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Solar Planned to Support South African Mines
South African and Australian miners are realising the benefits of using renewable energy to power their mines. It not only reduces their carbon footprint, but also their costs.
“The shift is all the more attractive for miners in South…
Weekend read: Puerto Rican resilience
From ISSUE 12 – 2022When Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sept. 18, it was a Category 1 storm that lacked the brute force winds of the Category 4 Hurricane Maria, which battered the island in 2017. Maria resulted in the…
ZOLA helps Haiti build distributed solar network, lifts energy independence
Energy technology company ZOLA Electric announced the partnership with local renewable energy pioneer Haiti Green Solutions for the deployment of its flagship energy technology platform to help address the energy crisis in the country,…
Giant LFP Battery Installed In Ningxia, China
Enabling much more renewable energy to be added to the grid in high-wind and high-solar Ningxia, China, a giant new energy storage system has been installed and connected to the grid. The 200MW/400MWh is the “largest stand-alone energy…
South Australia’s remarkable 100 per cent renewables run extends to over 10 days
Total 102 Shares South Australia has just chalked up what is undoubtedly a world first – a run of more than 10 consecutive days over which the average production of wind and solar accounted for 100 per cent of local demand.
No other…
NSW turbocharges shift to renewables with new emissions target
The New South Wales government aims to “turbocharge” the state’s transition from coal and gas to a renewables-based grid with a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70% in little more than a decade on the pathway to net zero…
U.S. Govt announces new measures to unlock solar potential on Western public lands
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Laura Daniel-Davis recently announced Government's new efforts to support solar energy development on public lands across the…
A New Platinum Mine In Zimbabwe Is Getting 30 MW Solar PV From The Get-Go!
Construction of the Johannesburg and London stock exchange-listed new platinum mine of Tharisa’s in Zimbabwe has started at the Karo Platinum site, which will include a 30 MW solar PV array.
Tharisa is a platinum group metals (PGMs) and…
Vast Solar puts in huge sodium-ion battery order for Mt Isa hybrid power hub
Total 2 Shares Australian solar thermal technology developer Vast Solar says it has put in an order for 13,500 sodium-ion batteries to form part of its proposed solar and storage facility at the Queensland mining centre of Mt Isa.
The…
Weekend read: Automate, foldout for a ultra-low-cost solar future
From pv magazine ISSUE 12 – 2022Ultra-low-cost solar (ULCS) has definitively entered the everyday lexicon of energy terms since Darren Miller made it the topic of plenary session conversation at the All-Energy conference in Melbourne…