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Solar PV paired with battery storage at another mining site in Australia. Image: Aggreko.

Construction begins on mining giant BHP’s first off-grid solar-storage project

February 3, 2022
Construction has started on BHP’s “first off-grid large-scale renewable energy project”, totalling 38 MW of solar power and a 10.1MW/5.4 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), at two nickel mines in Western Australia which supply Tesla for use in electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
Caterpillar's grid stabilising equipment, including battery storage modules at Kibali gold mine. Image: Caterpillar.

Caterpillar’s microgrid controller and 7.5MW battery storage installed at gold mine in DRC

October 6, 2021
Global equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has supplied hybrid energy solutions technology including 7.5MW of battery storage to the microgrid powering a gold mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 
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Australian gold mine goes 50% renewable-powered with addition of battery storage

September 2, 2020
A lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) supplied by French manufacturer and system integrator Saft has enabled a gold mine in Australia to meet more than 50% of its energy demand with renewable energy.
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Mali gold mine to halve energy costs with 40MW solar-storage-HFO plant

November 26, 2018
Australian firm Resolute Mining has signed an agreement with Africa-focused power developer Ignite Energy to set up a 40MW hybrid solar, battery and heavy fuel oil (HFO) plant at its Syama Gold Mine in Mali, according to an Australian Stock exchange (ASX) filing.

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