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Image: Deloitte<\/p><\/div>\n

Using renewables as a major component of an effective energy management program, miners can slash their energy costs by up to 25% in existing operations and 50% in new mines says a Deloitte report released yesterday.<\/p>\n

There are more than 400 operating major mines in Australia, digging up various metals, minerals and brrr.. coal. A major cost associated with mining (aside from externalised costs related to environmental impacts) is energy, which can account for approximately 30% of total cash operating expenses.<\/p>\n

Miners in Australia are increasingly turning to wind and solar energy to help power their operations, and for good reason.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith renewable energy fast becoming a mainstream energy source, mining companies have a material opportunity to use renewables to lower costs, improve safety, reliability and sustainability, and mitigate risks to ultimately gain a competitive advantage,\u201d said<\/a> David Cormack, Deloitte Consulting Mining Leader. \u201cThe ability to reduce emissions and preserve, or enhance, the mine\u2019s social license to operate increases the size of the prize even more.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other opportunities associated with integrating renewables, assuming a mine is grid-connected, include selling excess generation capacity and providing ancillary services to grid operators.<\/p>\n

Renewable energy options are particularly attractive for off-grid mines, where diesel based electricity generation is particularly expensive. On the issue of reliability, various prototype projects have proven to be technically reliable; even in extreme conditions such as those experienced in Australia.<\/p>\n

However, Deloitte says extracting the full value from renewables requires more than just erecting a few wind turbines at a site or installing a bunch of solar panels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“.. it requires a willingness to rethink operational processes and to reconsider the way work is done.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As for mining execs still resistant to the idea of integrating renewable energy, Marlene Motkya, Deloitte’s Global Renewable Energy Lead Partner, has a simple message:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clean-energy movement is global, it is industry-agnostic, and it is irreversible.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Deloitte warns mining companies that if they continue to kick the renewables can down the road, they may find themselves trailing the pack and being high cost producers trying to preserve their margins.<\/p>\n

The full paper, Renewables in Mining, can be downloaded here<\/a> (registration required). It offers some advice on how companies can get started on the road to renewables, even in the face cost or cultural constraints. It also provides some examples of mining firms that are making the shift and the benefits they’ve experienced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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