{"id":27780,"date":"2019-02-07T07:07:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T20:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=27780"},"modified":"2019-02-07T07:07:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T20:37:11","slug":"australian-mine-solar-storage-mb0930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australian-mine-solar-storage-mb0930\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Gold Mine Solar + Storage Project To Commence In May"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_27781\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27781\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gold-mine-solar-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Granny Smith Gold Mine\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gold-mine-solar-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gold-mine-solar-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gold-mine-solar-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gold-mine-solar.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Aggreko<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gold Fields\u2019 Granny Smith gold mine east of Laverton in Western Australia will soon boast what&#8217;s claimed to be one of the world&#8217;s largest hybrid microgrids.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Gold Fields had previously contracted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aggreko.com\/en-au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aggreko<\/a> to design, construct and operate a solar power + battery storage system that will be integrated with an existing 24.2 MW gas fired electricity generation at the site.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20,000 solar panels will be installed (8MW total capacity), along with a 2 MW \/1 MWh battery system.<\/p>\n<p>The solar PV aspect will reduce thermal generator use, while the battery storage will provide essential services including transient voltage\/frequency support.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe solar-plus-battery system is projected to reduce fuel consumption by 10-13% \u2013 the equivalent of removing 2,000 cars from the road \u2013 and produce about 18 GWh of clean energy per year,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldfields.com\/news_article.php?articleID=7696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Aggreko AusPac Managing Director, George Whyte.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gold Fields Executive Vice President Australasia, Stuart Mathews, said enough energy will be generated from the installation to nearly entirely power the mine\u2019s processing operations (assumed to mean equivalent of). Mr. Mathews had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldfields.com\/news_article.php?articleID=6457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously stated<\/a> the project will contribute to the company\u2019s commitment of using renewable energy for at least 20% of total life-of-mine energy requirements in new projects.<\/p>\n<p>Aggreko is well equipped for the project. In addition to its PV experience, in 2017 it acquired German-U.S. developer of battery technology and energy storage solutions, Younicos. To that point, Younicos had deployed 220 MW of battery storage\u00a0capacity around the world. After the acquisition Younicos first operated as a subsidiary, then was fully integrated into the Aggreko&#8217;s microgrid and storage solutions unit.<\/p>\n<p>The Granny Smith installation is expected to commence in May and be operational by the final quarter of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Gold Fields&#8217; energy spend accounts for a significant portion of the company&#8217;s operating costs &#8211; 17% in 2017 and 19% in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Among the company&#8217;s 2020 aspirational goals (from 2018) is achieving 5% to 10% energy savings off its annual energy plans each year and 17% carbon emission reductions; equivalent to 800,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) of cumulative carbon emission reductions over the period.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/renewables-mining-australia-mb0345\/\">2017 Deloitte report<\/a> stated mining companies can slash their energy costs by up to a quarter in existing mines and 50% in new operations when using renewables as a major component of an effective energy management program. It warned companies putting off the integration of renewable energy could wind up as high cost producers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold Fields\u2019 Granny Smith gold mine east of Laverton in Western Australia will soon boast what&#8217;s claimed to be one of the world&#8217;s largest hybrid microgrids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":27781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australian Gold Mine Solar + Storage Project To Commence In May<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gold Fields\u2019 Granny Smith gold mine east of Laverton in Western Australia will soon boast what&#039;s claimed to be one of the world&#039;s largest hybrid microgrids.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australian-mine-solar-storage-mb0930\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian Gold Mine Solar + Storage Project To Commence In May\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gold Fields\u2019 Granny Smith gold mine east of Laverton in Western Australia will soon boast what&#039;s claimed to be one of the world&#039;s largest hybrid microgrids.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australian-mine-solar-storage-mb0930\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-06T20:37:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gold-mine-solar.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/australian-mine-solar-storage-mb0930\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/australian-mine-solar-storage-mb0930\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Australian Gold Mine Solar + Storage Project To Commence In May\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-06T20:37:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/australian-mine-solar-storage-mb0930\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":408,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/australian-mine-solar-storage-mb0930\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/gold-mine-solar.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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