can be integrated into mining operations.